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6 week check up 😳

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bobbie102
bobbie102

I'm seeing surgeon on Wednesday this week and was wondering what to expect ??? I'm a little worried he might drag my hip about and hurt me 😪. What will he expect from me ??

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  • m0rningangel1
    m0rningangel1 bobbie102

    Posted

    Mine saw me a few months ago. I went in, weighed, measured height then straight away to the xray for my hip. Then to a room to wait to see him. He comes in and we talk. He lets me know I have to lose 25 pounds before he will do it and he gave me 60 days to do it. He tells me my hip has to have a total hip replacement that I have osteoarthritis and this isn't going to get better and the only choice is a replacement. He explains what all it involves then he gave me a list of videos and exercises. 

    My surgery is in 7 days on the 22nd of November and yes I am already nervous.

  • renee01952
    renee01952 bobbie102

    Posted

    hi bobbie, 

    I agree with Rocketman -- he/she will definitely not deliberately hurt you - 

    I also had xray taken right before I went in - he looked at it, had me watch it with him and said that everything looked great -

    then he checked (again) length of both legs and range of motion in operated hip .. he asked me to walk andd this all within 10 minutes !

    But I felt as  I had to take an exam and was so please I passed !!

    you will be fine

    how are you doing otherwise?

    big warm hug

    renee

     

    • bobbie102
      bobbie102 renee01952

      Posted

      Thanks renee 😳, I'm sure you are right , he's not going to deliberately hurt me . Just hope he doesn't accidentally hurt me either . 😳. I'm 5 weeks 4 days now and my knees and playing up more than anything else 😖😖😖, but I know it's all muscular , it takes time . Still early stages really 🤔🤔. Xxxxxxx

    • renee01952
      renee01952 bobbie102

      Posted

      confused well, he might accidently hurt you when he checks your range of motion (if he does that) -- nooo, I am kidding - mine stopped right at the time i wanted to say "ouch" 

      yes Bobie, early still and entering the 4-7 weeks period - one day you feel so good and will overdo it a bit --- knees are so  involved when we start to learn to walk again - keeping us in balance all the time while we are still so wobbly -

       

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