Dr. Guichet - Femurs March 2015

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Clarence, from one Dr G patient to another, I wish you the best of luck!

The pain level will probably go up after your epidural runs out. That's what happened to me. But don't be afraid, you'll get through it, and the pain will calm down after a few days. Try to do as much PT as you can in the hospital. I didn't, and it made my first evening at home kinda hard.


Is Sergio in London with you? If so, you're lucky, he's awesome

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Discharged from hospital yesterday. It is now nearly 9 am and I have an appointment with the isokinetic centre at 11am.

Quote from: YellowSpike on March 20, 2015, 11:05:56 PMClarence, from one Dr G patient to another, I wish you the best of luck!

The pain level will probably go up after your epidural runs out. That's what happened to me. But don't be afraid, you'll get through it, and the pain will calm down after a few days. Try to do as much PT as you can in the hospital. I didn't, and it made my first evening at home kinda hard.


Is Sergio in London with you? If so, you're lucky, he's awesome
Thanks, Yellowspike! Sergio is in London. He's been so helpful! The bike though! The bike that I'll have at home is the most uncomfortable bike ever! An hour on that yesterday was terrible but I managed it. Pain is like how you said. But yes, I guess I'll manage. Do you have any suggestions on sleeping position? I have two soft pillows under my legs but the weird angles are painful... that's been keeping me up when I can't sleep.

I think the only thing with me is that I'm going to be sleepy throughout the day... I wake up around 4am these days to do my clicks. Then noon, 8 pm. I don't really get long hours of sleep. I tend to want to fall asleep every 2 hours after a bout of short exercises. I guess coffee will be a good solution.

Otherwise mood wise no major mood swings yet. I probably should hop on the bike for 40 min before I head out.

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Quote from: clarence on March 24, 2015, 08:57:55 AMDischarged from hospital yesterday. It is now nearly 9 am and I have an appointment with the isokinetic centre at 11am.
Thanks, Yellowspike! Sergio is in London. He's been so helpful! The bike though! The bike that I'll have at home is the most uncomfortable bike ever! An hour on that yesterday was terrible but I managed it. Pain is like how you said. But yes, I guess I'll manage. Do you have any suggestions on sleeping position? I have two soft pillows under my legs but the weird angles are painful... that's been keeping me up when I can't sleep.

I think the only thing with me is that I'm going to be sleepy throughout the day... I wake up around 4am these days to do my clicks. Then noon, 8 pm. I don't really get long hours of sleep. I tend to want to fall asleep every 2 hours after a bout of short exercises. I guess coffee will be a good solution.

Otherwise mood wise no major mood swings yet. I probably should hop on the bike for 40 min before I head out.

...did they give you that bike? if they did, there's a chance I used the same exact bike. And yes...it was VERY uncomfortable, I always dreaded using it! haha

Sergio is awesome - you're in good hands with him. Fantastic guy.

Sleeping will be very hard for at least 5 weeks post-op. One thing I did that seemed to helped me was put pillows underneath my knees, and sorta sleep with your legs bent. You're actually NOT supposed to do this, but I couldn't sleep otherwise. Eventually it'll get better,, but yeah, sleep is an area that we all struggled in.

Who are you working out with at isokinetic, Dave or Marco?

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Good luck I'm male 155..sad

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Thanks shordepressed!
Quote from: YellowSpike on March 24, 2015, 12:41:33 PM...did they give you that bike? if they did, there's a chance I used the same exact bike. And yes...it was VERY uncomfortable, I always dreaded using it! haha

Sergio is awesome - you're in good hands with him. Fantastic guy.

Slkeeping will be very hard for at least 5 weeks post-op. One thing I did that seemed to helped me was put pillows underneath my knees, and sorta sleep with your legs bent. You're actually NOT supposed to do this, but I couldn't sleep otherwise. Eventually it'll get better,, but yeah, sleep is an area that we all struggled in.

Who are you working out with at isokinetic, Dave or Marco?
I suspect it's the same torture bike. The isokinetic one isn't the most comfortable either but lol, yeah.

So I think emotionally yesterday was probably one of my lower days. The uber I called from around Piccadilly Circus wouldn't drive in because of 'the traffic' and wanted me to walk to Shaftesbury Avenue! I couldn't manage it. In the end four very nice people actually stopped and helped and a lady from TJ Fridays and the male colleague, and a passerby physiotherapist helped me get a black cab. Getting on was a bit difficult though.

Going to the toilet is also a major challenge. And takes a long long time. Sleep when it comes is heavenly.

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Clarence trust me...I now EXACTLY what you're going through! It's really annoying that they made us workout at the Piccadilly gym because it's located in such a busy area. I too had trouble getting cabs to stop for me there.

Hang in there, you're still in very early days. I too remember how painful it was to sit down on a toilet. That will get better in about a week or two

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So I'm going home today. Stayed in a hotel post hospital as toilet more convenient. Going home...
Feeling sleeping all the time. Pain in the morning and evening, I become very very tired I can hardly speak.
So I peak everyday after noon and look forward to that. Can already feel that I am not as flexible as before.
Think the sleepiness is helping me emotionally. When energetic, seems I'm more prone to tears outta nowhere?

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Hang in there clarence. I found that after about 2 weeks, it became easier to deal with everything on a daily basis. And by that point, using the bathroom shouldn't be as painful.

It will get better, but please focus on your PT. Your PT is your best weapon for maintaing your flexibility, and use the bike at night to help you sleep. It really does make a difference, trust me (even though I know the exact bike you're using isn't comfortable at all lol)

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Thank you, Yellowspike and musicmaker. Think moods are unpredictable. May start the day off in high spirits, end up down, or have a terrible start, have zero confidence, and end up smiling ear to ear and feeling proud of yourself. Today was one of the former. I rejected (I think correctly) to use morphine patches - FOR NOW.

No matter how strong you are mentally, sometimes your body just will not and cannot. For example, going to the bathroom after a flight of stairs. Sergio said somebody had to do something similar, but I just tried and was out of breath and dizzy halfway up.

Good news, bike is becoming my friend.

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Clarence, I think Sergio may have been talking about me. During the first week, I needed to take a shower, and he had to help me up the stairs when I was still using a walker. Oh, that was such a difficult shower...eventually it got easier, but I was so scared the first time and afraid of falling and killing myself lol.

Don't worry, you're doing great, and you're going to be fine! Glad to hear the bike is helping you more and more.

Who are your PTs at the isokinetic center?