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elaine23679
elaine23679

Having been sitting for weeks watching my husband do everything he pop out this afternoon and I got the hoover out.... yes  I have sat here for days thinking can he not see it.... so out he went and I have hoovered through our flat,, and then mopped the kitchen floor.... 

This acheivement has made me feel so happy I suffer with mild OCD so you can imagine when I see dust and bits I am cringing...  I do not complain as he has been wonderful, and i know I am not a good patient.

Off for a few days as I need to go and see my Consultant who is in Hillingdon, and I am in Eastbourne.   Some may ask "why that far" because my local trust would not operate until I had reached 65yrs old... at 55 I was unable to walk, sleep, sit, without pain.   The consultant is a friend of my daughters and saw me walking at her wedding and told me to get referred to him... thankfully I did and am now getting past the worst of it.  

Good luck everyone because this time last week I was in a deep dark tunnel.. 

 

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  • Nige47264
    Nige47264 elaine23679

    Posted

    Great to hear your on the mend, I'm 48 and had a thr just over 7 weeks ago. I too had to sit and watch everything being done around me. It wasn't long before I was waiting for them to say, I'm just popping out will you be ok? I would nip and do those little tasks that were bugging me and getting sat down again before there return. Also wanted to say, I had to changed doctors surgerys as my old surgery kept saying your too young. I was crippled I could hardly get to work. Changed doctors and got sorted straight away. Good luck.

    • elaine23679
      elaine23679 Nige47264

      Posted

      I had been complaining no xrays done, because I also require knee replacements they just said it was my knees not my hips.. and would not even take me seriously.    In the end so many xrays taken by new consultant, and told "your hips are buggered and your needs are nackered.  we will start at the top and work our way down"......whilst in hospital the Ward Dr asked me how I had coped having looked at my xrays.   I explained to him and he was not surprised as Eastbourne is a retirement town and also was put into special measures.  

      My GP did not like referring me and avoided this until I sat in his office and would not leave until he agreed... now I find him unapproachable but luckily they are a training practice so I just make appointments with trainees and they are wonderful..... they listen... 

      Our health system is being crushed and stamped down to bare minimum ... 

    • tina_83799
      tina_83799 Nige47264

      Posted

      Hi nigel. Im forty nine. I had the same problem, being told that I was too young,bone on bone. I had to insist that I couldn't carry on working until I had it done,im seven weeks post lhr, now waiting for my right hip. Nice not to have all that pain. Im back to work, I told the dr I wanted quality of life, not quantity, good luck

    • Nige47264
      Nige47264 tina_83799

      Posted

      Hi Tina, so pleased you got sorted. We all know what the pain is like. Sometimes you just have to dig your heels in and say, I want this for me! Hope all goes well in the future for you.
  • anna87839
    anna87839 elaine23679

    Posted

    Well done Elaine it's aweful the lengths we

    have to go to but well worth it as your feeling

    like a new person, I no I am 11 weeks post.

    I myself have had to fight for 5 years to get my new hip I'm 63 and was told to young for hip

    replacement until I did manage to see my

    consultant who told me ridiculous you need

    quality of life now,got there in the end and no

    more pain.wishing you well xxx

  • linda81469
    linda81469 elaine23679

    Posted

    Wow Elaine!!! 😳😳. My pt said I had to wait another 4 weeks to sweep and mop because of the possibility of twisting which is a big NO NO!! 🤓 When I dislocated my hip, I had been mopping and sweeping and vacuuming.....I'm still not sure when or how it happened! Like you I hate to see the dirty floors and see how my hubby and granddaughter sweep.....not up to to my expectations!! The mopping, well I had to get a lil rough with my hubby and told him it had to be done!!! Well again a very Shi&@$ job!! 😆😆. I keep a very clean house so I'm going crazy at what I'm seeing!! But I have to just grin 😁 & bear it!! Please be careful and glad all is going so well for you!! 🤗🤗 hugs, LD

    • elaine23679
      elaine23679 linda81469

      Posted

      Thank you Linda, it is not a big flat!!! normally take me 10 mins to do what I did but literally my husband walked out and I just got the hoover back in the cupboard around 25 mins later.....  

      If I have done anything I think it may have happened weeks ago... when I forgot not to bend to pick something up...  

      My next task will be my oven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! think I will pay for someone to come and do that though.... it would be more benefical... as I normally sit on the floor with my steamer...  but it is now 3 cleans behind my normal regime....  I dare not look at it..   

      I am not taking risks but cabin fever combined with carpet needing hoover just took me over today.   

       

    • linda81469
      linda81469 elaine23679

      Posted

      I know all to well of this cabin fever!! As I've been 5 weeks now!! Tomorrow pt is going to show me how to get in & out of vehicle so now I can at least go out for a ride with my hubby!! 🤓😎. LD

    • elaine23679
      elaine23679 linda81469

      Posted

      i was lucky physio at hospital did a session of getting in and out of car... but then I was in hospital for 7 days post op.... due to being so far away from home, and making sure I was confident.  Could not fault the care I received. 
    • linda81469
      linda81469 elaine23679

      Posted

      I had to be 6 weeks non weight bearing and dr made it clear no car transfers!! 😫 So he just released his restrictions last week! Wishing you all the best for a speedy recovery!! 💐🌹🌷. LD

    • elaine23679
      elaine23679 maria72878

      Posted

      I was wondering the same thing.... some people are just so clevercry but look at the top of the box you are typing in and I found them... cheesygrin

    • linda38528
      linda38528 elaine23679

      Posted

      Good choice re the oven - please don't attempt it.

      Sometimes ... it is worth looking the other way and spending energy on your exercises ... or out for a walk.

      Question - what advice would you give a daughter in the same situation?

      Meant with kindness.

      L

  • maria72878
    maria72878 elaine23679

    Posted

    Have you had surgery now x
    • elaine23679
      elaine23679 maria72878

      Posted

      Yes 6 weeks ago I had bi lateral THR... doing okay.... pain in all areas apart from my hips... so guess just have to wait for healing to finish
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