Another Brand-New Hip

Monday morning, we showed up at 8am at Fort Sanders Hospital in Knoxville, TN and at 6:30 that evening I was sitting in my chair at home with a new hip – I find that pretty amazing.  The surgery took place about 10am then it was into recovery until about 12:30 and on to a room to wait for the spinal anesthesia to wear off and eat a little lunch.  Does this look like a guy who just had major surgery.

Then there was a little light therapy to be sure I could walk with a walker, go up a stair, get in a car, and urinate.  Then I got an IV of antibiotics, listened to my instructions, and hit the road about 5:15 for the drive home.  

At home, I have to walk and do breathing exercises every hour and I start going to thrice weekly therapy today.  If all goes as last time, I’ll be walking without assistance in a month and I am now the bionic man in my hip and knee joints.  These things have impacted about nine years of my life and if I had it to do over, I would have done them all as soon as I could.  Hopefully I can get through life with everything else as is, but I still might require a little toe work.

I had to lose 50 pounds for the surgery and while I am committed to losing more, after three months of pretty serious dieting, I wanted a special breakfast for my first post-op one - fried potatoes, onions, and peppers, topped with fried eggs - a meal Bev has been eating fairly often and driving me crazy with the aromas.

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.

Larry

04/11/22 event date