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Hi everyone
I am almost 5 months post op after LTHR and am doing ok apart from when it comes to bedtime! Laying on the operated side is still mostly uncomfortable and when I wake up in the morning the operated hip aches. Have any other hippies experienced this problem?
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bini31328 david73016
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I,m a bit less than you , 3 months but yes i get the same , i can start off on that side but something makes me turn the other way and if i do wake up on that side I,m quite achey - i think its par for the course with these ops - i know i had the same after the other two but eventually it settled - cant say for sure when but about a year later I realised it wasnt an issue anymore ! 😀😀
Lorna020247 david73016
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Hope yours will get easier soon.
lorna
renee01952 david73016
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I am not sure how to respond - I had 2 THR surgeries and sort of have trochanteritis in left, first post-op hip - this causes pain when I lie
on it -
what kind of pain is it ? maybe your wound is still sensitive - a lot of healing needs to take place ...
how about sleeping on non-operated side with pillow between knees ?
big warm hug
renee
gwen81475 david73016
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Snap, I'm the same as you 5 months, left hip!
Which procedure did you have? Mine was the anterior approach although I don't know what difference it makes, but I have been able to sleep on my operated side for about a month.
I used a small pillow between the knees for about a month before that.
Keep persevering!
Gwen xx
Rocketman_SG6UK david73016
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I have problems on both sides, not only the hip, sometimes my arms go dead when I lay on the side too.
I hated sleeping on my back for the 6 weeks, then for the second 6 week recovery again, but now I actually prefer it
Best wishes
Graham - 🚀💃
Snowgirl79 david73016
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Snowgirl79 david73016
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bini31328 Snowgirl79
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Rocketman_SG6UK Snowgirl79
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renee01952 bini31328
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wishing you a good day tomorrow. ..
montyjam bini31328
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bini31328 montyjam
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cindy00429 Snowgirl79
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Bones63 david73016
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I get this in the mornings too and think it's also because my pain relief has run out of steam.
Hope it's better very soon.
Jane
david73016 Bones63
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Am trying not to use painkillers; the cocodamol I was using affects my 'system' in other ways, so am struggling on regardlless. All the best David
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