My mom overlapped with my dad, so when we got back from our weekend in LA she was at our house. She's staying till the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and I'm so happy to have her here for so long. She's so helpful with my recovery, care-taking of Chris, Lucy and me and she does a …
I met a fellow San Diego "hippie" through my PAO group on Facebook. We started texting each other and offering each other support during our recoveries. We are exactly one week different in post-op timing and she was in the exact same hospital room as I was! We wanted to meet each other in person …
I have been experiencing a lot of nerve pain. My whole thigh is still numb. It ranges from the top part of my hip, down the side and into the glute area and then all areas of my thigh down to my knee. The numbness isn't painful. It's numb! It does feel really odd when …
Chris helps run a charity for people affected by pancreatic cancer. The main event every year is a big race in LA. I really wanted to be able to make it for this weekend to show my support and I was pleasantly surprised that I felt ok enough to go. I had a couple friends …
My dad came on October 25th and overlapped with Heather. I also had my first PT session that day. My surgeon has started having his patients start PT earlier, around 7-10 days post-op. So within my first two weeks post-op, I had two PT sessions. They mostly consisted of passive range of motion by my …
So I made it the first weekend at home without going back to the hospital! Chris was my sole caregiver, but he was able to get some breaks when friends would visit. I had several friends visit throughout the weekend and I honestly don't remember much about those visits. I have a vague recollection that …
Continue reading Homecoming and a Fall: Post Op Series Post 2
So I have really struggled with writing this post mostly because I haven't wanted to relive the details of it. Also because with all the pain, the meds and overall hospitalization/surgery, I basically experienced amnesia. I welcomed the lack of memory because I obviously didn't know or remember some of what happened until I was …
Continue reading Surgery and Hospitalization: Post Op Series Post 1
Tomorrow is the day! I'm wayyyyy over due for updates on what's been happening in my life and in my recovery from my RPAO. However, I'll have so much more time on my hands to write longer posts after this next surgery. I plan to catch you all up with what's been happening over the …
I swore to myself I wouldn't do this. I wouldn't be like many of the other blogs about PAO's. I wouldn't abandon my readers when I started to feel better. I saw a pattern in those blogs I found. They all seemed to stop after a few months of recovery. My boyfriend took that to …
This year can't be over soon enough! 2017 is just a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. I saw my neck surgeon on Tuesday and the appointment wasn't very good. It's my third not great appointment in a row and I just need to keep processing the news I hear. The harder thing is …
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