CUZ I WALK WITH A LIMP LIKE AN OLD SCHOOL PIMP

Good news! Everything looks great! The healing is going well, I'm allowed to start bearing 25lbs/week, working out on the bike (but I have orders to only go 10 min, and I can work that up every week) and I got the A-OK to drive!(AFTER I get my car back from the shop, that is). And I found out my OS goes to the same church I do! Small world...

Here is the newest x-ray I had taken, this morning at my appointment...



NOW...here is the funny part. You see the black circle? Well, if you look hard enough you can see a little dark line from the edge of my body down about an inch or so until you see a little wider piece of screw. Well, I asked Scheid what that was since there was no head to the screw. He looked at me and said "That's not a screw... it's a drillbit." Yup! He said after making the cuts and putting everything in place, he was drilling a hole and the bit broke off, and there was no point in drilling again to go down and try to maneuver it out, so he left it in there. It won't effect me in any way, it's gonna act just like another screw so including the bit, that brings the count to 9!

Now, here is the outside image...


This surgery, has been so much easier! Stephanie was soooo right! The second time around is so much better. Even Scheid said that I'm doing so much better than last time, and even that time around, he said I was recovering better than anyone he had seen before. I can't say how blessed I had been, and I'm so very thankful!

Ok, enough for now...
;-)

4 weeks Post-op!!

Yes it's true! I'm 4 weeks post-op today and I'm down to 1 pain pill every few days! I'm really excited! These days I can do almost everything myself, but I do need help getting up and down the stairs and I'm still unable to drive, but I see my dr. next week and I hope he gives me the green flag to drive!

I'm still having trouble sleeping through the night but I can only hope it will get better in time... And this past weekend was not such a good weekend :/ I must have had something bad to eat but I got sick Saturday night and then Sunday and Monday I had horrible heartburn/stomach pain and my mom remembered I had similar trouble last time after surgery with my pain meds giving me an upset stomach at times, but I'm feeling better now and I hope it continues!

Thursday marks 17 wonderful months with Jacob!!! We're leaving Friday morning for IL and we'll be back on Sunday. It will be good to see his family and we're also visiting Chi-town on Saturday with Jason and Michelle and we're going to see baby Luke in the hospital. I'm excited to see Jacob's nephew again.

It's a wonderful time of the year and today was a great example! Mom, Lauren and I packed a picnic lunch, went to Eagle Creek and spent a couple hours looking over the water and having a good time together! the weather was beautiful, the food was great and it was oh.. SOOOOOO nice to be out of the house! Hahah!

Jacob and I had a hard past weekend with news that 3 of the 4 jobs he was interviewing for and waiting on, fell through. It's been a very rough struggle for us and we're really depending on God to get us through these times before the wedding and getting ready for a life together on the right foot. We know the Lord will provide for us, and we have faith something will come along, it's just hard not being able to control our own future but leaving it in the Lord's hands is the best and only option we have. Please keep us in your prayers!

Alright well I'm gonna go watch Friends and relax in bed! (pretty much all I do these days! hahaha)

PAIN --- Please go away!

Yesterday was great! No pain at all.......and then it began. From the time I went to sleep at 11:30pm - 5am I woke up 3 times and in horrible pain in my (L)hip and in my back. The third time I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep, I had had enough so I took some pain meds (the first time in over 24 hrs) and around 6:30 I fell back asleep an woke up at 8. I hate not being able to sleep at night. and what makes it worse is I am not a back sleeper but that's what I have had to resort to since Sep. 21st, I love to be on my sides or stomach but NOOOOOOO I can't because my sides are still sore from surgery and there is too much pressure if I lay on my stomach.. this blows! Pretty much everything else is going ok though. I'm starting to use my crutches a little every day but most of all, I use the walker. Tomorrow Jacob is taking me to his gym and I hope to get in the pool from some water therapy, and i'm really looking forward to it. to be able to walk around with no help for the first time in almost a month will be an amazing feeling! I can also finally shower without help, but I still need help getting up and down the stairs, getting dressed and putting on shoes and socks.

Not much else to report on... I go see Scheid on the 28th where I HOPE he gives me to OK to drive again, but until then, I go out with my parents or Jacob whenever I get the chance..

Ok.. I'm gonna go read then take a nap...

Truth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-EzVteRq1k

My new favorite song, by far!! We sang this is church the other week and I get chills everytime I hear it!

10/7

Just over 2 weeks post op... and not to brag, but have I come far from the last surgery or what! I'm getting in and out of bed alone (already!), I can go to the bathroom without help and though it takes a while, I can dress myself most of the time. I'm still using my wheelchair when I go out of the house because using the walker takes forever and I'm not to my crutches stage yet but it will be here soon!
I do still have to wear my TED hose but I only have 2 days left of Lovenox, woot woot!! Tell you what, getting shots every day in your stomach isn't fun at all.

My right hip is healing really fast and where the stitches were, you can hardly tell any work was done! But the incision on my left hip is, well, still an incision and I will always have those reminders of what I had have done. Not gonna lie, it's pretty cool to show them off! I'm not too worried about going out in a swimsuit and having people see both scars because it doesn't matter what they think. I don't care and neither does Jacob and that's all that matters! I love my hubby-to-be!

Today has been kinda of a blah day... I just wanna be left alone and the little things are starting to get to me but I have to think in a few weeks I'll be able to drive again and I won't be restricted to the house 24/7. (That being, if my car gets fixed. It's doing the same thing it did when I had my last surgery. It wasn't driven for weeks and now it won't start so we took it to the shop and I hope it's not gonna cost me an arm and a leg to fix...) :/

oh boy... :/ well it's only 5pm so I'm gonna find something to do to pass the time until bed.