Home from hospital
Mar. 22nd, 2025 09:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizbeeThe surgery went well; the surgeon says the inside of my ankle turned out to be worse than expected, but not difficult to fix. I'm in a cast with no weight-bearing for two weeks, which I knew in advance but did not anticipate how hard it would be.
I bought a knee scooter off Facebook Marketplace a couple of weeks ago, but it's not so helpful for getting around tight spaces, like the walk from my bed to the bathroom. The hospital physio set me up with a zimmer frame and taught me to use it, and the hospital has given me a free 30-day loaner frame. (I cannot rate the public health system highly enough. They do so much with so few resources. Support Medicare! Aggressively!)
Because I am clumsy, yesterday afternoon I hit a raised tile with the toes of my good foot and broke one of them. This is actually almost as annoying as the ankle, but will heal faster. I gave it ice and have buddy taped it, which helps.
I set up my bed to be a comfort/recovery station before I left for hospital; naturally that has not lasted. I think I had trouble regulating my temperature overnight, I really thrashed around and messed my blankets up.
I was concerned about pain management, but so far it's great -- I was sent home with five mild opioids, took one last night, but otherwise Panadol has been enough. I'm to take one aspirin a day for six weeks so I don't get blood clots, and cannot restart my arthritis meds for another week. I can resume the Wegovy whenever, but don't feel up to giving myself an injection today.
Next to my broken toe, my biggest annoyance is that last week I bought a remote-controlled bluetooth curtain opener/closer. My bedroom faces west, and it's awkward to get to the curtains. It was my biggest indulgence as I prepared for surgery. Got home yesterday and found that it has disconnected itself and needs to be re-added to the app, which involves climbing up to hold a button. Not gonna happen. My curtains stay closed. This is an extremely petty problem, but it's nevertheless irritating.
I bought a knee scooter off Facebook Marketplace a couple of weeks ago, but it's not so helpful for getting around tight spaces, like the walk from my bed to the bathroom. The hospital physio set me up with a zimmer frame and taught me to use it, and the hospital has given me a free 30-day loaner frame. (I cannot rate the public health system highly enough. They do so much with so few resources. Support Medicare! Aggressively!)
Because I am clumsy, yesterday afternoon I hit a raised tile with the toes of my good foot and broke one of them. This is actually almost as annoying as the ankle, but will heal faster. I gave it ice and have buddy taped it, which helps.
I set up my bed to be a comfort/recovery station before I left for hospital; naturally that has not lasted. I think I had trouble regulating my temperature overnight, I really thrashed around and messed my blankets up.
I was concerned about pain management, but so far it's great -- I was sent home with five mild opioids, took one last night, but otherwise Panadol has been enough. I'm to take one aspirin a day for six weeks so I don't get blood clots, and cannot restart my arthritis meds for another week. I can resume the Wegovy whenever, but don't feel up to giving myself an injection today.
Next to my broken toe, my biggest annoyance is that last week I bought a remote-controlled bluetooth curtain opener/closer. My bedroom faces west, and it's awkward to get to the curtains. It was my biggest indulgence as I prepared for surgery. Got home yesterday and found that it has disconnected itself and needs to be re-added to the app, which involves climbing up to hold a button. Not gonna happen. My curtains stay closed. This is an extremely petty problem, but it's nevertheless irritating.
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Date: 2025-03-23 10:23 pm (UTC)Hopefully if you can't get the curtain thing fixed you can get a refund, because jeez.
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Date: 2025-03-23 10:44 pm (UTC)I don't think I'll need a refund, it's just a matter of reinstalling the doodad, and I can't do that just yet...
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