It's day 2 post op and I'm doing my "physical therapy" of lying on my tummy on my bed for 15 minutes (3-5 times a day). It's not painful luckily and will help prevent scar tissue from forming at a bent angle. I called and set up my first real pt session for next Friday.
So far I've seen a lot of improvement already. I've gotten good at the 25% weight bearing on crutches. I am able to get up and off the lounge chair without assistance to go use the restroom. I can sit in a regular chair without too much pain. I'm still taking around the clock pain meds, but have cut back to 1.5 tablets. I do notice that when I sleep, the normal body twitching hurts and wakes me bc it activates the psoas area where they lengthened it. My incision sites are still covered so I haven't seen them yet but they're starting to itch and are very sore. I get to change dressing tomorrow and take a shower. I feel gross!!
My appetite has been lacking due to the pain meds but I'm making sure to keep food in my stomach for those and the anti inflammatory. My gi doc said its ok to do the NSAID as long as my stomach feels ok, since I should only need it a couple weeks. So much to think about and coordinate with all my gi problems as many meds don't sit well with UC.
Timer just went off for my "PT" so I'm going to attempt lunch... Until next time!
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