Day two

I was discharged home yesterday and the drugs of choice weren't too impressive.

I have paracetamol (acetaminophen), Tramadol - 2 tablets 3x a day, aspirin to prevent blood clots and Ondansetron to prevent nausea.

None of it seems to be working 100%. The pain is not too bad apart from the middle of the night. The nausea drugs are definitely not working. I had been keeping my fluids up and they really decided to come up. My poor husband had to clean up the bathroom after a simple trip to the loo resulted in a scene of the Exocist. Every time in drink I vomit so I'm taking tiny sips of lemonade and hoping to get a handle on it. I haven't eaten since yesterday breakfast which bounced.

I've done the inevitable put the foot down but managed to not put much weight on it so it didn't result in too much pain.

I had set myself up with Netflix, books and knitting but currently I can't really focus on anything. Fortunately I have six weeks for that to come right.

The knee crutch works well. No one had seen one before and the physio took notes for future clients. Between the bedroom and the bathroom I'm just managing on elbow crutches. I crawled up the stairs last night and I don't plan on going down again any time soon.

My bathroom set up is working well. I've got a toilet chair which doubles as a seat to sit on when vomiting. It is nice and stable and has side handles so it's easy to sit down and get up. I'm using hand sanitiser afterwards as advised by another blogger and that works great. There's no struggling with taps and coping with wet hands.

I certainly miss the pain pump but it's bearable. I just have to make sure I take everything regularly and try to keep on top of the pain. I also have to relax and not do anything but recover. That may take a bit of time.