Post Op, Day 2.

Here's a big ol protip for you: use a good travel mug for your hot drinks while you're recovering. I just dumped hot coffee all over myself, my bed, and my med bottles. I just fucking washed all this bedding.

Had to wash it again already because I got "the sweats" last night anyway - my body finally pushed out the last of the anesthesia and extra white blood cells, just like sweating out a fever. But after that, I took my pain meds (which I have put on a schedule so they all get dosed all at once every eight hours, another lil protip for you), and slept for eight hours straight. I never do that, my AuDHD has made me a few hours here, few hours there sleeper all my life.

And no, I'm absolutely not washing my bedding myself. This is why you need a caregiver at home, or you get sent to a nursing home for rehab.

PT starts today, and it was not scheduled well around my (unknown at the time of scheduling) pain med schedule... so my new PT is getting Weed Auntie today. Here's a secret, tho. I started Canna Fitness back in 2018. Every time I'd take a walk, or do a strength training set, I smoked a small bowl of Sour Diesel right before starting. My body is used to incorporating cannabinoids into fitness and recovery routines. ALL my PT's know me as Weed Auntie, but I don't think they know it.

Also, this is why all those snacks and all that meal planning was so important - my body needs all the calories for healing right now. I'm a pretty sparse eater nowadays with my lack of calorie burning and GI issues, but healing the biggest bone in your body? Apparently you need to eat like a pro football player. I'm glad the spare croquettes happened!

And finally, my bladder issues are already starting to resolve. Thank GOD. I figured they would, I did a Urodynamic test a few months back, and my bladder is pretty much perfection, as bladders go. Same with my pelvic floor strength.