12 weeks update!!

Hello Kelly,

It sounds like you're doing great!  I'm two days short of 13 weeks and doing about the same.  When I overdo it, I can still get some muscle/tendon pain but am walking without aid, can do some stairs and have also been in the woods (not with your husband though)  :-). 

Keep up the great work!

Kelvin

Doctor stresses though that for 8 weeks need to rest.. 

life is good !

That's great, Kelly! I was just complaining to my husband that I wish I could pick things up off the floor. I am three weeks today and still a lot of stiffness in the hip joint.

Well done, I'm 12 weeks Thursday am doing really well too haven't tied my shoelaces yet but the joy of being able to walk, swim and just get on with life is brilliant. As you say this forum has been invaluable. Hope you continue to improve

Well done Kells. I am 7 weeks post op and coming up behind you with a brilliant recovery. Walking unaided with no pain and no limp. Been gardening and doing all jobs around house again. Been told I can start relaxing the movement restrictions. Feel like I did 5 years ago before the pain started except for just the tiredness when I've been busy.

Best decision ever and much quicker recovery than I was expecting.

Yes there are a small percentage of people for whom things don't work out so well but the higher percentage is people who who have successful surgery and recovery. Hip pain only ever gets worse. Taking the chance on the op is the only solution.

Hi Kelly, good to hear you are doing so well.  I am 15 weeks out from my Anterior THR and am also doing well.  I would encourage anyone who is in pain to have the surgery sooner rather than later.  My recovery has gone well, I am back to all of my exercise classes(well not Pilates), walking 3 to 4 miles w/o pain, and am back to playing tennis with my friends.  I have been very diligent about doing my exercises and stretching every day.  I went to Outpatient PT for about 6 weeks but finally gave it up,because it was becoming a waste of time.  I basically sat around waiting for the PT asst. to tell me which exercise to do.  I can do all of them at my own gym so that's what I do now.  

Hip Hip Hooray!

Great job and thank you for sharing  -

So many needed to read this - it is more like a marathon than a sprint - 

Stiffness, some discomfort, niggles and aches might be part of this journey for a little longer - 

this is normal, so beware of not overdoing it ...

Bless you and your husband

big warm hug

renee

Hi Kelly

Me too.  

I am 13 weeks post op, and I had very similiar experience to you, no progress just pain, pain and more pain.  Suddenly at  11 weeks I saw progress.  Now I am doing Zumba, Aquafit, back to the gym, working 10 hour days in my bakery, walking everywhere, virtually no pain, just odd twinges and aches if I do too much.

I feel fabulous!!  Why didn't I have it done before?!!  I will need the other one doing in a year or so, 6 weeks ago I told the surgeon I would live with it, now - I will definitely have it done!!

Lovely to hear your ok, 

Chris

Kelly

Good that you are doing so well. I think most THRs are pretty successful though we all recover at different rates. I'm 8 weeks after my revision and although it is great and pain free, although I can walk 2 miles or more and ride on my exercise bike I still can't walk without a stick though I am nearly there. My wife, on the other hand, was walking without a stick around the house after a week. She tells me, and her friends agree, that girls are just tougher.

I'm still on kitchen duty though!

Mike

Hi Kelly, I too am coming up on my 12 week post Anterior approach of my RTHR, I was told my OS that I had hip dysplasia and had worn out my cartilage. I cried when he told me the only option left was a total hip replacement surgery. I am only 50 and always assumed this surgery was for the elderly. After long thought, many sleepless nights - I opted for the the surgery. I wish I had been more informed as to the slow recovery because my OS said I could go back to work after 3 weeks. My OS must have had a Resident open my incision and close it because on the upper part of my incision my skin is pinched, it hurts and isn't a pretty, straight line incision, it's a little jagged on top and seems to be turning into a keloid with thick scar tissue that I massage 2x a day. The hip though is amazing, going up flight of stairs since 2nd day after surgery, returned to work after the 3 weeks (a bit too early as the incision was really still raw) but am now able to work my full 40 hours as a Paralegal. I walk with little to no pain in the hip, no cane and not even limping at all. My question is - has anyone else ever had an incision problem like mine? My GP told me I should wait 4 months and go see a plastic surgeon to have him evaluate and repair the chop job that was done. BTW, my OS is a teaching physician for Duke, as he put it "I have 18 years experience with a line of residents working under me'! Wish I had asked if a resident would open and close me.