tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11306479.post-1167267192779702332006-12-27T16:52:00.000-07:002007-01-04T17:38:12.846-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />It's day 14 today. Starting to feel better. That's Good. The worst day was day 4. It wasn't the hip. It felt sore. That was expected.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It was the rest of me, reacting to various drugs and hospital therapy. Specifically, I was extremely nasuated. Sought help from my "GP", who made a home vist. That's pretty special stuff. The diagnosis was mild sinus infection, swollen glands. plus a digestive system reaction to medications.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The solution, part his, part mine. I took enzymes and acidophlius for the digestive </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&lr=&amp;q=optimum+health&near=Sherwood+Park,+AB,+Canada&amp;radius=0.0&latlng=53535614,-113295090,980031254940685900&amp;sa=X&oi=local&amp;ct=result&cd=1">system</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. Backed off the pain killers. Reduced the dosage in half. Drank a 'gallon' of fluids, daily, water, plus pop, and juice with sugar, in it. Don't usually drink much of the latter, however all of the above worked. It took a couple of days though.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Is is crtical to have your GP, availabe to you, post operation. Don't botther calling the Hip and Knee Clinic, on medical issues. Deal directly with your GP.<br /><br />Do all that you can to feel well. For me the objective is to shortern the incapacity stage, as much as possible. </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Feeling well is best way I know to do that.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/1600/175762/Hip%20Exercises%20Hospital.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/35/698/320/228013/Hip%20Exercises%20Hospital.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Rehab session 24 hours after surgery</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></span>Bruce Winternoreply@blogger.com