1st post op visit a success

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

I am now 11 days post surgery and feelin fine. Extra strength

tylenol during the day and an occassional perc for night time when

the new muscles I am building act up. I had my first post op today,

he was thrilled with my progress, all 36 staples were removed and it

did not even hurt one bit. I can finally shower tomorrow (soap and

water on inscion only, nothing is recommended he said treat it like

the rest of your skin) and I have been released to use my exercise

bike which I am thrilled about!! I am walking with crutches about an

hour a day. I do get tired and nap during the day but the doc said

that is normal. All and all I can not believe how good I feel I hope

all of you have as good of an experience as me. You are all in my

thoughts.

So many KAthy's KAthy etc

TAke care

Kathy B (38 RTHR 4/9/04)

[Guest guest]

Great news Kathy - keep up the good work. I am finding my first week

back at work (teaching) very tiring. I have been trying to leave at

4.30pm, but today we had a long meeting after school and I didn't

leave until after 6pm - a long day because I was there before 8am!

Just eaten and will be spending the rest of the evening with my feet

up before an early night!!!

All the best

Lesley

[Guest guest]

Hi Lesley- I am almost 4 weeks post op for a RTHR.I'm also a

teacher .How long did you take off before retuning? I can imagine the

first week back would be tiring! R