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Hi fellow hippies. I've now been listed for my op hopefully with 4 months. I live on my own and wondered if anyone has used any aid to get these things on and off ( I'll have a no bending rule for 10 weeks according to the info sheets the hospital gave me ).I'll have to wear them for 6 weeks.
Thx for any replies.
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Lilylou1 julie1717
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Hello, im 12 wks Thursday post TRH and thankfully never had to wear them...my surgeon said they dont stop blood clots...i guess they help with swelling maybe?
All the best.
Doodle56 julie1717
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hello
my surgeon does not like the use of stockings and i had to take a blood thinner tablet for 5weeks instead which is much easier .
maybe you could ask as you live alone ?
make sure you have at least 2 grabber sticks as they are so useful for everything including putting knickers ok lol
Gilly julie1717
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the nurse at the hospital taught to put a poly bag on my foot then pull up stockings, to take of roll down to bag on they slip off.
hippy28 julie1717
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Like others have said. I was given blood thinning tablets and didn't have to wear the stockings.
One thing I found very useful was a sock getter on. It's like a plastic mould that you put your sock over. Then you slide your foot in. There are 2 straps that you pull up and it pulls the plastic mould out and your sock on your foot. It only cost about £10 and was brilliant.
julie1717
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Thx everyone for your replies. It looks like my hospital use both blood thinners and stockings. And I'd be expected to wear them I'd imagine at 6 week out pt appt. I've already got one of those aids for putting on socks when I wear them as hip hurt too much to bend. The information sheet suggests using an easi glide to put them on but feedback on the website for them says you have to bend to use them and other hippies on their sd they're no good cos of that.
Thx anyway folks. I'll keep trawling the internet lol . Last thing I want is someone having to come round every day lol.
elizabeth70228 julie1717
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Ask if you would be suitable to have Tinzaparen injections that you inject yourself into your tummy. If you are reluctant to do that, the community nurses would come daily for 10 days and from then on, taken low dose aspirin tablets. That would save you having to deal with the stockings.
ptolemy elizabeth70228
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I did not need to use socks and had anti coagulants you can have in tablet form. I had rivaroxaban, they are called novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs).
julie1717 elizabeth70228
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Thx. I'll see what they say at my pre op.
MrsHoppy julie1717
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hi, i had a THR 11 weeks ago, immediately after surgery I haf inflatable wraps on my lower legs which periodically self inflated/deflated. was then given 2 blood thinning injections in hospital for the 2 days I was in and discharged with blood thinner tablets with strict instructions to take every single one for 5 weeks. I have had physio every other week and apart from not sleeping too well as I couldnt get comfy, I feel great. I start work next week and am more than ready. good luck x
julie1717 MrsHoppy
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Thx I think they use those inflatable pads on lower legs as well. They have a video I've seen. I'll see what they say anyway.
Thxfor your reply and I'm glad you are doing so well. Think most have problems sleeping. But good luck with going back to work. I'm retired fortunately but am looking forward t o getting a normal life back 😃
ptolemy julie1717
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I think most hospitals use the intermittent pneumatic compression device, but it is only for twenty four hours or so probably less. It is rather pleasant except noisy at nights. My problem was that I was taking steroids which had caused my skin to become thin and they bruised my legs, one leg then developed a blister which was huge, eight inches long. It then became infected and I had to have another operation three weeks later as they thought it had turned into one of those flesh eating dIseases! It looked as if I had a shark bite.
julie1717 ptolemy
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Gosh that must've been worrying .hope yu have recovered
ptolemy julie1717
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It was. I could not believe it was my leg when I looked at it unbandaged. I will always have a shark like bite out of my leg though.
ptolemy julie1717
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It looks like your hospital goes for the belt and braces approach. I was told I could touch my toes after the op, I had lateral posterior approach. I was careful in fact after reading this forum, I am not sure I can touch my toes anyway. Surgical stockings are used by some hospitals and not others, to guard against DVT. I think some surgeons are paranoid about DVT, possibly because it has happened to their patients in the past, others possibly think the anti coagulants are sufficient. Amazon does quite a good sock thing, also as Gilly says using a polythene bag can be used. You will probably be told what to do in hospital.
julie1717 ptolemy
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Yes agree 're bolt and braces lol. I'm a retired nurse so know how bad blood clots can be at any time. I'll see how I go I think and make my mind up at the time. It might be a case of ringing a friend up.lol. my daughter's don't live locally and a 2 hr drive is a bit much for " can you put my socks on" lol .
ptolemy julie1717
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I suppose it is no skin off their nose asking you to wear the TED socks as long as possible. As I said the average is 6 weeks and some four, some not at all. I don't know if the new type anti coagulants mean that they are not needed.