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of bowel movements (with control) per day as of 8/11/10: 12
The incision is no longer bleeding...
, although it does tend to set off more bleeding/discharge.
For most of the day, the discharge has been pinkish...
asher, post-op in CCCU. note the colour. and the smile. and the flower that he specifically requested at pre-op, and was delighted to see on his bed in the unit (yes, he even remembered.)
I finally have my post-op today! I plan on getting approval to start running again! I am not sure if it will hurt but I don't really care, I'll run anyway. My training plan this time is to get a good solid hill... 
I received the following question. This post-op’s concern is common so I wanted to share with you....
Reflect back to what you did earlier in your post-op days. After you’d had surgery 6 months, 1 year or 18...
It's been exactly 5 months since my ankle surgery where they cut into my joint and removed a chunk of bone with severely damaged cartilage and replaced it with that from a cadaver. That's a corpse, you guys!I finally (thank
I got yesterday is the exact same advice I've gotten since I was 2 months post-op.
As you all know I... to be following when I was 2 months post-op. Here's the plan:
8am - breakfast
2-4oz dense protein
1/4-1/2 c...
Morphine hits the backs of the legs first, then the back of the neck, a spreading wave of relaxation slackening the muscles away from the bones so that you seem to float without outlines, like lying in warm salt water. As t
So, I've officially hit the 3-month post-operative mark. But, it seems like just yesterday... since my first few weeks post-op, but feel as though I have a long way to go. I still have significant... 
of which discusses the use of knee bracing and immobilization postoperatively following ACL reconstruction using a hamstring tendon graft.
The Use of Postoperative Bracing Following ACL Reconstruction
In this study
, 82... 
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