Hip Hip Hooray

My left hip surgery was yesterday. My surgeon said that everything looks good and when he tested the hip during surgery the tendon no longer snapped. I am still nauseous and haven't eaten much. I was told yesterday that because of my blood pressure, pain levels and dizziness that I could be admitted but I chose to leave instead. I will see my surgeon before the Spring semester begins--sometime in January.

I have a 3.5 inch incision down the side of my thigh. It's covered at the moment but I'm sure it looks nice. I haven't used the cryo cuff today because it seemed to burn my skin. Next time I'll put something in between so it does not touch my skin directly.

I still have to go to Boston on Monday to see my ankle/shoulder surgeon I haven't seen him since my shoulder surgery (August) and he wants to discuss my ankle...which has been bothering me. I am just about 1 year post-op and really shouldn't have this much pain. Hopefully he has answers for my ankle and likes the progress I have made with my shoulder.

Hopefully my dizziness and nausea calm down soon so I can eat. I have been taking Tylenol (as always) for pain and it seems to be doing the trick. I also had IM (intra muscular) Toradol while in the hospital which seemed to help.

Before surgery my surgeon and I talked about my knee. I still have a lot of pain over the graft. He is not sure why but was extremely excited to see how stable it is.

I am looking forward to making Christmas cookies with my mom and Aunt and spending time with family over the holidays.