Archive for Labral tear
Post Op Day 2
Posted by: | CommentsPhew, glad to be home! Spent two nights in hospital as the first night was pretty rough with pain and shortness of breath. I had a great anaesthetist who asked me what drugs I wanted, so I made sure he gave me some Zoffran before I woke up in recovery. It did the trick and I have not had one bit of nausea! Also had an anti-nausea patch put behind my ear. My nurses were also lovely and the hospital is like a hotel, couldn’t have stayed anywhere nicer!
I feel like I’m doing incredibly well. Post op I couldn’t lift my leg off/on the bed by myself, and today I can get around with no problems. I have been having a cocktail of drugs including Oxynorm, Codeine and Voltaren so I’m not sure if I ‘actually’ am doing well or if the pain is covered up by the drugs. Don’t want to be too optimistic at this stage.
I spoke to Mr R yesterday and this morning. My labrum was pretty wasted, thin and calcified. He tried to do a repair but there was no repairable labrum left so had to remove it along with quite a lot of damage to the femoral head/neck.
I managed to get two photos of me in traction, but no action shots unfortunately lol…I will get the scope pics when I see Mr R for my post op check in two weeks.
I am frustratingly tired. Every time I try to read or watch tv I fall asleep so looks like I’ll have no choice but to rest up 
Thank you all again for your kind words!
T Minus 16 Hours
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Eeeek! I have finished my last shift at work and thankfully it was super busy with a surgery thrown in so didn’t even have time to check my watch! Took morning tea in for everyone tomorrow because they are going to have to cover my shifts as our scheduled locum nurse got a full time job at the last minute…I feel really guilty about everyone having to work so hard but there’s nothing I can do about it now….thankfully food and chocolate go down well at work and it will soften the blow. It was nice that everyone actually made the effort to wish me luck and give me a hug because until now I have felt like it’s been a bit of a sore point.
I have tidied the house and have heaps of space to move around. Our lounge suite will be arriving on Wednesday, just in time for me to sleep on it if I need to…better late than never.
I didn’t get much sleep last night between nerves and the head thinking too much when it shouldn’t be. I couldn’t get comfortable, it rained and the down pipe outside one window had been removed for painting so the water dripped onto the garage roof below and on the other side the other down pipe was wrapped in plastic sheeting and was rustling in the wind, plus the neighbour was snoring exceptionally loudly (we share a common wall) so I was laying awake for what seemed like an eternity…never mind the fireworks at 12am argh!
Anyways, I’m as ready as I’ll ever be, just gotta pack the toilet-bag and I’m ready to go.
Thank you to everybody who has passed on well wishes, it means a lot
TTFN
3 Weeks To Go
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The nerves are settling in. I can’t believe how fast the past few weeks have gone!
I have a couple of things I need to get before the op to make things easier at home…number one on the list is satin pj’s and/or sheets to make getting in and out of bed easier! (Thanks for the tip Nicki!)
Non-slip bath/shower mat and a shower seat (not sure if I will get the shower seat yet, but I used one while in the hospital last time and it made things so much easier – ACC will provide this with a doctor’s certificate). Of course with Christmas just around the corner I need to get my bum into gear and do some shopping as this won’t be much fun on crutches! I have sent my financial details to ACC to help the boss out with the paper work, not sure what’s happening with that so will have to email my case manager again to get the papers sent out.
Hamish has organised to have the two days after my op off work to help me around the house etc. It works out quite well as surgery is on Tuesday and the Friday is a public holiday. Yes, I have managed to book my surgery on Cup Day…maybe I should buy a fancy hat to wear into theater? Gotta beat those disposable caps, even if they do match the knickers!
I have again organised to spend a few days in Auckland with Mum and Mike a couple of weeks post-op to get me out of the house as I’m sure I will be bored by that stage! I apparently might have underestimated the amount of time I will be spending on crutches and will likely still be on them then, so navigating the airport and plane may prove interesting. Mum wants to teach me how to make some ‘miniatures’ as she’s right into them at the mo! Thought I might try to make some tinsy fruit See her work here http://invokinglibitina.blogspot.com/ so cute!
Prehab
Posted by: | CommentsWell, it’s all official. The hospital admission forms are all filled out and posted, I feel I almost need a stamp with all my details on it having had three surgeries in three years! This will be my first at St Georges and they look every bit as nice as Southern Cross (as nice as a hospital can be)! Admission isn’t until 12:00 midday so I will once again have to starve for most of the day, rumbly guts!
Am still struggling with the weight gain. Decided I have to do something as lately I have all but neglected any form of exercise which is so easy to do as it makes such a HUGE difference to my pain level. When not exercising I very rarely have to take pain killers unless I do something that aggravates the hip such as a busy day at work, long car ride or household chores.
I tried jogging, but could only manage one a week between the hip and muscles that are out of condition. I got told off by a physio friend who suggested I walk instead of jogging which technically makes sense as it is less impact on the joints. Oddly enough though, I actually find walking more bothersome that jogging, this completely boggles my mind. The only thing I can come up with is maybe a longer stance phase during walking causes the irritation, though I have also noticed the stance phase of my left (affected) leg is shorter than my right (in other words my left leg will not extend as far as my right).
My lovely physio friend has also suggested some prehab exercises and has told me I have to get to the pool at least once a week. This started OK, but after my first pool session on Monday I have been so sore and have been unable to go back yet. Isn’t swimming supposed to be easy? I only ever swim freestyle (front crawl) and do a couple of laps with a kick-board. I only did half of my usual 1km swim and other than muscle fatigue from lack of practice thought I felt OK.
Bring on November 10!