Hi My Friends
Glad to report that the op on my knee was not cancelled again and went ahead on the 23rd June.
I had my op at 10.30am and was then taken to my room at 12.30pm, which I shared with a lovely lady called Sue. I only saw her twice in all the time I was there as she had to stay flat on the bed as her back was broken. For all the pain we were in we had a good laugh at silly things (toilet mainly). I saw her once when I went for physio and the second time I waved her goodbye as I went home Saturday afternoon. I'm still in contact with her but she is having a rough time at the moment.
I hit my brick wall of pain tolerance mid week and rang the doctor. I had been sent home with paracetamol, Ibuprofen & codeine phosphate. By this time I was missing the morphine. Anyway spoke to a young lady who asked how I was getting on with my meds and I said That I wasn't sleeping as the pain just kept me awake and had no relief during the day and I said that Paracetamol wasn't helping the pain at all. She said try leaving the Paracetamol out and you'll soon realise how good they are. Basically that was the end of the conversation. That night my sister gave me a pain killer she had when she broke her rib and I had a relatively good night.By that weekend I was in so much pain we had to ring 111, this was at 2.30pm Saturday afternoon a week after my op. They said someone will be with you in 2 hours as a house call, 7.40pm we rang again, they took my details again and said within 2 hours someone will be visiting you. my leg was so swollen and was bright red and very hot to touch, we waited until 2.30 am and no one had arrived. Paul said could I stand the pain till morning and we'd ring the doctor which he did and I went to our surgery to be told I had a Haematoma and to elevate the leg and gave me antibiotics just in case it got infected but not to take until I show signs of infection.
Paul & I did laugh the morning I went in. Although I was NHS I had the op at a private hospital. We were sat in the reception after checking in and I was given 2 forms to fill in regarding a light evening meal ie:- sandwich and a form for breakfast the next day, which I chose egg mayo sandwich & cornflakes, toast & marmalade. Sat opposite me was a well to do gentleman that was waiting to be shown to his single occupancy room. A man in a chef uniform came out and asked the gentleman what sandwich would you like for the afternoon, you can choose roast beef & horseradish or mustard, chicken with some fancy dressing or smoked salmon & cucumber. Although we had masks on I could see Paul's eyes were creased with laughing, but then they changed when he re read my choice which was egg mayo, ham or cheese.I remember being called to go and Paul looked quite emotional and couldn't really talk, he hugged me tight said I love you and I hobbled away. When all said and done I'm glad I had a shared room as Sue was a great roomie and no matter what posh nosh you have it couldn't replace the laughing. Thanks Sue X
I went for my first NHS physio last Wednesday and he was quite brutal. He said I wasn't on enough pain control and suggested I contacted my GP that day which I did and she upt the dose of codeine to 60ml along with the ibuprofen & paracetamol.WOW! I've never slept so much.I hope all of this makes sense.
Anyway, long and short of things I'm still in a lot of pain especially after doing my exercises especially trying to get my leg to 90 degrees, but that's due to the haematoma, I hope the physio realises this when I see him again in 9 day's time. I know it is a different kind of pain that will get better, I'm disappointed in my own progress so I could do without him telling me again I should be doing more.
Andrea, I really hope Ged is making a full recovery after his op too.
I have a couple of cards to make, a 70th and a baby card, so hoping to get up into my workroom to make a start this weekend. That's if I can stay awake.
Sorry if there is too much waffle.
Take Care & wear your Masks
Love & Hugs
Tina XX
