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Post by allenuk on Feb 11, 2012 1:43:15 GMT -7
Hello stonecutter. Good to hear it's gone well so far, and long may it continue.
Pain-killers and if you can manage it SLEEP. I know it's hard in your household, but sleeping for a long time would definitely help!
Thinking of you.
Allen.
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Post by cherylm on Feb 13, 2012 1:28:22 GMT -7
Yeah, I agree with Allen...sleep is a VERY good thing if you can manage it. During the years when I was dealing with so very much pain, I actually figured out that, if I managed to find a position that was relatively pain-free and could then go to sleep immediately, I could proling that pain-free state....and give my body a chance to focus on healing. If you can manage that, Stonecutter, it may serve you well!
All the best with your recovery!
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Post by ann- on Feb 13, 2012 2:25:30 GMT -7
I do agree, I think we underestimate just how much having surgery, the anaesthetics and the painkillers etc., take it out of you. I was in hospital just over a week but had completely underestimated the loss in overall body strength I would have, so much so that had real difficulty accessing my home on my return because I had lost so much strength to lift myself around etc. etc.
My advice would be use this time to rest and recover and do appreciate it because the rehab, even from a revision, I found quite hard work.
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Post by barclay on Feb 13, 2012 22:06:52 GMT -7
Sleep is also the time when your body does much healing and regenerating.
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Post by stonecutter on Feb 16, 2012 16:11:09 GMT -7
Grrrr.... phantom pains.
Had a follow up appointment with the surgeon on Tuesday morning. I waited over an hour in the waiting room for my less than 90 second appointment with the surgeon to find out that a) he's happy with it - so much so - he took the "after" picture already and b) I'm to come back NEXT Tuesday to have the stitches out.
With the home care nurse coming every other day for dressing changes, not sure what the point of the appointment was, but - it ain't like I got other things going on. Pretty much sitting on the posterior and waiting...
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Post by stinker373 on Feb 17, 2012 17:22:31 GMT -7
Wow! gald to hear everything went well foryou. It will be better in the ling run. Some pain now but the future will be better and you wont relaize how much more you will be able to do. Rest up till its totally better
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Post by ann- on Feb 18, 2012 6:12:26 GMT -7
Grrrr.... phantom pains. Had a follow up appointment with the surgeon on Tuesday morning. I waited over an hour in the waiting room for my less than 90 second appointment with the surgeon to find out that a) he's happy with it - so much so - he took the "after" picture already and b) I'm to come back NEXT Tuesday to have the stitches out. With the home care nurse coming every other day for dressing changes, not sure what the point of the appointment was, but - it ain't like I got other things going on. Pretty much sitting on the posterior and waiting... I remember those nerve pains in the early days and watching the clock till I could take my next lot of painkillers ... I was pretty lucky though as stayed in hospital for about a week, for or five days of that was on an epidural plus pain meds that helped a lot, I also had those dissolving stitches which didn't need to be taken out.Once I got home I had district nurse coming in too. Lots of waiting, I remember, but appreciate it ... though I probably didn't at the time either!
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Post by stonecutter on Feb 22, 2012 10:48:53 GMT -7
Hi J, welcome to these forums...
Yes - I can't wait to get myself back amongst the walking. My prosthetist is out of the Glenrose Hospital, and he's been very good in the (almost) 18 years I've known him. I imaging he'll not have many problems with the new and improved me.
Your kid started bossing you around at four, eh? Well - 2 1/2 and she's already on it for me... When she gets mad at me - she points to the door and yells, "Go away!" Not cool!
As an update for everyone. Another appointment with the surgeon in the books. Still have the stitches and now another appointment for a weeks time. That means - 22 days with the stitches. A bit nervous about that, but you have to assume the guy knows what he's doing.
Haven't been on painkillers in over a week. They just caused too many problems to be worth it (digestive related - - you can fill in the blanks). Phantom pains have subsided for the most part, and the stump is pretty much pain-free - with the exception of one spot. It's also hard to 'find the right position' when I'm tired and trying to get some sleep. I'm sure you'll all remember what that's like!
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Post by stonecutter on Feb 23, 2012 10:26:57 GMT -7
How's that for a small world? David is my guy at the Glenrose. Has been from Day 1.
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Post by stinker373 on Feb 26, 2012 13:45:06 GMT -7
Seems like you two are jsut missing each other. Perhpas set up a meeting when you are up and about stonecutter.
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Post by stonecutter on Mar 15, 2012 8:12:31 GMT -7
Well folks, here's an update. The last of the stitches were "dug" out on March 6. I had my initial appointment with my prosthetist on Tuesday (March 13th). He gave me a new liner to wear for two additional days to help shrink it down a bit and today at 1:00PM I get casted. Should be able to be counted among the walking within a week or so.
Yay!
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Post by barclay on Mar 15, 2012 20:44:46 GMT -7
:-) Hoping that the recovery continues to go smoothly!!
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Post by cherylm on Mar 16, 2012 0:12:12 GMT -7
Sounds like you're in the home stretch...hope casting and fittings go well for you!
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Post by stonecutter on Mar 23, 2012 19:07:27 GMT -7
Hey folks. I went in for the initial fitting on Tuesday afternoon, it didn't exactly go well. Just kind of hurt all over. I didn't even know what message to relay to the guy in order to make things better. he made a couple of adjustments with relation to height and angle of the foot and what not and we made a follow up appointment for this morning to make further adjustments. I left walking with the aid of crutches - as I expected. Over the three days I came up with a list of things that I needed changes to. Today, my new foot was in (he transferred my old one initially), so that was kind of exciting. It's a much better foot than my old one. Anyway - I had him make some changes to the inside of the socket including grinding some out to make some room and add a pad in the rear to take up some room, realignment of the foot and I was able to walk in the parallel bars unaided with no relative discomfort for a little while. It still seems like I'm "bottoming out" when I walk too far unaided, but i suspect that's to be expected as there's still some swelling that comes and goes. I wondered how many times in 18 years of adjustments and fittings I've walked down to the end of this and back?
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Post by barclay on Mar 27, 2012 21:44:14 GMT -7
It sounds like getting a first leg again -which makes sense I guess - tedious though.
re the picture - at least it's not a green mile ;-)
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Post by ann- on Apr 2, 2012 11:58:22 GMT -7
stick with it Stonecutter .... I found initially walking in my leg after my revision, much more painful than I expected, lol, though have skin grafting, and hadn't walked in an actual b/k leg for 30 yrs, so no thigh muscle) ... the first socket had to be re-done as I had an inflamed nerve ... but bit by bit it gradually got better, I used crutches though for a fair while. Interestingly someone else I was in rehab with had also had a revision, he was about a week or so behind me and he said he was surprised as well ... I am not sure if you feel it more because the stump is, apart from the swelling, less muscular ... or if everyone feels the same. I had nothing to go by because years ago we were started on very different legs where you took the weight like an a/k would.
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Post by quetzl on Jun 2, 2012 23:16:57 GMT -7
Stonecutter, you have the right attitude for sure. That's whats gonna keep you moving in the right direction. Plus its showing that 2 year old how to never give up. That's probably more important than anything else.
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