The little things

First, I remembered to take Tylenol today and I felt better this evening. I was even able to do more of my hardest exercise - stepping up a stair bad leg first!

I nipped my finger on the trash bin at work today and have a little cut. I tell you sometimes it's the little things that bother you the most. Here I had total hip replacement and my little finger is bothering me more LOL! Well enough about my finger.

One other thing I have noticed is my wrist hurts more from time to time. I'm sure it's all the pushing/lifting my body weight. I need to hurry up and get more strength in my legs or I'm gonna need a wrist brace.

How am I progressing? Here are a few things: I'm using a cane and making steps around the house without the cane. I can now go up and down the stairs forward and not sideways I am able to lay on my surgery side while sleeping (pillows between knees/legs) for short periods of time. I can stand up non assisted from my bed - no hand support needed. I can walk a block and back without stopping. And most importantly, I can do all these things without being in pain or totally tired out. In addition to working four hours a day, I do 20 reps of my exercises at least twice a day!

I start outpatient physical therapy tomorrow and I'm looking forward to see what I'll be doing next and getting a second opinion on my progress so far. I think I'm doing well, but I definitely don't want to overdue anything and hinder my recovery in the long run.

Thanks for listening. I'm calling it a night - after my exercises of course :-)

Little too late

I was so happy about getting out of the house today and having a successful couple hours at work, I didn't think to take Tylenol. I only take a pain pill at night and haven't been taking anything during the day. Well around 5pm some aches and pains started kicking in and I wasn't very happy. I should have taken Tylenol earlier in the day. Oh well, a little too late. I dealt with the discomfort until bedtime and just took a pain pill for the night. Tomorrow I will remember to take a Tylenol earlier in the day since I can only take them every 8 hrs.

All that being said I'm still very pleased with my recovery. I finished in-house therapy on Friday and I start my out-patient therapy on Wednesday. I've been doing my exercises at home very well. I wonder if therapy is going to be kicked up a notch Wednesday?!

I'll be ready for work tomorrow. Tylenol - check, Soft pillow - check, Good attitude - check! Goodnight!