So when does it start to improve ???

Hi Hazel! I feel for you! Please remember that you've had a major operation! It can take a good 6 months to a year to get back to normal.Sadly for me I never had proper aftercare,as I had to adapt myself to cope,as my poor Hubby is also disabled,with OA like me of hips & knees.Hes also severely sighted & deaf.He had a care package of two carers who were helpful with his needs,but they felt I wasn't allowed too much help.I have reflexology every other week.And when we go away I try & have a spa at the hotel.So to be honest I have a failed hip replacement.i keep myself as active as possible.Regards Amanda

Hi Hazel. Oh poor you. You sound really fed up. My op was the 23rd sept. So I'm a couple of weeks ahead of you.

I'm still not back to normal. My scar is not painful at all but I have groin pain intermittently. Like shift work two weeks on two weeks off. That pain in femur I get as well. I think it's the bone growing around the implant or that's what I tell myself lol.

I returned to work at 10 weeks but as an independent I haven't worked a lot of hours. 50 last month.

I have found it hard going Hazel. It hurts like hell getting in and out of car. Sitting is no problem but when I get up owchers !

Too much bending and trying to rise from a kneeling position is difficult to say the least.

I don't take pain killers as I find they don't help.

On a positive it is getting better but baby steps. I feel your frustration. We are signed off then abandoned. The physio service in U.K. Is rubbish !

This 6 weeks and back to normal more or less is also rubbish.

Had I still been employed by the local authority with 6 months paid sick then to be honest I wouldn't have gone back to work so early. This op is brutal and wipes you out.

Being more realistic in my mindset has settled me. I'm thinking that recovery will take 6-12 months.

Is it possible for you to go back on the sick ?

Seems we expect too much too soon. I thank God I don't need another one.

Hope it helps knowing your not on your own. Try and be positive and think that eventually this will pass.

A big hug. Love Sandra xxx

Oh gosh.  I'm so sorry.  I'm retired so didn't have the pressure of going back to work.  I honestly don't see how it can be done.  Please go to your doctor and ask for more time off work...

Hi Hazel,I can't offer any advice as I feel exactly the same way you do ..so I'm keen to see what others can advise 

I'm dreading going back to work 😩...and like yourself,am still in a lot of pain ,exhausted after doing very little (going to shops ,dog walking etc) ...my mood is so low and sleeping is terrible..

I hope we feel better soon ..gx

Hi I have just gone back to work on phase return I am a care assistant I do get tired I am having physio the stiffness and the pain in the groin with physio does help with this sorry I can't be any more helpful hope your feeling more like your self soon

Hi Hazel - what is "too much" is a very personal journey, and everyone is different. Your first priority needs to be the hip. Both making sure that you look after it, and getting your exercises done. After that comes comes getting back to normal. So if work is too much for now, then you need to listen to your body. I had a great recovery, and went back to work last week at nine weeks, and even I felt exhausted by it. So if you are still experiencing pain and can't sleep, then I admire your grit, but perhaps some of it is misplaced and you need to dial back just a bit? And if you still need painkillers then you need them - you aren't a junkie, and are just taking what helps you address your surgery until you can do without them. That day will come, it just isn't today. 

You may not see it now, but it sounds like you are doing well. Walking the dog, housework, the workplace - that's a huge amount. I don't know what kind of dog you have, but perhaps that is too much. Even little dogs take a lot of walking, and that is a task on top of working. Could you perhaps get someone to walk the pooch sometimes to give you a break? And maybe dusting isn't quite that important? Could you phase your return to work for a few weeks? 

At 6 months you will feel much better. Things still adapting. Do your exercises and walk. Take a Tylenol and think positive. I was great at 6 weeks then overdid it at the health club and treadmill. Got a pain mid thigh from the femur implant. Surgeon told me to slow down for a month. I did. Pain free at 6 months now at a year and I forget I had it done 66 year old male with posterior LTHR. BEST of luck and hang in there

Im so so sorry you are still in pain. You sound really fed up.

Im not so bad with pain with my operated hip, just some time but

Still is not so bad like you. My opsite hip now giving me terrible

pain and in low back even i put insole in my shoes.

Can you take more days off from work? May be you have some inflammation and you shouldbo back to doctor and find out .

I know heeling take time but you still in to much pain.

Try water exercise maybe this will help you. From taday

temperature hit 36C plus for a few days here i will feel my hips.

Take it easy , try be positive and think pain eventualy pass and

sun will shine again.

Big hug Madla 💗🌹?