Glad your okay and surgery was fine.
Hope they have cleared everything up, and healing will be fine.
Now it’s time to enjoy the holidays 
Thanks! Nothing like sitting around all day and wanting to eat all of the treats I was talking about Tuesday lol
Breakfast was two slices of bread and a protein shake followed later by 3 ounces of fudge.
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Nice name change for your log!
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I think I’ll keep changing the name to show everyone my current goal or plan. Hopefully this title is gone by March.
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what was worse about it? Lose bodies in the joint, more arthritis, more ligament issues??
I’m not 100% sure yet. I’ll have to ask my wife again or wait till my follow-up in three weeks.
The labrum was frayed which sucks. That means I lost part of it. I was hoping it was a tear so they could just anchor it and save the tissue.
I think there was a lot of build-up on the neck/head of my femur. I’m not sure what that means…extra bone formation? They had to shave it down quite a bit. It’s hard to explain in words…
Look at the neck of the femur. I think where it tapers down from the head to the neck is where I had the build-up. Mine had no taper so they shaved it down. That’s probably going to increase my recovery time. My paperwork with my restrictions says 50% weight bearing to avoid fracturing the neck of the femur. That would suck.
oh yes, that would be brutal.
How long you going to be out of work and then how long light duty?
I’m taking two weeks off and then I’ll go to light duty for an unknown amount of time. Doc told me two to three months for full recovery before surgery. He sent me home with paperwork for each procedure and it spells out the rehab process in detail. Unfortunately, it has the recovery time of 4-6 months with me avoiding “vigorous impact loading” for the first 12 weeks. That’s for the femoroplasty part of the surgery. The labrum repair looks like a 12 week program.
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12.21.17 Day 1 of Recovery
Did not fumble my way onto the scale this morning.
Yesterday’s Nutrition (post-op)
1477 calories, 268g carbs, 28g fat, 45g protein.
Surgery started later than I’d hoped. I woke up in recovery around 2pm. I didn’t get home till almost 5 (I think).
My food for the day was 2.5 Graham crackers, about 54 ounces of Sprite, and a Bootlegger Club sandwich from Jimmy John’s. I was battling nausea all evening but today is much better. I’m bored and kind of hungry. Bad combination.
Grandma’s treats aren’t going to last long and the funfetti cake is no more.
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Wifey showed me the sketch that the doctor drew for her.
This is my left femur viewed from the front. The shaded part is extra bone that I had but didn’t need. I think it was rubbing in the socket and causing problems…like a frayed labrum. I sure hope my right hip isn’t the same…
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12.22.17 Day 2 of Rehab/Recovery
Woke at 224.6 lbs - - - up 6 lbs since the morning it surgery :laughing
That’s one part trauma and fluid and one part bad eating.
Yesterday’s Nutrition
3960 calories, 452 carbs, 114g fat, 207 protein.
Another exciting day of sitting in my recliner lies ahead of me. Cabin fever started setting in pretty early yesterday.
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Woo! Just knocked out some seated leg extensions, prone heel slides, and DL bridges! It feels good to contract the muscles in my left leg.
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Be careful my friend, its christmas, time to enjoy.
Good to hear your right back in training :-I
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whoever had the “under 2” on the number of days @Frank_C would lay off workouts post surgery in the pick 'em pool wins the pot!
Take it easy man but glad you’re able to do some things to help stave off atrophy.
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Those are things under Weeks 1-3 of my rehab protocol so I figured I’d try them. I’m so bored!
I want to go to the gym today but I know it won’t make a difference if I wait till Tuesday. My first physical therapy session is that day so I’ll bug the therapist about what I can do.
I went to the gym too soon after my knee surgery in '08 and regretted it. I was weak, frail, and nauseous.
I’m hoping to be off my pain meds today. I only took half a pill this morning and I’m going to try to skip my next dose. I’m experiencing the worst side effect possible (actually there’s probably much worse things) - - - my junk is basically numb. I just want to feel normal when I go to the bathroom.
I almost went downstairs to do pull-ups and band pull aparts but I know my body probably needs all of my resources to address my hip right now. It’s still tempting though…
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Does anyone ever wonder what happens in the operating room while you’re unconscious? I was told that they had trouble opening up my hip joint. I wonder what they did to open it? It felt like I’d twisted my left ankle when I woke up.
The first thing I noticed upon waking was that my IV was in my right hand. It was in my left forearm when they knocked me out. Yesterday I noticed that I have three holes in my left forearm and they follow the same vein.
Lastly, I have a ruptured blood vessel in my left eye. What the hell happened in that OR?
I’m not mad. I’m just curious.
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Sorry, missed you going in and coming out mate. Glad you’re in one piece. Enjoy the holidays, stay positive and rehab like it’s your job.
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What happens in the OR room, stays in the OR room
Have some great holidays…
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12.23.17 Day 3 of Recovery
Woke at 221.4 lbs thanks to three trips to the bathroom overnight. I think I’m close to getting so I’d the extra fluids purged from my system. They infected fluid into my hip to expand everything and create room to work.
Yesterday’s Nutrition
2925 calories, 280g carbs, 111g fat, 205g protein.
My hip feels great and my leg is coming along. My pain is only in the muscles where they stabbed me to go in. I can already tell that I’m going to have trouble sticking to the 50% weight bearing restriction, but a fractured femur scares me so should be able to suck it up. Four weeks is going to feel long though. My right shoulder is already being weird from using just one crutch.
I haven’t had any pain meds since yesterday around 4pm. I only had one pill split in half yesterday. I think I’m good to go without any more drugs. That’s a good thing because…
- I won’t become a heroine addict
- I’ll have extras for the next time I do something stupid and hurt myself
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