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5 months post op

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julie49207
julie49207

Hi fellow hippies .

I am 5 months post right hip and feeling great for about 5 days a week lots of energy and life is great.

However every week for a day or two I feel like my batteries have been taken out ...tired and giddy ?

Has anyone else felt like this?

Thanks Julie 🍸

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  • hope4cure
    hope4cure julie49207

    Posted

    I had many good days then energy level would hit the floor. I realized that I needed to rest to recharge my batteries. Sometimes a few hours sometime a day  or two. It's our bodies agjusting to recoving from the surgery. It takes a lot of energy for heeling and once we heel we hippies naturally over do or expect to too much once we on on that ride past the pain and our energy returns.

     It tough to slow down it important to eat well and I found my best source of energy & feeling well were proien shakes eat goods foods and naps .

    congratulations!!! on all the hard work you have done to get thru this THR surgery. For 5 months post OP YOUR a great example for the rest of summer!

    HOPE

     

    • julie49207
      julie49207 hope4cure

      Posted

      Thanks Hope reassuring. Your totally right we hippies do go a bit mad when we are pain free!!
    • hope4cure
      hope4cure julie49207

      Posted

      I turned into the ever ready bunny until my body said SLOW down and in a big way!

       

  • renee01952
    renee01952 julie49207

    Posted

    hi julie, 

    your post made me smile - I know all about this and I am many moons post-op from 2 THR surgeries ...

    your body is still healing and it will take time - 

    Not only from inflicted damages  but also your bone (hip and femur), a living tissue, continues to re-model and adapt around the metal implants. 

    This takes energy = Our body is a wonderland .... she lets you know when she needs time off to do the healing ...

    just surrender and relax - 

    big warm hug

    renee

     

    • julie49207
      julie49207 renee01952

      Posted

      Thanks Renee awarded myself a chill day and feel so much better ... oh boy am I enjoying the good days now I have no pain!!

      Julie😉

  • freya63330
    freya63330 julie49207

    Posted

    Hi Julie just coming into my 4 th month pre op.

    your quiet right, things seem to be good for a few days, then I suddenly feel very old ' because I seem to walk and move like an old lady' 

    and rather down in the mouth.

    Being on this forum really helps as people that have not had this op are unable to understand how one feels.

    There should be a meeting place for post op patients to workout together 

    and swap concerns.

    I think many of us are feeling the same as you.

    I had my op in Kingsmill Hospital Nottinghamshire. Marvellous care.

    👯???

    • julie49207
      julie49207 freya63330

      Posted

      Hi Freya your not old !!! Your still getting over major op. We take 5 steps forward and one back !!! Remember what it' was like before the op !! Keep going and chill when you need too ...I do x

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