Hi All,
Had my check up last week and have been on a dead run since with no time to post results and ask questions about it until now.
Silly me I thought I would be cut loose to "do as I pleased" as long at I took it easy. WRONG! When I asked about ending my 5 lb restriction on lifting he said I could now lift 10 lbs. What!? (O.K. now I can lift a full 1 gal. of milk without guilt.) Still no bending or twisting EITHER!? (But, I wanna dance!) I was SO not ready for that. I also thought I would be starting P.T. He thought about it for a few minutes and then with a sigh said I could do some LIGHT P.T. I guess I haven't been paying as much attention as I thought I had been to the post-op recoveries of others. Also, I have lost a lot of weight. I put on 5 lbs for good measure before surgery, that is gone plus 15 more! Not good in my case, I am always cold now. It's been 85* and I carry a sweater to the store with me because I will be shivering in no time. Those of you heading for surgery, the pain meds flat kill your appetite. Then when you do eat you get constipated! You can't win.
So, is this what you went through? Do you get more freedom at your 6 mo. check up? I feel so great and I am down to only a couple of pain meds per day. I still have the fentanyl patch on but 1/2 dose (It is an opiod, thus still my constipation issue.) and that only for 2 more weeks. I didn't wear any type of brace after surgery, which I really appreciated after reading how tough they can be to use. I am experiencing the shocking feelings as things wake up. (Intense enought to make me gasp out loud at times.) Which speaking of waking up how long before numbness goes away? My butt is still numb. Also, Does anyone have flatt butt syndrome? I am fused to L4 and it looks like some invisable person is pushing my butt cheeks down. You know when you stand up and usually can push your butt out? I can't, my pelvis looks tucked under. (If I were a dog it would be the tail between legs look!) I asked my Dr. about this and he said "it would get better". How better? Anyone go through this one? So you add that to all my weight loss (Which hads also led to breast loss.) and I am a walking yard stick! I am straight though! He got me from 49* to 8* I actually have a waist on each side of my torso now. I do find when I over do it my whole upper body leans forward, like the tower of piza. (I am fused T10 to L4) Kinda funny because before surgery My husband said I looked like a walking sack of potatoes! My potatoes are all in a row now.
It's funny how I go in to my appt. with a list of questions and then get home and have more. Thats where this site helps so much for me. Reading everyones experiences and their questions being answered gets me by till my next appt. Thanks all!
Had my check up last week and have been on a dead run since with no time to post results and ask questions about it until now.
Silly me I thought I would be cut loose to "do as I pleased" as long at I took it easy. WRONG! When I asked about ending my 5 lb restriction on lifting he said I could now lift 10 lbs. What!? (O.K. now I can lift a full 1 gal. of milk without guilt.) Still no bending or twisting EITHER!? (But, I wanna dance!) I was SO not ready for that. I also thought I would be starting P.T. He thought about it for a few minutes and then with a sigh said I could do some LIGHT P.T. I guess I haven't been paying as much attention as I thought I had been to the post-op recoveries of others. Also, I have lost a lot of weight. I put on 5 lbs for good measure before surgery, that is gone plus 15 more! Not good in my case, I am always cold now. It's been 85* and I carry a sweater to the store with me because I will be shivering in no time. Those of you heading for surgery, the pain meds flat kill your appetite. Then when you do eat you get constipated! You can't win.
So, is this what you went through? Do you get more freedom at your 6 mo. check up? I feel so great and I am down to only a couple of pain meds per day. I still have the fentanyl patch on but 1/2 dose (It is an opiod, thus still my constipation issue.) and that only for 2 more weeks. I didn't wear any type of brace after surgery, which I really appreciated after reading how tough they can be to use. I am experiencing the shocking feelings as things wake up. (Intense enought to make me gasp out loud at times.) Which speaking of waking up how long before numbness goes away? My butt is still numb. Also, Does anyone have flatt butt syndrome? I am fused to L4 and it looks like some invisable person is pushing my butt cheeks down. You know when you stand up and usually can push your butt out? I can't, my pelvis looks tucked under. (If I were a dog it would be the tail between legs look!) I asked my Dr. about this and he said "it would get better". How better? Anyone go through this one? So you add that to all my weight loss (Which hads also led to breast loss.) and I am a walking yard stick! I am straight though! He got me from 49* to 8* I actually have a waist on each side of my torso now. I do find when I over do it my whole upper body leans forward, like the tower of piza. (I am fused T10 to L4) Kinda funny because before surgery My husband said I looked like a walking sack of potatoes! My potatoes are all in a row now.
It's funny how I go in to my appt. with a list of questions and then get home and have more. Thats where this site helps so much for me. Reading everyones experiences and their questions being answered gets me by till my next appt. Thanks all!
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