Day 18
I slept upstairs last night for the 1st time since surgery.  It was still uncomfortable sleeping but no worse than in the bed downstairs.  I did have a very wide pillow, one of those that are placed on the bed when it is made up but you're not supposed to sleep on, between my legs.  I was actually able to lie on my left side for 15 minutes without problems.
Yesterday I didn't take pain meds except in the beginning and end, even though at the end I did double up.  Wow, life is coming together.  Yes it hurts, yes my movement is limited, yes I developed a clot, but ....I am mobile, the pain is less and now it hurts nothing like my 1st hip replacement which was an anterior approach.  What a difference.
Everything was going pretty darn good with low pain levels around 2 then I decided to crutch into the shed looking for something to cut a rose stem.  I found that but I noticed and old bike pedal stretching out my fiancée's expensive bike chain.  I proceeded to life it 1 handed and realized this was a mistake.  Pain pill time.  I am really tying to do anything necessary not to take pain medicine.  My mind just doesn't feel quite right on it.  Maybe it wasn't before but now more so.  So I'm looking at budget and finances and everything that doesn't need to be done this minute. When I have nothing else to do I think everything can be done now but everyone does not go on my schedule.
I am becoming more mobile using crutches but am finding they are too quick at times and I have to quickly set them down.
I am a little afraid of going off the Lovenox because I am still on the Rifampin which metabolizes the Coumadin.  If I get a therapeutic Coumadin level , what is to stop it from the doing  the same thing ??  I have communicated this with the doctors and will do so with the Coumadin doctor today.
I tried the pillow between the knees and lying on my side but it didn't last long before I had to return to lying on my back.  I resumed a pain pill in the middle of the night