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rose0000
rose0000

stand up for three hours non stop barely moving without pain? Sports day today for children. Standing for hours and hours in rain and drizzle and hip started to really ache (operated hip) really surprised and disappointed, but maybe my expectations are too high or it was coming from my back..

Left hip yet to be replaced was screaming in competition, in combination could barely watch what was going on...and can barely walk now....feeling so sad...am 42 and feel 102....

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  • rose0000
    rose0000

    Posted

    NB Maybe I should not have been standing for so long in one position? 
  • steve86482
    steve86482 rose0000

    Posted

    How long ago was your surgery?
    • rose0000
      rose0000 steve86482

      Posted

      20 months ago. I was stood still for a good many hours, but still would have expected to be able to do this.
    • rose0000
      rose0000

      Posted

      I should say most of the time I am very happy with my replaced hip Steve, it has been great, but it had been a long day and I need a second hip replacement on the left so maybe it was strain on the right THP....
  • RichardKen
    RichardKen rose0000

    Posted

    Dear Rose

    Rather short on detail unless I've missed something<G>

    All the best.

    Richard

    • rose0000
      rose0000 RichardKen

      Posted

      Just simply asking the forum whether they can stand for hours in one spot more or less a long time after THP? Had a gruelling day and felt disappointed how sore I was.
  • AnnieK
    AnnieK rose0000

    Posted

    Rose, I have always found just standing to be the hardest thing - much harder than walking. Your muscles are in a constant state of tenseness, holding you level. When walking you get a bit of a break from the tension when the leg swings forward, although three hours of walking would be difficult, too.. Three hours is a very long time to stand, whether you've had a THR or not! I seem to remember a post of yours that was a few weeks after your THR when you went to watch one of your children's activities and stood for an hour or so. You suffered then, as I recall! 

    I truly think it is just the surrounding muscles that were working so hard to hold you steady that were overworked during your marathon stand. I hope the extra pain will go away soon. And your other leg - I can well imagine that it was shouting at you very loudly!

    You'll feel so much better after second hip is done and recovered - back to your real age.

    • rose0000
      rose0000 AnnieK

      Posted

      Thank you so much for your reply Annie - three hours is quite a long time I just felt quite cross that it still bothers me. My left hip is pretty bad and I have had a completely sleepless night!! Tried every painkiller and had forgotten just how awful this pain can be.

      How are doing Annie? 

    • AnnieK
      AnnieK rose0000

      Posted

      I'm doing well, thanks! It's been almost 2 years since my THR and 8 months since the gluteal tendon repair surgery. I am nowhere near 100% yet. I still use a cane when walking out-of-doors. Inside I don't use anything, but I have weakness in the surgical leg and I don't walk correctly, except maybe for a few hours in the beginning of the day. I can take stairs alternately, but must help myself to get up on the surgical side. I am quite flexible, but I do have chronic overall pain, including my back, which also has stiffness. Occasionally I take some acetaminophen when it's been a very hard day, but otherwise I just put up with it. I have much more strength and can do so much more than I have been able to do for the last two years, and that's amazing! We are planning our vacation for the wilderness island in August, so life feels fairly normal. I chalk up my chronic pain to OA in other joints and minor muscle tears/weakness elsewhere.

      I am thrilled that I don't have that horrendous bone-on-bone hip pain anymore. I remember it distinctly, and am so sorry for what you are going through. And I have no tendon tears, so that's a very good thing.

      When will your second THR be? Do you know yet?

      Regarding the standing, I have gotten a very strong, but lightweight chair that I will be bringing on the camping/hiking trip to the island that weighs only 2 lb, 9 oz and folds into a small package. There are no places to sit down on the island except on the ground, which does not work for me at all! You might consider getting something similar for when you have a situation like you did the other day. Couple it with a good umbrella when it is raining, and you can stand awhile, sit awhile and back and forth for the entire event, and maybe not hurt yourself so badly. I've attached two photos of it below, one where it is collapsed into its sack and the othere where it is set up. It is called the Helinox Camp Chair and is very comfortable and stable. There are other sizes and heights of the chair. I also own the Helinox Chair Zero, which weighs even less, which I took on my previous trip, but the legs are too short for me now. There are other brands of this type of chair, too.

