Day 65; Monday Feb. 14, 2011:
Back on the road again with another Charlotte Daily City Tour. Met a nice couple from Bermuda. Skipped morning rehab and paid the price with a sore hip.
Day 66; Tuesday Feb. 15, 2011:
Had a very productive business lunch with an old colleague; I must be getting back into the swing of things. Did morning rehab and felt a lot better.
Day 67; Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011:
Getting ready for my follow up appointment with the doc to check my progress.
Day 68; Thursday Feb. 17, 2011:
Doc says that my surgery wounds have healed quite well and that my legs are now even. I can now walk up to two miles a day he said. Thank God!
Day 69; Friday Feb. 18, 2011:
Did office work today; great way to recuperate from yesterday's hectic driving schedule.
Day 70; Saturday Feb. 19, 2011:
On the road again giving Charlotte Pilgrimage tours. Did a lot of walking through cemeteries with any noticeable pain.
Day 71; Sunday Feb. 20, 2011:
Not able to get physically motivated to hit the road today so I worked from home catching up on office stuff.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
Days 44 - 50 At Home After Surgery -- January 24 - 30, 2011
Day 44: Monday January 24, 2011:
Down to rehabbing once day.
Day 45: Tuesday January 25, 2011:
Looking forward to being released by my Doctor next month.
Day 46: Wednesday January 26, 2011:
Still have to be careful with heavy lifting.
Day 47: Thursday January 27, 2011:
I am mobile again in terms of motor vehicle transportation; still have to take it easy on the hip.
Day 48: Friday January 28, 2011:
Slowly getting back to keeping a normal work schedule which includes being mobile. Taped an interview today with Power 98's Tequilla Duru which will air this Sunday 01/30/2011 between 6 and 7 AM.
Day 49: Saturday January 29, 2011:
No time to be moving while recovering from full hip replacement surgery but you gotta do what you gotta do to keep on moving in the right direction.
Day 50: Sunday January 30, 2011:
On the road again recovering hip and all -- if it is to be it is up to me!
Down to rehabbing once day.
Day 45: Tuesday January 25, 2011:
Looking forward to being released by my Doctor next month.
Day 46: Wednesday January 26, 2011:
Still have to be careful with heavy lifting.
Day 47: Thursday January 27, 2011:
I am mobile again in terms of motor vehicle transportation; still have to take it easy on the hip.
Day 48: Friday January 28, 2011:
Slowly getting back to keeping a normal work schedule which includes being mobile. Taped an interview today with Power 98's Tequilla Duru which will air this Sunday 01/30/2011 between 6 and 7 AM.
Day 49: Saturday January 29, 2011:
No time to be moving while recovering from full hip replacement surgery but you gotta do what you gotta do to keep on moving in the right direction.
Day 50: Sunday January 30, 2011:
On the road again recovering hip and all -- if it is to be it is up to me!
Monday, December 27, 2010
Day Of Surgery -- Wed. 12/08/2010
I arrived in the 3 West Wing at approximately 9:40 AM, but was
not put into a bed until approximately 11:30 AM. I used the time to get
my Living Will updated by the hospital social worker. I was then taken
into a staging area where other patients were awaiting surgery. This process
can take several hours as I was not wheeled away until approximately 1:30 PM.
Before that I had to get naked as they say, receive a drip of IV, talk to the
nurse and doctor, wear what I call pantyhose to prevent a blood clot,
and try to relax as much as I can; given the pain in my hip. I was not
too crazy about the announcement that I would be awake during the entire
surgery. I thought that I was going to have a choice to be knocked out. The
nurse said that I will be able to hear things but they would give me something
that would make me not care! I repeated the Lord's Prayer many times
before being whisked away into the operating room.
She was right, they wheeled me in the operating room and it was on. I remember getting the shot in my lower back and being laid down on my right side and covered up. I can't quite remember being cut but I do remember hearing the doctors, nurses, and others talking and laughing -- not at me but at jokes that were being told. It was weird; I could feel my body being jerked from side to side, hammering, a saw, but no pain. My surgeon let me know that they were done and actually showed me my damaged hip which looked like a doggy bone -- it was oh so surreal. I thought that I was getting stitches at the end of the surgery but it turns out he put in staples and they rolled me back onto a bed and off I went to the recovery room. It took approximately 40 minutes from start to finish.
This room was like being in the midst of Alice and Wonderland and Robocop as strange people kept coming and going, hooking me up to machines, checking my vitals, and asking if I had feeling in my lower half. Finally, after two hours I was whisked away again into my room for the next three nights where they began another round of people hooking me up to various machines, placing my left leg in a brace,
giving me pills, shots, and checking my temperature. This flurry went on all night and through the next morning. I did get a chance to taste hospital food for the first time in my life and it was as I anticipated -- awful! So bad all I can remember was the black coffee which I typically do not drink. The only bright spots were the two cute nurses that attended to me, one all night long.
She was right, they wheeled me in the operating room and it was on. I remember getting the shot in my lower back and being laid down on my right side and covered up. I can't quite remember being cut but I do remember hearing the doctors, nurses, and others talking and laughing -- not at me but at jokes that were being told. It was weird; I could feel my body being jerked from side to side, hammering, a saw, but no pain. My surgeon let me know that they were done and actually showed me my damaged hip which looked like a doggy bone -- it was oh so surreal. I thought that I was getting stitches at the end of the surgery but it turns out he put in staples and they rolled me back onto a bed and off I went to the recovery room. It took approximately 40 minutes from start to finish.
This room was like being in the midst of Alice and Wonderland and Robocop as strange people kept coming and going, hooking me up to machines, checking my vitals, and asking if I had feeling in my lower half. Finally, after two hours I was whisked away again into my room for the next three nights where they began another round of people hooking me up to various machines, placing my left leg in a brace,
giving me pills, shots, and checking my temperature. This flurry went on all night and through the next morning. I did get a chance to taste hospital food for the first time in my life and it was as I anticipated -- awful! So bad all I can remember was the black coffee which I typically do not drink. The only bright spots were the two cute nurses that attended to me, one all night long.
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