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Pre-op bloodwork came back
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 490942" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">Janet, I recall my sister telling me that the rehab is grueling the first week or two, but that you MUST do it. So, I guess I will be taking pain killers those first couple of weeks. I'm ready if it means I will be able to walk without pain next Spring.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">Star, thanks for all the notes. I attended a pre-replacement surgery class with H a couple of weeks ago and it went over all that information. However, the pincer thing sounds useful - think I will pick one up! I been instructed to bathe with the Hibicleanse stuff the night before and the morning of the surgery and I'm not allowed to use a razor to shave, ugh. What would be the point anyway?? I will have the rowing machine and the inflatable socks and the ice thingy. They will send me home with a walker and a cane, though I already have a cane and shower chair, so I'm all set there. I will NOT be at a rehab center - I go straight home on day 4 and will have in home care for about two weeks. They gave me a list of items to purchase beforehand and I've already gotten some, but still have a few left. I want to buy mens flannel shorts because all my casual comfy pants and pj pants would be too slim to go over the knee with a bandage on it. I picked up the tylenol, the apsirin, the stool softener (ew), and some other stuff. I think I'm going to set myself up in the spare room for the first couple of weeks. My room is tight with our giant bed and I don't want to keep H upu all night. Plus, it's closer to the bathroom, lol. I will have H helping me at home for the first 4 days and then only at night. My friend is taking a few days off work to stay with me during the day and another friend said she would do the same. Just to be there, help me get around, cook and clean, etc. I will have to just bite the urge to start doing things around the house too soon...I hate a messy house and it's always messy if I'm not picking up and putting away every day. H is messy...even easy child gets angry with him for leaving **** everywhere he goes, like a trail. LOL...</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #008080"><span style="font-size: 10px">Thanks for the tips!</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 490942, member: 2211"] [COLOR=#008080][SIZE=2]Janet, I recall my sister telling me that the rehab is grueling the first week or two, but that you MUST do it. So, I guess I will be taking pain killers those first couple of weeks. I'm ready if it means I will be able to walk without pain next Spring. Star, thanks for all the notes. I attended a pre-replacement surgery class with H a couple of weeks ago and it went over all that information. However, the pincer thing sounds useful - think I will pick one up! I been instructed to bathe with the Hibicleanse stuff the night before and the morning of the surgery and I'm not allowed to use a razor to shave, ugh. What would be the point anyway?? I will have the rowing machine and the inflatable socks and the ice thingy. They will send me home with a walker and a cane, though I already have a cane and shower chair, so I'm all set there. I will NOT be at a rehab center - I go straight home on day 4 and will have in home care for about two weeks. They gave me a list of items to purchase beforehand and I've already gotten some, but still have a few left. I want to buy mens flannel shorts because all my casual comfy pants and pj pants would be too slim to go over the knee with a bandage on it. I picked up the tylenol, the apsirin, the stool softener (ew), and some other stuff. I think I'm going to set myself up in the spare room for the first couple of weeks. My room is tight with our giant bed and I don't want to keep H upu all night. Plus, it's closer to the bathroom, lol. I will have H helping me at home for the first 4 days and then only at night. My friend is taking a few days off work to stay with me during the day and another friend said she would do the same. Just to be there, help me get around, cook and clean, etc. I will have to just bite the urge to start doing things around the house too soon...I hate a messy house and it's always messy if I'm not picking up and putting away every day. H is messy...even easy child gets angry with him for leaving **** everywhere he goes, like a trail. LOL... Thanks for the tips![/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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