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Post by butterfly on Nov 14, 2017 4:05:22 GMT -5
Sorry to hear, Bob. Is your wife experiencing a lot of pain? Constant pain certainly will drag you down. Perhaps a change in anti-depressant meds might be of benefit. Getting past the pain, and getting past un-met expectations will help her greatly. It's not so much the pain being constant as it is the degree of pain during PT exercises combined with a feeling that she's not doing as well as others (PT and folks she's met) say she should be doing in terms of range of motion. But, I've signed her up on www.bonesmart.org, a forum for people who have had knee and hip replacements. She's getting feedback from others, including administrators of the site, that suggests she do the PT on her own and stop worrying about ROM. It will come if she's diligent and patient. I think the comments have given her some level of support and comfort. She was encouraged to look for "small victories" each day. I think she's going to quit outside PT and focus on doing this herself. I support that decision. That's a wonderful website. I got great support and encouragement (not to mention a zillion questions answered) from that website when I was preparing for and recovering from my hip replacements. I doubt I would have done as well without that support; I'm not sure I would have even gone through with it without their advice and support. I was very scared about it. One thing about that site -- on there you get the straight scoop, not somebody's scary story about what happened to their Aunt Hattie 30 years ago where everything went wrong, or, on the other hand, not somebody's story about how they were up and about and doing the tango the day after surgery. The folks on there all have either gone through replacement surgery themselves or are waiting to have it done and give very down to earth advice. One thing I read on there all the time is everybody heals differently and not to measure your progress by the progress of others. I'm glad she has joined that site. |
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