Advice please about preparing for hip replacement

MEN hey! I dont write in this forum very often now, after 2 hip replacements, one in May 2017, the next in AUGUST 2018 and suffering with the first i am now fully recovered but remember your body can never be the same again. You learn to adapt to the changes. I was lucky in that my daughter flew back home to stay with me the first time and my partner was around some of the time on the second. You need to exercise, you need to move about which you can do on your own, but sometimes its difficult to get into bed, its even more difficult to get your stockings on everyday, some consultants let you take them off at night. Above all you will find it difficult getting dressed etc and you will need some emotional support. Your body will have been traumatised and that takes some getting over. You need to be strong and determined for yourself, help is most certainly needed though, i wish you luck and hope your husband can be sympathetic towards this, im sure he will come around.

Hi Margaret. Bit more advice from here, have a handled bag to hook over crutch handles so you can carry stuff upstairs like a flask, book, phone etc. Remove all loose rugs including bathroom, keep everything in kitchen and bathroom at waist height, if you have a walk in shower thats great, they will give you a seat to shower, if you only have bath afraid it's the bath board and a pain in the proverbial. Cut your toenails the day before surgery as you won't be able to do them for quite a while, and husbands useless or otherwise should not be trusted to do this! Hope this helps x

Helen