Well, It's Friday. 3 days after surgery. Can't say that I feel "better" - but I certainly am adjusting to this a little bit.
I can't stress enough that I am VERY happy my mom is here. Even just for the little things that would take me 10000000 years to do on my own. ie: getting my juice, helping me up, adjusting my pillow under my leg. Yes, I know this sounds like I've turned her into my little elf, but she is being a great help, and I am very glad that she is being my mom and taking care of me!
The last two afternoons my mom took me out for lunch and yesterday she took me to the glebe for coffee, (well juice for me!). It was nice to get out and have a different view of the world besides my window and my T.V. Although its just a struggle to get into my car...small price to pay to see the world! haha. We are waiting to get a perscription for my wheel chair from the red cross. Yes, you need a perscription to get a wheelchair- even just to rent. So I hope that gets done today, so perhapy my mom and I can stroll through the market for the day, and get outside.
I currently have zero range of motion in my knee. Bending it is forbidden at the moment, and even moving my leg by myself is severely limited. I use my right foot to move my leg. Little things like shifting and getting off the couch are the hardest tasks.
I am excited to see my Doctor on Monday. Matt has agreed to be so kind and drive my to the hospital monday afternoon! (What a sweet heart!) Otherwise, I would either have to bus or cab.. and I am not ready for the bus yet- I don't think. I hope my doctor will tell me all is going well and I can start physio right away. I also hope my physio is at Carleton where I did it before, because its easy to get to and easy to get to from work! (I still have to work next week, which I am NOT looking forward to!)... I don't know how I expect that to go- but all I can do is hope for the best. I think Matt is also going to drive me to work that day- which is FANTASTIC!
Right now I can feel my percocets kicking in! I get very light headed and my limbs feel kinda tingly! Its much better than the alternative sharp pain in my knee! haha- but its not ideal for staying awake! haha.
The best part about today.. IT'S MY PARTY! I feel like I am 5 years old and it's my birthday party! I have chips, pie, cookies and some other goodies! (my mommy picked up for me!) and There will be board games, I have friends Scene it (curteosy of The Drake!) My mom will also be here- I hope- She will want to play too!...I get to see my friends and hopefully take my mind off this stupid leg... It will just be very nice to see people again and have fun. And since I can't go to people, I am bringing the people to me! It's not going to be a wild night, and I really hope I dont pass out from my pain killers at 9:30, but its going to be fun!! yay! :)
Well, im getting too drowsy, I'm gonna take a cat nap (at 9:00am! haha)
Toodles for now. Oh, for those who havent seen them- i put pictures of my knee on facebook! Yesterday Dr. Mamma Faz cleaned my knee and put on new dressings, so I snuck some pics with my camera and put them on Facebook- feel free to take a look!
Ciao!
Friday, September 26, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Recovering...
Today might be classified as my first recovery day, since yesterday was the actual surgery day.
I woke up in a lot of pain- which means my nerve block is wearing off, and by this afternoon the nerves in my leg were "awake" so to speak- and I can feel the holes in my knee, I can feel the throbbing around my knee, as well as I can feel the lack of hamstring strength, as two of my hamstring tendons are now my new acl.
I realized today, that yesterday I was taking the "Maximum allowable dosage" all day-which may have not been the best idea... So today I am trying to see how it goes by taking only one percocet every 5 or 6 hours, instead of 2, every 4 hours- since I can tell that the I put a much larger dent in it yesterday than I should have. Lets just say on a scale of 1-10 of pain, today is a 6, yesterday at home, was a 2.
I have decided I Loathe crutches. They are my nemesis, and we will never get a long. I hate how they make my arm pits hurt, I hate that people in the public have no patience for me as I cross the street with them, i hate that they will give my hands blisters and most of all I hate that they make my the slowest moving person on the planet. I hate them and they hate me.
Getting comfortable is hard. I have to stay focussed on the fact that I Cannot bend my knee- at all. I have to use my right foot to move my left leg, and its getting really annoying. There is either not enough pillow under my leg or there is too much. And its getting to the point where I can't keep asking my mom to switch pillows or keep getting me things. She is being amazing about everything, but I think soon I will get on her nerves. She took me out for lunch today. I forgot to write this yesterday, that getting in an out of my mazda 323- is a dreadful experience. I have to go "bum" first into my back seat... its a struggle... all while not bending my knee. It would just be so much easier with a cast, because that way I would NOT be phyiscally capable of moving my knee- but no dice.
