Recovery- Can Be a Long and Winding Road

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With a hip operation there are so many things you have to be careful with after surgery. You're told not to cross your legs,twist your body, or bend too far. You also must always sit in a chair that keeps your hips above your knees- so no low toilets, chairs or comfy sofas. That said, I am allocated to a certain chair that is high enough and no other. So for a good month plus you are not going anywhere too far or for too long, (Unless you want to carry your built-up commode with you to your friend's or relative's) Plus- once there, you better have a walker to sit on or you might just end up on a chair that is too low and Lord knows- you could pop a hip! No- no visiting allowed for this reason. Yes, it is a slow comeback and you do need certain furniture and equipment to keep the hip in place as it heals. Bowling, Fly Fishing, and Ballroom Dancing are definitely out. Your bedroom and the washroom and maybe that high chair with cushions on it in the living room become your little world, for at least 6 weeks. But you still have to watch all those body movements for 3 months and you can't stand for long. Hip precautions- they call them. You're walker becomes your best friend. So, here I am almost a month in and things are getting better but all these rules and situations are a very big part of your life. Plus, I have to settle with easy to microwave dinners or my husband's cooking! No! anything but that! Thank God, my daughter drops in now and then to rescue me with something she has made. He does try though, but how often can you have canned soup, chips, bacon and/or burgers. Oh well- only a few more weeks to go- and thank God for pre-packaged salads, etc. or I'm sure I would have scurvy---ha! (an old-time disease from lack of Vitamin C). On a happy note- I am getting stronger- the surgeon said everything looks good so I am going to run--er should I say- push my walker- with that! ha!