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geoffrey56183
geoffrey56183

hi, its now 14 weeks since a had a bi lateral hip operation, and i was wondering how long it will be before i can climb into my little slk 200 sports car, the hips are fine and i'm back working , but i wondered if anyone else has done something similar

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  • Lilylou1
    Lilylou1 geoffrey56183

    Posted

    Hi there

    i had a very low car and at 6 weeks post op felt anxious about driving it its also a manual....so i went off and got a SUV however i can now get into my car no problem which i have given to my 21year old, im keeping the suv lol. It took me to around 16 or so weeks to drive my other vehicles.

    • joan23085
      joan23085 Lilylou1

      Posted

      I'm at 24 weeks now. The recovery has been brilliant and I can do almost everything I want/need now - including getting in/out of both my car and my husband's and driving both. But both have pretty high seats. When we had a hire car recently it was much lower to the ground and it was still surprisingly hard to get in/out. I was OK driving once I had got in. So I think the sports car might have to wait a bit longer...

      Joan

  • helen40134
    helen40134 geoffrey56183

    Posted

    Hi Geoffrey,

    I too have a Sports Car, an Alfa Romeo Spider.....it is parked up in my garage at the moment in Spain....I too was wondering the same thing, a couple of weeks ago. I am 8 weeks post op, but 2 people did mention they found that after about 10 weeks they were just fine. One mentioned that due to the large door opening it was much easier than getting into his Wife's Renault, and he found it much easier than he expected. Passenger side no problem for me, will extend my Husbands chauffeuring me for a few more weeks then give it a go! Let me know how you get on please 😃

  • steve86482
    steve86482 geoffrey56183

    Posted

    i was driving my AUTOMATIC at 2 weeks and my 6 speed manual at 8 weeks. Shifting with operated hip

  • helen40134
    helen40134 geoffrey56183

    Posted

    Yes, guess also maybe quicker if your left hip was operated on...a friend invalidated her car insurance as she drove too soon, and could not manage an emergency stop !! something some people totally forget strangely enough !!

    • ptolemy
      ptolemy helen40134

      Posted

      I checked with my insurance company as I felt it was a good idea to let the know. They were happy with six weeks with a manual.

  • geoffrey56183
    geoffrey56183

    Posted

    hi helen i've had both hips done, i'm seeing a physio next week to see if i'm able to get in the car its quite low to the road i can drive a normal car ok, no problem ,

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