Feeling really low - 8 days post-op

For 8 days you are doing fantastic. I'm 4 weeks and still using 1 crutch and taking lots of painkillers - and that is an improvement on the  first weeks.

You can't expect to get over a THR extremely quickly. Even when I had my first one done and I had a relatively quick recovery I wasn't as far on as you.

Please try not to be depressed. I expect the tablets will be having a lot to do with that - I feel up and down quite a lot. Just focus on the things that are improving - even if they are only tiny and try to be patient. 8 days is not a lot.

Writing on this wonderful site is a great help. you will get a lot of encouragement. Remember that everyone's hip is different so progress will vary!

Good luck with your recovery.

 

Hi Christine! Well done you! Your doing well! But please remember you've had a major op! We all heal in different ways! I am nearly 11weeks post op and even now feel bruised! You must have help and do the excerise and also rest. I am having hydrotherapy and reflexology! Take good care and don't rush! Regards Amanda

Hello Christine. It may be the tramadol that is making you low. However I too was weepy in the first few weeks so think it is normal. Tramadol had a bad affect on me. Recovery takes time and you have to be patient. Each day will show small improvements. Keep a diary, I found it good for the moral to go back and read it. I am now week 9 and still find bending difficult but can at last do shoelaces. Going upstairs is still a problem. Surgeon wants to see me again in September for further X-ray. He said full recovery can take up to a year, this of course may be age related. It is frustrating but you will get there. Keep up the exercises and walk as much as possible

Tomorrow you will be able to do something new it may be small but an improvement

To give you some perspective, watch the THR operation on YouTube. You will then see the butchering you have gone through. Be patient; you have had major surgery!

Good morning christine - I hope you are feeling better today ... as said: 8 days post-op and you are doing great - please try not to compare things you could do before surgery and are not able to do (yet) .... it is different now, for sure - the weepiness and depression is normal, I found out - your body went through some major trauma and is in the process of healing - just accept and surrender  to your emotions and feelings - you are not weak or less of a person - stop beating yourself up and be kind to your self - you know, like you are your best friend !!!

it will take time (oh how I hate this expression, but it is what it is) - take good care of your self - relax and take it easy - all is well -- warm hug

Morning Christine, I hope you are feeling better today ..... Sounds like you are doing amazing, but I know that people telling you that and the way you feel inside don't always match.  I too hit an emotional wall around day 8 ..... I am now week 3 and still have the odd hiccup and feel like a good cry (for no apparent reason) ! I just let the tears come and then go and do my exercises!  Have a better day and let you body do what it feels like.  Sounds like you are active and so you should be in tune with your body and how it speaks to you, just listen and you won't go far wrong.

take care

Same here , I am 8 days post op had a spinal too, it's hard work and frustrating when you can't do the things you want , I am 32 and feel like a helpless child , people fetching and carrying and helping me get washed , dressed etc

Remember you have had major surgery , it takes time , don't be hard on yourself it won't speed up recovery , try to think positive and remember why we did this , so we can have a normal pain free life again, a few weeks inconvenice and discomfort is much better than the pain I have been in for the last goodness knows how long

Best wishes to you and hope you feel better soon x

You are doing really well Christine.  One stick on day 3 is amazing. I am two weeks post op and still use two crutches outside but one indoors.  I just sit down when I feel like it and walk about the house or garden when I feel like it.  Like, you I am impatient to be up and about again walking my dogs and I get tearful too but like others have said, our bodies have been through major trauma so its to be expected.  Just take it easy and try to be patient with yourself x

HI CHRISTINE.... YOU SOUND LIKE A LADY AFTER MY OWN HEART.... I TOO AM VERY IMPATIENT AND FRUSTRATED THAT I CANT GET ABOUT AND DO THINGS FOR MYSELF, THINGS I TOOK FOR GRANTED LIKE DRIVING AND SHOPPING!  MY HUBBIES ACE AND DOES EVERYTHING FOR ME, BUT AS I AM INDEPENDANT, I DON`T LIKE TO RELY ON HIM TOO MUCH. ITS VERY HARD GOING THIS HIP BUSINESS, I HAVN`T BEEN GIVEN A DATE YET, AND HAVE BEEN WAITING THREE MONTHS, I KNOW IT`S NOT REALLY A LONG TIME, BUT IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER!  I TO GT REALLY DEPRESSED AND TEARFUL, LIKE YOU, IT IS SO OUT OF CHARACTER FOR ME, I`M USUALLY A BUBBLY HAPPY GO LUCKY PERSON, BUT THIS KNOCKS YOU FOR SIX!

WE JUST HAVE TO PUT UP WITH IT, KEEP SMILING, AND THINGS WILL GET BETTER, THEY MUST DO!!!!  TAKE THE BEST OF  CARE... X

 

Hi Christine! We must all remember to listen to our bodies! We are all different and have different healing stages! I am 11weeks on Monday and am just focusing on hydrotherapy and reflexology! So hope I will start to improve. I am still bruised but its not easy being a carer. Regards Amanda