Home from the hospital

[jenscats5]

Sponge bath.....!!!! that was the best part for me, and my husband washing my hair!! felt so good! big plastic lawn trash bags and duct tape are great too for a nice dry leg shower.

Jen you'll be back in no time, PT will make you feel better and starting asap is good for your head. they will put your ROM brace on for you, that is better than the immobilizer. Are you getting the "blood rush" to the joint when you get up? I hope not! Another thing that REALLY helps... you body gets to feel weak and sore from laying around, your MD can prescribe Massage Therapy and it will either ( depending upon your insurance) be covered or at least 50%, such as DME. The therapist, if you have a HMO need to be a preferred provider, or on the provider list to be covered. PPO's usually cover with a co-pay. It is SO worth it! I had a LMT for both my ACl's and LMT and a PT come to my home 3 days per week when I had my transplant. Really makes a huge difference.

Yeah I get to shower after 72 hours.....will fashion some way to sit in the tub......

No blood rush to the leg really - but when I stand up now - the incision "pulls" - so I can feel where the incision is.....that hurts!!

Will have to ask about the massage - don't know if my insurance will cover it or not....will have to look into it.....

What's really bothering me is pain in my right butt cheek - don't know if maybe I have a pinched nerve now or not....but it's so painful I can hardly sleep.....it hurts like right in the middle of my butt cheek....

As for the drain I can pull it out today or tomorrow - and yes - just pull it out....will prolly wait until tomorrow....

 

[caligirl]

What's really bothering me is pain in my right butt cheek - don't know if maybe I have a pinched nerve now or not....but it's so painful I can hardly sleep.....it hurts like right in the middle of my butt cheek....

perfect reason to ask for massage. Could be a nerve, could be the block, (needle insertion point). Did you get one?

 

[jenscats5]

perfect reason to ask for massage. Could be a nerve, could be the block, (needle insertion point). Did you get one?

Well the block was in the front and this hurts in the back.....

 

[caligirl]

Well the block was in the front and this hurts in the back.....

They have to hit the Femoral nerve for the block to be effective, which is right at the crease of your groin. They use two needles, one thin that has the electric current and another to deliver the meds. one is thin, the other is not so thin. So it makes sense for your cheek to hurt right in the middle in the back. They do the block after your surgery is done while you are coming out of sleep, so you don't feel it too much, but it continues to provide pain relief for like a day, sometimes up to 24 hrs. I had one the first time, but it didn't do much for me, so I opted out on the others. I still had bad pain behind my knee, but not in the butt. BUtt I could totally see where your cheek would hurt... must be a deep aggrivating pain?

 

[jenscats5]

They have to hit the Femoral nerve for the block to be effective, which is right at the crease of your groin. They use two needles, one thin that has the electric current and another to deliver the meds. one is thin, the other is not so thin. So it makes sense for your cheek to hurt right in the middle in the back. They do the block after your surgery is done while you are coming out of sleep, so you don't feel it too much, but it continues to provide pain relief for like a day, sometimes up to 24 hrs. I had one the first time, but it didn't do much for me, so I opted out on the others. I still had bad pain behind my knee, but not in the butt. BUtt I could totally see where your cheek would hurt... must be a deep aggrivating pain?

Yes, it is....hurts a lot - keeps me from being comfortable in bed and sleeping well.....BUTT (lol) it hurt before surgery - it's been bothering me since I started PT....but since surgery it's pretty bad....

 

[scorpiogirl]

....so do you just "pull" it out?!?!?!?

So what do you have to do? I think you answered everyone but me! I'm sincerely curious!

 

[jenscats5]

So what do you have to do? I think you answered everyone but me! I'm sincerely curious!

Just pull it out - that's it.........I don't even have to take the immobilizer off so they said via the phone today......liquid draining tonite is mostly clear now....

 

[scorpiogirl]

Just pull it out - that's it.........I don't even have to take the immobilizer off so they said via the phone today......liquid draining tonite is mostly clear now....

...and it's supposed to be EASY right!!!! (I hope so). Actually, I'm SURE it will be......just think of something else when you do it!

 

[*Bunny*]

...and it's supposed to be EASY right!!!! (I hope so). Actually, I'm SURE it will be......just think of something else when you do it!

I know RIGHT! EEK... I hate pulling tubes out ... UGH ... Sorry jens .. hang in there... and pass the 'oxy'

 

[getnfit06]

Hope you're feeling much better soon jens!!!!