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Hi I had a hip replacement 3 weeks ago, I need the other hip replacement as , but now my other hip is starting to hurt , I have been walking , but don't know what to do about the pain is am in , with the hip I need replacing, can you help please thank you
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hope4cure victoria63037
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Best to stay on pain meds and exercises in bed at 3 weeks out. After 6 week check up,ask,for PT. This will help,strengthen the THR hip muscles. It's a lot of ups and downs for the first few weeks for some of us hippies. Call and ask for a RX for pain meds if you need more.
Not quite sure what the last sentence is? Do you mean you need the other hip replaced and have pain in it as well? Stay well sweetheart sounds like you have been living in chronic pain with both hips. Walk slowly on walker and be sure you have help at home until your more stable.
Hopexxx
lyn1951 victoria63037
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Please go slowly at this stage, do lots of post surgery exercises, you can find post surgery hip exercises online, but again don't hurt yourself is what physio told me, just until you pull the pull and not too much more, and do those exercises 4 -5 times a day or even more if your not completely exhausted.
I got in the local heated pool at about 24 days after surgery, with local Dr's permission, he checked very carefully that cut was completly healed over, VERY IMPORTANT, you do not want an infection in cut, did those same post surgery exercises with the weight of the water as resistance, again other physios in the pool who knew I had a hip replacement said go slowly and carefully and not to overdo it.
Built up in the pool to treading water with a noodle or water log under my arms, to about a hour 3 times a week, and the non weight bearing exercises were the answer, the only answer for me with a completly bone on bone worn out opposite hip, kept me sane and fit while waiting for 2nd hip replacement.
beth2509 victoria63037
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Are you on pain meds? If they aren't helping enough, especially with the unoperated hip, can you speak to the doctor about increasing them? Is the other hip scheduled for replacement yet?
I agree with lyn that you need to do the exercises (you did get some, didn't you?) but don't overdo it. Feeling a bit challenged by them is ok, but not enough to cause pain. And if you can't manage them in 3 - 5 "sessions", just do what you can throughout the day. One small session every hour is going to help, if that is the best you can manage.
?With the unoperated hip, you say that it has started to hurt - is this literally that recent, and it didn't hurt before? And how much does it hurt? It might be that it is just taking some extra strain right now, and that as the operated hip improves it may be that the pain reduces. You know that its in need of replacement anyway, so it's probably going to feel the strain a bit more than a healthy hip. Like you I will need the other one replacing some time, but so far it doesn't hurt so not yet. But ideally you want to get the operated side nice and strong so that it can help out the other side when it is done.
Speak to your doctor - there must be some help you can get with the pain so that you can get on with recovering. Good luck. And come back any time. Sometimes just having a good old moan about the pain makes you feel better! And that's ok here....
victoria63037
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