Re: Just got home today from C+ Sx. Unbelievable!!!!!!!!

March 12, 2004

Todd- Watch out being the man of steel. If you do the wrong thing, we

could hear you are back in for " a fixing up. " As in a standard THR.

You should proceed with some caution. If you do some full leg lifts,

for example, you could easily be back to try and straighten out a

shifted acetabular cup.

And if you don't use walking aids while you are recovering, you'll

develop a darn nice limp. A really dumb thing to develop after

spending so much time, energy and money to make yourself right.

Cap Amaze_O (C+, Sinai, Mont, 12-17-01)

> Hello everyone!

> I just got home 2 hours ago after spending 3 days in the hospital

in

> Vancouver, Washington. I had a Conserve Plus by Dr Ed Sparling. He

> was right when he said he would have a hard time keeping me on

> crutches for six weeks. I can alreay walk without them with only

> minimal wound pain. Not that I am going to go without them but I

was

> amazed at how fast I recovered from the surgery which, by the way,

> looking back was far easier than I had thought. Post op pain was

> well controlled with only a morphine PCA. I changed over to 5 mg of

> Oxycodone on post op day #1 and was to have had only Vicodin but I

> itched so much. I just got back from the store after driving myself

> and shopping. I can go for 6-8 hours without any pain medicine so

> driving is not an issue. I feel no foreign body sensation from the

> device and my range of motion is already far greater than before. I

> cannot tell that this is not my own hip joint. I'm so excited I

> can't stand it!

> Thanks for all the eamils and phone calls and for Peggy's book

which

> made it easier to proceed. AS SOON as my other hip starts to hurt

> I'm going for it rather than waste another 5 years.

> Todd Eggen

March 12, 2004

Hi Todd,

Glad everything went well and you're feeling great.

That said - SLOW DOWN. You've come a long way ... don't jump

back ... pain is our bodys warning of damage ... the meds simply mask

the pain / discomfort that your body is feeling ... allow your body

some time to heal ... the last thing you want is to end up back on

the table. The bone still has to grow into the implant and the

tendons / muscles heal. I know it's hard to hold back :-) Keep

thinking long term ... :-)

Best wishes