On a brigther note, I was going into the elevator with my mom today... after she took me out for lunch- and a gentleman stopped and told me that: "I will be okay- God is with me!" so, that made me smile. What a nice man.
I expect my first visitor tonight.... Strohan shall stop by at some point! So, If anyone is reading this- and you have no plans, feel free to stop by and watch some T.V or anything with me and Ashley :) Until then, my best friend is named Cyro/Cuff. He is a magical little gadget that keeps my knee permanently iced. It's a cooler hooked up to a pouch on my knee. and I lift it up and the water fills around my knee and I put in on the ground to drain it from the pouch, and re-filter it with cold water and then lift it back up. Its great for lazy people- and people like me, who can't get up!
I also got a little "get well" card yesterday from The Drake- with a nice blockbuster gift card in it, to keep me busy!.. I will put that to good use.
I looked into renting a wheelchair today- so I think I can get one tomorrow- so that will be nice!!!!! In your face crutches!!!!!!!!! take that.
My leg hurts now, except my mommy has gone to the store with my lovely percocets... alas, I will have to wait. I am pretty tired today and a little cranky from the pain. It's really just frustrating more than anything. I pretty much need help for everything I do... my mom even had to put my socks on me last night when I went to sleep... oi-vey!
Blah!
I miss life. ha!...
I woke up in a lot of pain- which means my nerve block is wearing off, and by this afternoon the nerves in my leg were "awake" so to speak- and I can feel the holes in my knee, I can feel the throbbing around my knee, as well as I can feel the lack of hamstring strength, as two of my hamstring tendons are now my new acl.
I realized today, that yesterday I was taking the "Maximum allowable dosage" all day-which may have not been the best idea... So today I am trying to see how it goes by taking only one percocet every 5 or 6 hours, instead of 2, every 4 hours- since I can tell that the I put a much larger dent in it yesterday than I should have. Lets just say on a scale of 1-10 of pain, today is a 6, yesterday at home, was a 2.
I have decided I Loathe crutches. They are my nemesis, and we will never get a long. I hate how they make my arm pits hurt, I hate that people in the public have no patience for me as I cross the street with them, i hate that they will give my hands blisters and most of all I hate that they make my the slowest moving person on the planet. I hate them and they hate me.
Getting comfortable is hard. I have to stay focussed on the fact that I Cannot bend my knee- at all. I have to use my right foot to move my left leg, and its getting really annoying. There is either not enough pillow under my leg or there is too much. And its getting to the point where I can't keep asking my mom to switch pillows or keep getting me things. She is being amazing about everything, but I think soon I will get on her nerves. She took me out for lunch today. I forgot to write this yesterday, that getting in an out of my mazda 323- is a dreadful experience. I have to go "bum" first into my back seat... its a struggle... all while not bending my knee. It would just be so much easier with a cast, because that way I would NOT be phyiscally capable of moving my knee- but no dice.
On a brigther note, I was going into the elevator with my mom today... after she took me out for lunch- and a gentleman stopped and told me that: "I will be okay- God is with me!" so, that made me smile. What a nice man.
I expect my first visitor tonight.... Strohan shall stop by at some point! So, If anyone is reading this- and you have no plans, feel free to stop by and watch some T.V or anything with me and Ashley :) Until then, my best friend is named Cyro/Cuff. He is a magical little gadget that keeps my knee permanently iced. It's a cooler hooked up to a pouch on my knee. and I lift it up and the water fills around my knee and I put in on the ground to drain it from the pouch, and re-filter it with cold water and then lift it back up. Its great for lazy people- and people like me, who can't get up!
I also got a little "get well" card yesterday from The Drake- with a nice blockbuster gift card in it, to keep me busy!.. I will put that to good use.
I looked into renting a wheelchair today- so I think I can get one tomorrow- so that will be nice!!!!! In your face crutches!!!!!!!!! take that.
My leg hurts now, except my mommy has gone to the store with my lovely percocets... alas, I will have to wait. I am pretty tired today and a little cranky from the pain. It's really just frustrating more than anything. I pretty much need help for everything I do... my mom even had to put my socks on me last night when I went to sleep... oi-vey!
Blah!
I miss life. ha!...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Surgery Day!!!
So, Today was the big Day!! Let me break it down for you.
5:30 wake up and shower- the last shower for the next 4 days.... nice.
6:20 leave my house avev ma mere, and head to the hospital.
6:50 Arrive at Ottawa Hosp. Civic campus, attempt to pay for parking and then head in to check in to section D, 3rd floor- Surgercial Daycare Unit.
