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Hi Speedalong
Do you have a reasonable magnet or could you borrow one?
Thats what I did.......OH actually had a telescopic thingy in the shed and a magnet on the end. It wont pick up the grabber but I put a dog clip on the grabber and the magnet attached to that {if that makes sense} anytime I dropped the grabber or litter picker upper as my little granddaughter called it LOL0 -
hileena111 wrote:Hi Speedalong
Do you have a reasonable magnet or could you borrow one?
Thats what I did.......OH actually had a telescopic thingy in the shed and a magnet on the end. It wont pick up the grabber but I put a dog clip on the grabber and the magnet attached to that {if that makes sense} anytime I dropped the grabber or litter picker upper as my little granddaughter called it LOL
INGENIOUS - I LOVE IT!!!
I'm going to have to find someone willing to buy me one or raid S's room he used to love magnets when he was younger.
SpeedalongI have had OA since mid twenties. It affects my hips and knees. I had a THR on the left aged 30 and now have a resurface-replacement on the right - done May 2010.0 -
Hi Elizabeth,
have you changed the colour/shade of your motif?
S is very pleased to have me home - though all that careful planning ensured he was calm and happy and coped really well with me being in hospital. I'm so proud of him. He got up for school this morning with my friend and he carried up a cuppa (she'd made) and we had a cuddle and chat before school. You were right - it is ok having a cuddle on the bed - I have the unoperated leg between us.
SpeedalongI have had OA since mid twenties. It affects my hips and knees. I had a THR on the left aged 30 and now have a resurface-replacement on the right - done May 2010.0 -
Hi Elizebeth
I am so glad you are home , and things have gone well for you, you did so well organising everything with the time they gave you.
You take care
Love and hugs (((((()))))
Barbara x
PS your son has come through this with flying colours bless him.Love
Barbara0 -
speedalong wrote:Hi Elizabeth,
have you changed the colour/shade of your motif?
S is very pleased to have me home - though all that careful planning ensured he was calm and happy and coped really well with me being in hospital. I'm so proud of him. He got up for school this morning with my friend and he carried up a cuppa (she'd made) and we had a cuddle and chat before school. You were right - it is ok having a cuddle on the bed - I have the unoperated leg between us.
Speedalong
Yes. It is orange instead of red. Have you been gone that long? The cuddle is lovely as long as they are well briefed on not touching the operated leg and mine grasped that point easily but then they have had years of practice.
Bless him for that cup of tea. What a star!
E xNever be bullied into silence.
Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
Accept no ones definition of your life
Define yourself........
Harvey Fierstein0 -
I hope you are having a lovely day. DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0
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Hi Speedalong
Good to hear your update
You are doing well and I agree with Elizabeth....
that tea....
how lovely
So good to be home eh?
Love
Toni xx0 -
Hi Elizabeth,
he understands things are sore with visual evidence - so I showed him my gory dressing in hospital and the dressing again when I came home. He is gentle. I let him touch the dressing to, because I do trust him (expect when he is ill or very distressed.)
SpeedalongI have had OA since mid twenties. It affects my hips and knees. I had a THR on the left aged 30 and now have a resurface-replacement on the right - done May 2010.0 -
Hi Toni and DD,
it is so GREAT to be home, I'm so HAPPY. For now it is novel - will be ok until the novelty wears off and I start getting bored!!
Have had a visit from OT rail fitter, discharge support team, taxi delivering things ward forgot to send him home with(!) district nurse a friend popped in for coffee ... had phone calls back from GP, ward and a nurse ... all today!! Managed to fit some time in the garden, cuddles with cat and just elevating leg on bed now. Need to do some physio before go downstairs again.
SpeedalongI have had OA since mid twenties. It affects my hips and knees. I had a THR on the left aged 30 and now have a resurface-replacement on the right - done May 2010.0 -
Surely you must be exhausted by now :shock:
Sounds like a manic day to me :shock:
Glad you been out in the garden though
you only need meals on wheels to come now
Cat is very happy I think as well as S and you
Yipee!!
Love
Toni xx0 -
Hi
You sound as if you have had a very busy day.....thats one of the problems I had at the beginning.....couldnt find time to fit all the excercises in ewach one 10 times and the lolt 4 times a day
Glad things are gloing well
Lov e
Hileena0 -
Hi Speedy,
Aren't you supposed to be taking it a little easy
Really glad your home cus I think you only really start to recover when your out of hospital!
S must be so pleased to have you back and the cat as well... my lot miss me just as a day case.
Sending you more ((( )))'s and hopes you are soon back on your feet big time and as to keeping your brain occupied.... could I borrow it while you rest I seem to have lost mine
Really glad to have you back. Luv Cris xx0 -
Hi Speedalong
Glad to see that you are doing so well and things have worked out well at home. I returned to my own home yesterday after 2 weeks with my sister. Still quite tired and my leg is stlll very swollen but not in any pain or much discomfort really. (2 weeks 1 day post-op now). Are you on blood thinners? I am not having my staples removed until 26th May (ie 20 days post op) because I'm on methotrexate and that slows down the healing process.
Had quite a bad flare up of my rheumatoid in my neck and left elbow this week so haven't been on the laptop much, but it's passing off now..
I think I would have appreciated some more advice from the hospital about the actual recovery process - eg how long will my leg be swollen, when should I go out walking, etc, etc..
I went out last Monday to another hospital for blood tests and definitely overdid the walking - so have been very cautious since then!!
Best wishes
Marion x0 -
Hi Marion
It is good to you back, bet your sister looked after you really well.
