After going on and on about what a great day Tuesday was, and it was, I have to admit that yesterday, Wednesday, wasn’t quite as great. No, I didn’t have a lot of pain, but I also didn’t have a lot of energy.
Ultimately that seems to be what I’m about these days: energy. Every day is a bit better than the day before, but I haven’t yet felt like I’ve a had a full day’s worth of get up and go. I was pretty darn busy before my surgery, perhaps even doing so much to keep my mind off the pain of a pre-op hip. But just the thought of being that busy exhausts me. I’ll get back to it I’m sure, but for now, rest is an integral part of the day.
Today will be an interesting challenge. I’ve been sleeping in since the surgery and today I had to be at PT at 7 AM. Ouch. Okay so during normal times I’m at work at 6 AM, but hey, I’m off work and am supposed to be taking it easy, except during PT of course.
That meant I was up around 6 AM to clean up and take my meds. Yes, I’m still taking pain medication as recommended, that is to say, before PT. I haven’t felt the need to increase my dosage from the twice daily 50 mg pills I’ve been on which is great. Conversely I haven’t felt I’m able to go down to just one dose yet either. There’s no hurry, but I don’t want to find myself dependent on them either,
I also hadn’t really had time to stretch out, sort of a pre-PT PT, so this morning’s PT session was a little more painful than the previous two. Still, once the kinks were worked out, I felt pretty good. I learned a couple of new exercises including balancing on one leg which it seems I’m pretty good at and doing a different sort of leg lift at which I’m not good at all. That’s the one to work on I suppose.
I was also back on the stationary bike and had it up to 90 RPM for my 5 minutes today. It felt great, no pain at all. I’m still not allowed on a real bike though. Sigh.
And now we’ll find out how much energy I have today. I have evening plans so I’ve got to keep myself good to go for that. This pretty means, if things run their normal course, that I’m already mostly done for the day. Or will this be the day I get an extra few hours of pep? It’s darn hard to know.
So what’s the score so far? I’ve been out of the hospital for a week and out of those seven days I’ve really only had one bad day: more of a bad night really. My meds are down about as far they can go and still do their job and it seems I still need that job done. My energy level is improving but by no means back to normal. I’m told by my therapists that I’m doing really well and while I’m sure some of that is said to keep me motivated I also think it’s mostly true. All in all things are good. Part of me thinks I should be farther along, but it’s a small part and it is wrong. My wound hasn’t completely healed yet so I’m still rebuilding actual flesh, I’m supposed to be a bit tired. What I’m coming to believe is that tomorrow should be even better. Yes!
Aloha!