My surgery is two months from today! Oh My Lord! I am still in a slight bit of denial that it is all happening, but very excited to get it over with and to start feeling better. My millennial crutches came in the mail (I figured I'd jump on that bandwagon) and I practiced with them a bit the other day up and down the hall. I can definitely say that this will be an interesting process, especially with my chronic clumsiness!! I was already tripping myself with the springed bottoms of the crutches. My friend jokingly said that she thinks crutches are too dangerous for me because I am too much of a calamity, I should just stick to a wheel chair! haha.
Monday I have an appointment with Quest Diagnostics to get my blood type check! woo! I'll be interested to know what it is. My dad went and got his blood type checked on Tuesday and my sisters should be going soon.
I met another Hip Chick the other day through Hip Chicks Unite. She is 21 (so around my age), lives in Atlanta, has my surgeon, and is going through her first surgery this summer as well! How ironic. Hopefully we'll meet up before my surgery and we can have a chat. I am excited and glad to have someone going through it with me, in a way.
I also emailed my doctor yesterday about what medicines I can or can't take. No fish oil, no NSAIDS, no Birth Control, no meds that can cause your blood to thin. So basically I can take Tylenol!
Hope everyone is getting on well with their recoveries!
2 months to go!
ReplyDeleteI just started my daughter on Vitamin C & Iron today... (Her surgery is on May 31.) But I better check with both her doctor and her surgeon; because she's on Anaprox for some recurring headaches, and that is probably going to be a no-no!
Yeah, that is the main reason why I asked because I suffer from migraines and I take this medicine from overseas when Excedrin doesn't work. He said no to the Excedrin because it has Aspirin in it, but okay my other medicine, called Syndol. A lot of migraine medicines are blood thiners...
ReplyDeleteTaking iron and Vit C is a great Idea to get her ready for surgery! I started taking a multivitamin that includes both of them as well.
I'm so excited for you! I called Yolanda today and she should be calling me back on Monday, so hopefully I can actually schedule my surgery before I see Dr. S. I never would have known that was even possible if I hadn't met you.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to meet you! Oh, and its so funny that you said you're mom hates hearing your hips click because my mom is the EXACT same way. She always tells me to stop as if I'm doing it on purpose. HA