You keep us updated on your progress.
lots of love
Barbara xx
Ps sorry speedalong this is your thread....but I know you wont mindLove
Barbara0 -
Hi speedalong!
so nice to have you back
you sound great and sooo happy to be home.
S enjoying having you back and coping well with the additional folks around the house.?..such a relief for him to have you home too.
I'm sure it's good to be in your own bed and to have your own things around you (including one happy cat). :!:
lots of love and healing (((hugs)))
we missed you!!!!!!
Iris x0 -
A wee message for Marion too....so pleased you are also back in your own home.
glad your sis looked after you so well! but still there's no place like home is there?!
good the pain is much reduced too and hope you can get advice on the swelling etc........
love and (((hugs)))
Iris x0 -
Hi Hileena - will fit exercises into a routine better when S is back at school - only managed them 2 times today but did stairs and walks etc lots
My plan is to do lying down ones before I get up and after each time I elevate leg on bed. The standing ones I want to tie in with food/drink prep. Then they just become routine.
Are you still doing yours??
SpeedalongI have had OA since mid twenties. It affects my hips and knees. I had a THR on the left aged 30 and now have a resurface-replacement on the right - done May 2010.0 -
Hi Cris,
you can definitely borrow my brain - preferably at night - my body needs it to switch off as it is racing....
I have rarely ever left my cat - only for both hip ops, when S was emergency admitted to hospital on two occasions and for a funeral. She doesn't seem at all traumatised this time - but S and friends were at home each evening. She is sticking to me like glue at present.
SpeedalongI have had OA since mid twenties. It affects my hips and knees. I had a THR on the left aged 30 and now have a resurface-replacement on the right - done May 2010.0 -
HI speedy,
belated welcome home!!
so glad that you are back in your own bed and that S has managed so well to deal with all that has been going on - a tough ask of anyone but expecially for you both.
enjoy your REST and have fun together when you can
hugs
WOnky xxxx0 -
Hi Marion, so glad to hear from you.I returned to my own home yesterday after 2 weeks with my sister.Still quite tired and my leg is stlll very swollen but not in any pain or much discomfort really. (2 weeks 1 day post-op now).
I'm trying to work out my pain meds at mo - lowest dose possible for sake of digestive system, but also enough to keep things tolerable. What about you?Are you on blood thinners?I am not having my staples removed until 26th May (ie 20 days post op) because I'm on methotrexate and that slows down the healing process.Had quite a bad flare up of my rheumatoid in my neck and left elbow this week so haven't been on the laptop much, but it's passing off now..I think I would have appreciated some more advice from the hospital about the actual recovery process - eg how long will my leg be swollen, when should I go out walking, etc, etc..I went out last Monday to another hospital for blood tests and definitely overdid the walking - so have been very cautious since then!!
How are you doing with getting in and out of cars etc? I came home in an ambulance - and so don't have any idea about how I will cope and manage restrictions,
Speedalong
Best wishes
Marion xI have had OA since mid twenties. It affects my hips and knees. I had a THR on the left aged 30 and now have a resurface-replacement on the right - done May 2010.0 -
Hi Speedalong
I'm still trying to do exercises but not succeeding each day just as much as I can.
How are you sleeping this time?
I had to do the injections.....by the time I had finished my stomach was one large bruise LOL
Love
Hileena0 -
Hi Hileena, seem to be managing jabs without bruising .. just leaves mark where punctured skin. I am struggling to fit in exercises too ... every thing takes so long ... I MUST establish a routine for them ... so they become a part of my day/
SpeedalongI have had OA since mid twenties. It affects my hips and knees. I had a THR on the left aged 30 and now have a resurface-replacement on the right - done May 2010.0 -
Hi
Yes the exercises to take up so much of your time especially at the very beginning when you have to go upstairs 4 times.....my setee downstairs isnt long enough to do them on.....I'm still trying to fit them in LOL
Love
Hileena0 -
Hi Hileena,
I don't have anything to do with stairs in my exercise programme !!.... but in the course of a day I go up and down stairs quite a bit ... the only place I'm comfy to elevate my leg (until my new chair arrives) is on my bed. My exercises require me lying flat for some - so do on bed and standing and holding onto something - I hold the worktop in the kitchen. I'm meant to do them all 4 times a day - apart from one which they suggest doing every hour for 1/2 a minute - yeah right!! Do it when ever I think of it.
SpeedalongI have had OA since mid twenties. It affects my hips and knees. I had a THR on the left aged 30 and now have a resurface-replacement on the right - done May 2010.0 -
Hi Folks
My computer has been out of action - hence I haven't been able to post in the last couple of days...
Woke up Saturday morning after 8 hours sleep and felt great!! leg was much less swollen as I had had it on a pillow overnight.
I am 'home alone' (apart from 1 cat ... the dogs are coming home next Thursday) but that's fine - family/friends have been phoning and texting and I have also had visitors every day, including my daughter. who has been helping me to wash! I'm desperate for a proper shower, but can't have one until after the staples are removed next Wednesday..
Speedalong: Glad to see that you are continuing to improve. My stomach is full of little bruises from the heparin injections, but so long as they prevent a DVT I can put up with that!!
My exercises are going OK - in fact I think I must be doing them in my sleep too as I am waking up with sore heels.
I am just taking 2 x paracetamol every 6 hours now - it's about the only painkiller I can tolerate - and I'm taking Floradix iron supplement as I don't want to go anaemic again...
Will be posting again tomorrow.
best wishes
Marion0
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