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Fed up!!

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joy92223
joy92223

Am 55 and 8wks post op. I very stupidly thought I would be hop,skip and jumping by now!! 

Instead, I feel more crippled than before op??

is this normal?

nobody warned me that "the new lease of life" was going to be such a long journey!!!!!

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  • Loral
    Loral joy92223

    Posted

    Hip replacement is major surgery. My doctor told me it will take 12-18 months for total recovery. Everyday you will feel better and be able to do more, but you should have been told that there will be good days and bad days and that healing is a process. Not a hop skip and jump. Take care.
    • joy92223
      joy92223 Loral

      Posted

      I expected to be back at work by now!!!! I can't even climb stairs!!!!!
    • Loral
      Loral joy92223

      Posted

      I'm sorry about that. I climbed stairs the second day that I was at the hospital, and did a full flight on day 4. I had an anterior approach hip replacement, not sure what you had. I am also in the USA. I am not bragging, but everyone's recovery is different. My doctor said 2 to 3 months before going back to work depending on the type of work. See how you are in 2 weeks. Good Luck!
  • maggie93798
    maggie93798 joy92223

    Posted

    I was warned the first time I saw the consultant.saidat least 12-14 weeks for initial recovery, full recovery 12-18 months. Thought ha ha he is being very cautious. No he was not, but I am so much better than before am waiting for next April to see what a full recovery is!
    • joy92223
      joy92223 maggie93798

      Posted

      I thought 8/10 wks!!!!

      think I'm now finding out the truth!!!

      thought I was being a wuss!!!!

  • diannec
    diannec joy92223

    Posted

    Hi Joy, they have chopped the top of your femur off, the biggest bone in the body, then placed a metal spike in with a new ball and replaced the worn socket in your pelvis assuming yours was a standard THR. It will be some time before you can hop, skip and jump. If you broke that same bone you may just have come out of plaster......I am 6 months down the line, and today took a chance of walking up the hill to get the bus rather than call the taxi (i have not been able to walk up any incline for about 2 years) and felt fantastic that i achieved it with no pain or discomfort and at a normal speed, you will get there Joy just give it time, 8 weeks seems a long time but it is not, never compare your recovery with yesterday, look at last week and eventually last month and you really will see an improvement. 

    Did your physio/OT show you how to get up and down stairs? 

    • joy92223
      joy92223 diannec

      Posted

      Yes she did, I had op at Emerson green and they were amazing, I just cannot do normal stair climb, I try every day!!!
    • linnet2015
      linnet2015 joy92223

      Posted

      Hi Joy

      I take it you mean the way you used to climb stairs -  left foot on one stair then right foot on the next stair?  Not the way you did it when you first came out of hospital? 

      Linnet x

    • joy92223
      joy92223 linnet2015

      Posted

      My job entails running up and down 5 flights of stairs 8 times over a 12hr night shift!!! Not a hope in any form at the moment!!!!!
    • linnet2015
      linnet2015 joy92223

      Posted

      Def not you would need to be really fit to do that - I take it there isnt a lift!?

      Im Day 12 of my second hip op and after my first hip op I didnt climb stairs "normally" until at least 8 weeks as it hurt too much. Finally followed the advice of someone on this forum and did some stepping exercises (I used my Wii fit step) a few times a day and held on to the back of a chair to help my balance. After a couple of days give or take I tried the stairs just going one or two stairs in the normal way and then building up to the full flight by the end of the week. Taking it slowly the pain eased and then finally went.

      Not sure though if I could ever manage 5 flights x 8 times a day I dont think Ive been that fit in a very long time!!!??

      Linnet x

  • Swindon60
    Swindon60 joy92223

    Posted

    Ah joy you are not a wuss ! This is major surgery. I am 10 weeks tomorrow and have previously worked in occupational therapy so thought I knew what to expect. ......massive shock . Am doing Ok but been up and down and much tougher than I thought So you are not alone ! This site is brill so hang on in there baby steps

    Take care

    Denise

    • joy92223
      joy92223 Swindon60

      Posted

      I think we should all "hobble" together sometime!!!!
  • Riley429
    Riley429 joy92223

    Posted

    What makes you feel more crippled now than before? I think the most valuable advice I have found in this forum is that everyone's recovery is different but we share many similar obstacles. That being said, it is comforting to have the support of my fellow hippies.
    • joy92223
      joy92223 Riley429

      Posted

      Lol, never thought as myself as a "hippie"llll 

      have been told other side will eyed doing soon, I'll call myself hippie hippie shake shake!!!!! Lol.

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