6:55- Check in, fill out obnoxious forms.
7-7:30 sit and wait in an uncomfortable chair, trying not to fall asleep!!!
7:30 get called in...change into the gowns... which are higly stylish. Luckily i got a robe, so my bum was NOT hanging out!! (thank god!)
7:35 say G'bye to my mommy- and hope I don't die! haha.
7:40 I am waiting in a room, full of hospital beds, where people are all over the place, also awaiting surgery- It kinda felt like I was in the army, in those rooms full of injured people. Except I wasn't shot in battle, and was not going to die.
8:20 I get wheeled in to the "Block" room. Where I got a nerve block done. This is a procedure where they use an ultra sound to find the artery and major nerve cells in the top up my leg, closer to my hip. They can pin-point it on the machine using the screen and then inject me with a needle. This needle more or less puts the nerves in my leg asleep. So my leg is dead weigh and useless for a day and a half, BUT it makes pain after surgey more tolerable. I was also given an I.V which was suprisingly the most painful part...OUCH.... they lie when they says its just a little prick...ya right!
9:00 am- I get wheeled in for surgey. My nurses knock the slipper socks of my feet and before I had a chance to ask them to put them back on- Out like a light.
11:20- I wake up in the recovery room- and I guess I forgot that I had surgery, because I tried to get up... i just saw the nurses run over to me and tel me to get back down, and explained that I just came out of surgery..haha. I explain to the nurse that I was in severe pain. She then asks..."So, on a scale of 1-10, what would u rate it... 10 being horrible?"..... What the eff did she think I meant?? When was "horrible" any better than severe??????
11:40 moved to a closer recovery room. At this point my feet are sooo cold, I thought they might fall off.... I asked for socks, but no luck! I was given some toast and water, and perkasets.... that was the best part of my day!!
12:3- I was a bit drowsy and kept asking every 10mins if I could go home. I then made them get my mom to inform her what was going on.
Finally, at 1:00 pm, i lie to them and tell them im not groggy, so I can get on these crutches and go home!!!... 1:30 I get a crutches lesson and 1:45pm I am out the door....
Longest day of my life.
5:30 wake up and shower- the last shower for the next 4 days.... nice.
6:20 leave my house avev ma mere, and head to the hospital.
6:50 Arrive at Ottawa Hosp. Civic campus, attempt to pay for parking and then head in to check in to section D, 3rd floor- Surgercial Daycare Unit.
6:55- Check in, fill out obnoxious forms.
7-7:30 sit and wait in an uncomfortable chair, trying not to fall asleep!!!
7:30 get called in...change into the gowns... which are higly stylish. Luckily i got a robe, so my bum was NOT hanging out!! (thank god!)
7:35 say G'bye to my mommy- and hope I don't die! haha.
7:40 I am waiting in a room, full of hospital beds, where people are all over the place, also awaiting surgery- It kinda felt like I was in the army, in those rooms full of injured people. Except I wasn't shot in battle, and was not going to die.
8:20 I get wheeled in to the "Block" room. Where I got a nerve block done. This is a procedure where they use an ultra sound to find the artery and major nerve cells in the top up my leg, closer to my hip. They can pin-point it on the machine using the screen and then inject me with a needle. This needle more or less puts the nerves in my leg asleep. So my leg is dead weigh and useless for a day and a half, BUT it makes pain after surgey more tolerable. I was also given an I.V which was suprisingly the most painful part...OUCH.... they lie when they says its just a little prick...ya right!
9:00 am- I get wheeled in for surgey. My nurses knock the slipper socks of my feet and before I had a chance to ask them to put them back on- Out like a light.
11:20- I wake up in the recovery room- and I guess I forgot that I had surgery, because I tried to get up... i just saw the nurses run over to me and tel me to get back down, and explained that I just came out of surgery..haha. I explain to the nurse that I was in severe pain. She then asks..."So, on a scale of 1-10, what would u rate it... 10 being horrible?"..... What the eff did she think I meant?? When was "horrible" any better than severe??????
11:40 moved to a closer recovery room. At this point my feet are sooo cold, I thought they might fall off.... I asked for socks, but no luck! I was given some toast and water, and perkasets.... that was the best part of my day!!
12:3- I was a bit drowsy and kept asking every 10mins if I could go home. I then made them get my mom to inform her what was going on.
Finally, at 1:00 pm, i lie to them and tell them im not groggy, so I can get on these crutches and go home!!!... 1:30 I get a crutches lesson and 1:45pm I am out the door....
Longest day of my life.
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