2 week hip update

Hello there. Today I had my first follow up appointment. I wasn't sure what to expect, mostly because no one told me what to expect, haha.

FH took me to the appointment, the wonderful caregiver that he is. 

Things to note:

We dropped off the CPM machine. So glad to see that thing leave my living room.

Stitches got taken out and I don't have to put fresh bandaids on them every night any more. Happy about that because the adhesive was really starting to irritate my skin.

They told me that I can SLOWLY start putting weight on my right side now. I did not expect that so soon and it made me so happy! Still have to wear the brace if I'm going to be doing a lot of moving around, to make sure I'm not twisting or anything. And have to make sure I don't bend past 90 degrees, which still means no bending over at the waist. BUT I can start trying to walk again! I was THRILLED to hear that! They basically said let the pain be the guide. If it hurts, take it back a notch. 

Driving won't be allowed until I'm fully walking with no pain. That might take a while. 

I can stop taking the pain meds and only need to keep taking aspirin until I'm fully walking, to prevent clots.

They took Xrays and compared side by side before and after and you can really see a difference in the shape of the bone. It looks nice!

Then the doctor showed us pictures of the procedure- inside the joint. Again, I was not expecting that. The first picture was all angry and red and torn up and messy looking. Then he showed pictures of the sutures to repair the tear, and re-shaping the bone. The last picture was the joint all cleaned up and pretty looking. That's wild!

Doc also said that he doesn't expect me to be back at work until the end of June- a couple of weeks longer than what we originally thought. He said I could go back but because much of my job is driving, traveling, walking, and standing, that I'd probably be in a lot of pain. So he wanted to give me a few more weeks to recover. He said, "You don't want to go back to soon and mess this up." So, okay. 

I have another follow up in a month.