Early recovery

Hi Pauline! Well done you! But from a fellow hippie please don't over do things! Its not a race! Otherwise you will have a set back! I am just over 7 weeks,and still not there yet,it can take a good while ! I am still bruised! So please take each day as it comes! Regards Amanda

Thank you! I just am finding it hard to gauge how much is too much. I think I will need to step it back over the next few days and chill a bit.

Hello Pauline yes it is difficult to get the balance and I think little and often in the beginning is the answer. I only started walking outside at the end of Wk2 and today at wk 6 I managed 3.5 miles without a rest. Tonight body is complaining a bit. Tomorrow I will rest. I am still using 2 walking poles while out and not ready to drop down to 1. Hope to be support free when I have my 8 wk check but we shall see. Being a keen walker I normally like to take a pole for rough terrain not usually for pavement bashing. If you are normally active it can be difficult to live life in the slow lane, enjoy the leisurely pace as I expect unlike this pensioner you will be going back to work or nay be you are a lady of leisure

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It's completely normal to feel like that , you must rest when you are tired . I am 14 weeks post op now and suddenly realised this week that I am feeling great !

good luck 

mary

Thank you that is all very reassuring. I use one stick and have done from day 1- due to a coordination issue I have 2 sticks were just too difficult for me to operate!! this could mean I am less supported and need to go more slowly. 

I will ill be returning to work and in my head want to aim to be back by as soon as I can. Again on that front I need to slow down and go day by day.

Hi Pauline , I know just what you mean , a couple of times I have over done things a bit and felt I have gone backwards even at nearly seven weeks . You are only 2 weeks and sound like you are doing fine , we must be quite patient , not always easy though . I had a double hip replacement six plus weeks ago and have days I get really frustrated but then I have a good day . The thing is to rest up if you do have a bad day . I am 50 and just want to get back to normal . I tried to go walking with one crutch tonight but had to go back and get my other . I can go round the house with no crutches but need them outside for a bit still . Dont worry you will be fine , you are young and that is on your side , just remember , rest when you need to , all the best , Ruth 

good morning Pauline -- yep, the infamous 2-3 weeks - I remember feeling great and doing way too much at that time - but then the set-back --- then I watched the whole surgery on You Tube - Good Lord, it IS major surgery !!!!  I didn't realize that and have much more respect for my body since - it is healing and repairing and a lot of patience and TLC is required .... this forum is so wonderful - take it easy, love - all is well ....

Don't worry, we all get setbacks from time to time.  Don't try to rush things, go at your own pace not anyone else's.  I found that little and often of everything worked for me, a little rest, a little exercise, a little walk, a little rest and so on.  You will get there.

Thank you . The pain has eased this morning and I feel much better. Sharing on here and knowing you all have been there too really helps xxxx

Oh boy do I remember being at 2 weeks recovery, I'm now going into my 8th week. Like you I was so anxious to get up and moving and back to normal I pushed myself at times and paid the price. Yes and yes set backs are normal. I still have them. Yesterday I finally was able to get a good night's sleep, in my bed yipee, I woke up and my thigh felt pretty good, no stiffness, well the weather was beautiful so I went outside and walked alot, helped my husband with a bit of lawn care and by the end of the day I was in the recliner thinking omg what did I just do to myself. Best advice is don't push to hard, do the exercises if you can withough hurting yourself, give the leg a rest day, ice it, elevate it. Recovery is definately a roller coaster ride. Feel better soon

I never walked outside at all until week 4.

Where is the pain?