March Operation Date!
You'll have to excuse any typos in this post - I'm sitting here with tears streaming down my cheeks after a call from Yeovil hospital. They have moved my operation date to 27th March.
I have a pre-operative assessment on 16th March and hopefully will get to see an Occupational Therapist, as there isn't a clinic between now and the operation for "How To Handle Your Joint Replacement" and all the tips and suggestions to aid one's recovery.
I think I shall send David Laws a huge box of chocolates or something for helping me out - because these are tears of relief and ... I don't know, just a release of tension and the dread I was feeling at the coming months. Now it is only a matter of a few weeks. I'm going to look like someone's punched me in the eyes by the time Kim gets home if I don't get a grip of myself!
Thank you all, each and every one of you who has sent healing, support or just a kind word, because it has kept me going. Now, there's not much more to struggle through till the operation and the beginning of recovery.
I'm having a big cup of tea to celebrate and I really must get around to maing that chocolate cake before Kim gets here to chuck it around the kitchen!
posted by The Shepton Witch @ 16:45
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That is absolutely wonderful news! I'm so glad that you can finally see an end to this. Congratulations, dear! {{{HUGS}}}
Thank you FoxChild, If I could, I'd be dancing all around the kitchen with excitement - as it is, I shall settle for sniffling into a hankie and supping large quantities of strong tea!
It won't be long before I will be able to start gently easing back into life and dance classes - I am just so excited. There's still a lot to get through, but this is the beginning of the end of the pain and that's just wonderful.
So glad that you have your op date and not very long to wait - though I expect it will seem a long time to you because of the pain. DH is also waiting for an op date that isn't materializing - hernia in his case so not as bad as your hip - so we know how you have been feeling.
well done on the date for your op! thats my daughters birthday so its bound to be a good day!! really pleased for you !
Leanne x
thats good news, take care of your self.
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Thank you all - I'm on a bit of an emotional roller-coaster at the moment, as it has been so long since I could walk properly. I realised yesterday that it has been over 5 years since I could go of for a walk without worrying: how long, would there be somewhere to sit down for a while, were there steps and if so did they have rails to hold on to...
It made me realise that it's been so long since I could move properly that I couldn't remember what it felt like. That was a shock and rather sad. This has been such a slow, insidious affliction that you don't notice the shrinking ability and narrowing horizons as you go along, then something pulls you up short and you realise that you have lost so much. In nineteen days I shall be starting the road to recovery (not that I'm counting the days or anything!) and that's a wonderful prospect.
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