    • rose0000
      rose0000 AnnieK

      Posted

      Reading your reply certainly put things in perspective. I am so glad you are getting there Annie, and definitely much better than your last update. I hope you have a wonderful vaction. The wilderness islands sounds great, if you have time tell me about it!

      Thankyou for the photo, I think I will invest in one! 

      Not sure about the next op, waiting for as long as I can! 

  • deborah18068
    deborah18068 rose0000

    Posted

    Hey Rose, I feel your pain.  26 months post op RTHR.  One week after surgery I sustained a stress fracture to my left hip.  Only fix is by surgery.  Ortho surgeon did not even address the fractured hip and only commented about how well the implant was healing.  I have a 1" gap between my hip bone and my sacrum.  My right (replaced hip) has turned inward. Either I walk with the right leg turned inward or make it straight and agrivate my knee.  As you said can't stand for very long, cooking is the worst.  Can't sit for very long, it all gets stiff. I cannot walk one unaided step.  In the house I still use my walker.  Out and about I use 2 canes.  But being the stubborn hard head that I am sitting on the couch all day is not an option.  I still get out there and feed, milk and care for my goats and horse (that I can't ride anymore).  I still run my fences and check them daily.  I am 64 years old and this is not the retirement plan I signed up for.

    • rose0000
      rose0000 deborah18068

      Posted

      No I am sure it is not the plan you signed up for, far from it. Is there anything  that can be done? 

      My mother suffered something similar to you, but the 'recovery' operation is more risky so she decided to leave it (I believe they suggested some kind of cage) and over time it has healed itself, it is not perfect but it is better. I hope some solution will present itself for you.

       

    • deborah18068
      deborah18068 rose0000

      Posted

      I was referred to Vanderbilt University Medical Hospital.  I was seen by 2 Orthopedic surgeons.  Discussed all the possible ways they could go about corrective surgery.  Set in motion a plan.  I was to take daily injections of Forteo which is to make my bones harder so that any repair that they did would hold.Told me the injections would only be for a year or so.  I had a 3-D bone density scan done.  A nurse called to tell me that after reviewing the images there was nothing to be done. So I am like this for however long I might live.  Really sucks.
    • rose0000
      rose0000 deborah18068

      Posted

      That is terrible I am so sorry Deborah. I hope in time it feels better - you are incredibly brave. 
  • renee01952
    renee01952 rose0000

    Posted

    dearest rose, 

    that was not such a smart thing to do now, was it, but you know what, now you

    know !!!  standing is tiring, and like Annie already said, regardless if you had this surgery or not ... just reading how long you stood there, in the rainfor hours and hours and hours make my hardware ache - 

    so, take it easy today ... stay dry and warm - get some Rose-Time and apologize to your hips, okay ... they really did an excellent job, considering what you put them through ...  

    big warm hug,

    always

    renee

    • rose0000
      rose0000 renee01952

      Posted

      If I am honest I thought I would be able to do this, I thought by this time I would be able to do anything - so have adjusted to the fact maybe I won't be doing cartwheels any time soon smile

    • renee01952
      renee01952 rose0000

      Posted

      cartwheels you might be able to do though, it is the standing for 3 plus hours that'll get ya ...

      kidding aside darling  - you must have felt devastated - remember that your other hip is not doing so great, okay ...

       

    • rose0000
      rose0000 renee01952

      Posted

      The biggest issue is that no one seems to understand I still have my limitations....they think I should be perfect and should be able to do absolutely anything - it is pressure thats all....need another replacement soon, there is never a 'good' time for one is there.....but in comparision to others I really can never complain - you realise when you come on the forum how lucky we are smile

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