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Hi everyone I am 8 weeks post op this Thursday..Am getting on great but leg still feels pretty weak I'm no crutches round house slight limp and crutches when I go out . I am trying to lie on my sides now but if I do this it is so painful in morning I'm finding still laying on my back is the best x I'm hoping to be back at work in 3 weeks time but not sure if leg is going to be strong enough !!! When do most hippies feel strong enough to return to work please xxany advise on helping hip to get stronger is much appreciated as well thanks lovelys xx
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maggie93798 vanessa88276
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marilyn_92910 vanessa88276
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AnnieK vanessa88276
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WIRob vanessa88276
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I am 52. I had both hips done 9 weeks ago to this date.
They used an Anterior approach which has very few post op restrictions and faster recovery time.
I had the luxury of work from home so I started 2 weeks post.
Started going back into the office @ 6 weeks. Needed to sit and stand about every hour or two.
I can sleep on side fine. Pillow still does help though.
The vitamin B's help with any nerve issues as a result of surgery (numbness / tingling). I take a good B' complex.
Ton's of good excercises out there - but hesitiant to share as mine were for Anterior method and I know if you had posterior there are some range of motion restrictions.
Did you go to a good physical therapist?
DawnDedee vanessa88276
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Hope this helps in someway.
Keep on keeping on!
Dawn, USA
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renee01952 vanessa88276
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I don'tknow what to tell you ... I am 21 weeks p.o from 2nd THR and had 1st one in March 2015 - to be honest, both legs/hips still feel weak at times and definitely sore at the end of the day.
Are you still having physical therapy? When did you start walking without crutch in the house? My PT did not allow me to walk unaided in the house until week 6 ...
Still use a cane when I go outside - yesterday I went "cane-less" and am so sore today ...
Learning how to walk properly takes a lot of effort and energy -
I watched the video on you tube again (Dr. Lin) and realized that I was walking like a soldier, usinf the front thigh muscles instead of back/butt ones -
Goodness !!!!!! it takes forever, or so it seems -
I was really in bad shape before and in between THR surgeries - poor body, poor brain ....
What kind of job do you have? Is there a lot of walking, lifting etc involved ?
Are you hurting when you are sitting?
big warm hug
renee
Rocketman_SG6UK renee01952
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It's a bit 'Three steps forward, then two backward".
Last week I was on top of the world, goingstickless. Today, we went out to town, and I could not manage without the stick at all.
It's that rollercoaster ride again, up one minute, down the next.
Oh well, on with the exercises again I suppose.
Graham
renee01952 Rocketman_SG6UK
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I just watched that video again and apparently one has to push forward with butt muscles and not front thigh (like soldier - see: Frankenstein walk) -
Rocketman_SG6UK renee01952
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I never appreciated just how different walking without a stick is compared to using one stick - so much more effort in balancing the body I suppose, more & different muscles working hard.
I am sore and stiff too - walking outside is so different to walking indoors, again more balancing due to uneven surfaces.
Graham - 🚀💃
rose0000 vanessa88276
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Personally from how I am feeling, 12 weeks looks reasonable and even then a staggered start if you can possibly arrange it. I am back to almost all normal activities but I am slower, and tire easily still. I can't easily multi task like I used to I have noticed, as I am always thinking about hip in any given situation. I also hurt like hell when pushed too far still...which I find surprising at this stage...but then I have thought this all along that it is so much slower than we think it is going to be.
I too am still sleeping on my back, I can't lay on either side for long without it being sore, even with the pre massage suggested on the scar.
Clenches help, cycling on a stationary bike, lifts and leg raisers will all help your muscles to strengthen, do you see a physio? I would recommend one to make sure your posture is corrected, and you are doing the right exercises for your type of operation. I limped for a long time before, so straightening this out requires a concerted daily effort. You will get there, but taking it easy and carefully. We are relatively speaking still early days according to my PT, so on we go....it is so much easier now though isn't it!!!! So happy normal life is coming back to us!!
renee01952 rose0000
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I don't remember when I posted a discussion about hitting a plateau -
still feel that way some days - Multi-tasking, not so much anymore and definitely going at a snail breaking in a curve --- I do still almost everyhting on my own as I feel that I am holding back friends when for instance, shopping or going for a walk -
So fellow hippies here on the forum, don't despair -
It is what Rose says here : It is so much easier now , isn't it?
DawnHU5-UK rose0000
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rose0000 DawnHU5-UK
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I feel exasperated a lot, and keep asking myself why I am not congratulating myself more on getting through this 'experience,' and why on earth am I not pleased as punch not to have developed a complication etc or any number of things that would have made it even harder. It is beyond me why we are so hard on ourselves!!!! I am trying to reflect and look backwards more often, and see how far we have come in a relatively short space of time....if we are just looking forwards and upwards (and it looks a long way even from here!) it can be demoralising that is for sure.
If our body screams slow down, as mine regularly does too, lets just listen and go and sit down. Last night not only was it screaming but it completely seized up in protest in the end, and I found myself at the bottom of the stairs unable to walk up...it just would not budge an inch, like a defiant toddler?! I had no choice but to sit down and give in, what a relief that was!
We can be so kind to others, so supportive and care so much about their recovery. I think we should make it our aim to treat ourselves as we would treat others. Would we be berating them for not doing more? For being exhausted? If they were having a bad day or bad days with a capital S? No of course not, we would buy them some flowers, sit them down ~ leg up ~ and reassure them that wherever they were on the pathway to good health, they were just where they needed to be, and nothing more is required of them apart from to put on a nice movie, legs up and enjoy the afternoon....and feel so proud that we did this thing!! We actually got through a big operation, and the worst of the recovery and we are still smiling (of sorts) and how brave we really are, and that is definitely true for all of us.
rose0000 renee01952
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DawnHU5-UK rose0000
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rose0000 DawnHU5-UK
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Kate53CornUK DawnHU5-UK
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I recovered, at my pace, and probably the kinder you are to yourself the better the end result!
DawnHU5-UK Kate53CornUK
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renee01952 rose0000
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Your words touched my soul ... I don't know why we are so hard on ourselves - looking at ourselves with unkind eyes -
I live alone and for some reason I have been dropped from peoples lives - Maybe it is the distance as I live outside the village now -
so, little pity parties at times - weather has been drury -
Expectations are building blocks for disappointments one of my dear old and wise friends used to tell me ages ago ...
thank you Rose ... I am so proud of you - seriously ...
rose0000 renee01952
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this forum for so long now, that you are one of the reasons this forum is so supportive and comforting. For me you set the tone, for everyone, and never overlook anyone. Treating everyone with the same patient kindness. You have been consistently a light giving love all over the world to those that are suffering with their hips pre and post op. Without you it would never be the same.
It is incredible how many people disappear when you need them. It is hurtful, but maybe it is our expectation that they should be there for us? As you say expectations equal disappointment. This is the problem with being so giving and kind, we think everyone is like it and often they are not. Many people are just interested in themselves and can't look beyond it, it is not their fault it's just the way they are. Sometimes we are pleasantly surprised by the kindness of strangers and people we do not consider to be a good friend. It is a funny world.
I too feel you way you describe....it is helpful in some ways to focus on what isn't working any longer or causes disappointment, and a spring clean of dead wood, this will allow new shoots and new friends and people to enter your life. This operation does encourage a life assessment that is for sure!!
You have so much to give the world Renee, you have done so much for so many on the forum, I hope you are in a place that appreciates such a beautiful person? I really do. Because they are very lucky to have you.
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