Wow not sure where the time goes because I don't feel like I do an awful lot. The summer has flown by and we spent many days just me and Molly going to the beach or soft play places and zoos. It took a long time to get around most of them and each visit rendered the following day a lazy day as I was generally unable to move. I am still on the full dose of tramadol and the plan is to start reducing them from Monday next week - wish me luck because I will need it!
I have started hydrotherapy this week and have also been given some land based exercises to do. My therapist was lovely but the other ladies in the pool say she is too hard on them.
Have you ever done hydro? Its a strange thing. You go into the changing rooms in the local hospital and put on your swimming costume and one of the hospital dressing gowns. You have to sit around a table at first and drink some water whilst you wait for the group before you to finish. Everybody wants to know what everyone else has done and if they have had surgery. You are in groups so my group are all post op with lower limb issues. The guys are mostly rugby or football injuries, the older ladies hip r knee replacements and then there is me. The boys are not particularly interested - I imagine it must make them squirm a bit but the older ladies want all the details!!
Anyway once in the pool - which is near body temperature you all do your own exercises set by the therapist she checks up on you every few minutes. Some people are keen to get on and try more - which results in a telling off in case they ruin the surgeons work others complain of the pain and you can hear the therapists trying to encourage them but also biting their lips and seeming unwillingness to get better. Getting out of the pool is hard work, as you suddenly hit cold air and have your full body weight back. I shower and dress and book in for next weeks appointment, I have to make note of when I get pain etc so they can see if we need to up the exercises or cut back on them.
