TIL: Today I Learned...

UpHere said
that i need a new hip... I'm on a list now, should be about a year, kinda scared about surgery, have never had an operation - will be nice to actually function normally again though

well... i have a new hip - that was faster than expected, usually you have to wait a year + for our "free" canadian healthcare providers just to give you a consultation - i kinda had a fairytale joint replacement journey i guess, 6 months start to end (not really ending yet though... this hurts like a mother)

5 days since surgery, prescribed Oxy is about to run out (prolly for the best i guess?) and can't sleep more than an hour or two at a time, have a 2 week-doctors visit to make sure all is good coming up, then a 6 week visit with the surgeon... until then i'm not supposed to do anything... 6 WEEKS - can't even drive!! and then, get this... supposed to have ANOTHER 6 weeks of rehab and doing nothing.

This is just yelling into the void, i have tv series and puzzles and games and all this stuff to fill time, but I ALSO shouldn't have alcohol with these meds - which is the worst thing the doc could have said in front of my wife :( 3 months... at one point in my life that would have been like winning the lottery

I have a wheeled walker to use at home when no one's home (my daughter saw it and started sniggering) and i want to launch these crutches into the sun already... apologies, hope everyone is sleeping peacefully