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johnygail
johnygail

Hi, I'm new here, I am 44 and had THR on my left hip on Saturday 10th June 2017. By all accounts it went well I was in agony on The Sunday but by Tuesday they had given me a bag of meds and sent me home. Just don't know how I'm doing or what I should be doing, I can do my leg raises and slides in bed and the standing exercises no problem, In fact my hip feels ok. However my left knee! Is crippling me keeping me up at night etc. I wasn't expecting this. Is normal ? Also things like how long will I be using 2 crutches? And how high should I be able to raise my thigh on standing exercise... I'm sure the pain and tenderness in my thigh is normal lol... apart from this and knowing nothing it's all good ??

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  • Loral
    Loral johnygail

    Posted

    Hi, You are doing well...I had a LTHR in May 2015, and when I went home my knee was all purple and my knee and ankle were very swollen, looked like I had a knee replacement. My hip had no brusing. Elevate your leg above your heart using stacked pillows and ice the knee area it will feel better soon.....Take care!!
    • Loral
      Loral

      Posted

      I had Anterior approach, they twist and turn our leg in all positions when dislocating the hip to replace the parts.............wink
    • johnygail
      johnygail Loral

      Posted

      Thanks Loral, I guess there will be new aches and pains every day lol. How long do we have to keep these DVT socks on!! They drive me crazy lol 😂 

  • CottageDi
    CottageDi johnygail

    Posted

    Did you by any chance have the anterior approach?  I had this last October.  For two months I had such unbearable KNEE pain that I could no weight on that leg.  I had previously had a knee replacement and revision.  They evidently ripped tendons, ligaments, and muscles during the manipulation.  After going to PT, I was finally able to put weight on that leg.  But they also twisted my pelvis and my spine, leaving that leg 2 1/2" longer than the other.  It has been nearly 8 months and I have to use a walker, sleep in a recliner, and take Tramadol for pain.  I would never have had this procedure if I had watched the You Tube video of the surgery prior to the surgery.

    • johnygail
      johnygail CottageDi

      Posted

      Hi, no mine was through the buttock! You sound in much more pain than me! I hope they can sort out your problems, I feel bad about whinging because of a knee pain. Good luck
    • CottageDi
      CottageDi johnygail

      Posted

      When I had the knee pain for 2 months, it was very painful.  So don't worry about whining!  Good luck to YOU.

    • Anne68156
      Anne68156 CottageDi

      Posted

      What an awful experience for you. Surely such damage is not normal with this procedure?
  • RichardKen
    RichardKen johnygail

    Posted

    Dear Johnny

    You should expect the possibility of associated pain if only because usually you are pulled around an banged about during the surgery. Do make sure that you take enough pain meds to keel yourself ahead of the pain. If you do this your body will mend more quickly and you will feel more able to do your exercises.

    Cheers Richard

    • johnygail
      johnygail RichardKen

      Posted

      Hi Richard,

      I have some paracetamol and some naproxen, but that's it. If needed should I ask the Hospital for a repeat prescription? I feel I was packed up and sent away with very little info, we spent the last week finding a chair suitable for me to sit in lol.

    • RichardKen
      RichardKen johnygail

      Posted

      Dear Johnny

      I needed morphine for a couple of days along with paracetamol but then was thrown onto the floor of the passenger ambulance taking me home and was additionally bruised and needed the morphine for an additional week!

      Cheers Richard

  • renee01952
    renee01952 johnygail

    Posted

    dear johnygail, 

    warm welcome to this hippie forum where we share our personal stories and experiences ...

    So interesting how we are just tossed out with hardly any information about after care - well, not true, there was some on the pamphlet I received when they told I needed hip replacement surgery - it didn't mean anything to me at that time ...

    Apparently a phyical therapist saw you and told you to do those exercises, right? 

    You just had major invasive surgery where muscles and tendons were severed, bone was cut, joint forcefully dislocated - spaces prepared to have hardware placed ... if you are up to it, have a look at the live  surgery on youtube -

    warning: not for the weak of stomach - 

    Your body needs time to heal and repair the damage - allow it to do so ... exercise (in bed) to keep the blood flowing and standing ones gently - stop when you are in pain ... you can increase when you are ready -

    do you have physical therapy?  

    For further information, please check out

    https://patient.info/forums/discuss/thr-useful-resources-

    scroll all the way down to 487147 where you find the created web site by one of our valued members based on questions we all have -

    and of course, come back here any time , okay

    big warm hug

    renee

    • johnygail
      johnygail renee01952

      Posted

      Hi Renee,

      yes it it was a physiotherapist that told me these exercises although at the time I was off my head on pain relief lol. Reading other stories on here I actually think I'm doing great now, I had no idea what to think before! At 9 days post op I feel almost as good as new Apart from the knee pain, Sleeping or lack of on my back only, Thigh pain lol ok I have a long way to go, But I'm getting there 👍

    • renee01952
      renee01952

      Posted

      I just checked it and it works --- there is a lot of information on this link and when you scroll all the way down you get to" A layman's guide"

      thanks for letting me know

      how are you doing today?

      angel blessings

       

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