Ok, so I didn't post about days 1-4, but day 5...oh boy, it's day 5. Day 5 post-op. I had surgery on Friday of last week. I had a laberal tear in my left hip. They did a debridement and tear repair, arthroscopically.
Day 5 is PAINFUL. I am completely oblivious to how much pain surgery puts a person in. I mean, I gave birth to my second child without pain meds (not my choice, but I did it). I never took anything more than an Advil for that. Yesterday after the pain pump came out I cried like a baby and begged to have it put back in. This pain is like nothing else I've ever experienced. I also feel like a total moron because I thought for sure I was going back to work the next Wednesday, which is tomorrow, which is in no way happening. I can hardly lower myself to the tinkler without crying out for my momma in pain! And to top it all off, I am a klutz on a pair of crutches. When I went through "crutches bootcamp" prior to the surgery I thought it was lame. I thought I was so above training on them, and when I saw the 16 year old crutching out of the physical therapy office, I thought pffft, I can do that. I'm coordinated, I was a cheerleader for pete's sake. Nope, I look like a 18 month old learning to walk for the first time. Needless to say, I am humbled. I cannot deal with this pain like a normal person, I cannot walk on crutches, I cannot ask for help, I suck at being sick. Ahhh, another day of horrible daytime TV.
