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joy92223
joy92223

Am actually feeling pretty fed up!! Fed up with not sleeping properly, fed up with hurting everytime I move wrong, in fact, pretty fed up with the the whole hip thing!!

Is just too long a journey to reach new lease of life!!

Fed up!!!!!

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  • joy92223
    joy92223

    Posted

    Am I the only person in the world whose hair, or lack of, has gone into shock, and fallen out?

    X

    • kath98588
      kath98588 joy92223

      Posted

      Joy I am losing my hair and am worried sick.  Doctor wants me to wait until after Christmas and then start to look at my bloods and check all vitamin levels and minerals.  He said after such surgery we are most likely aneamic due to blood loss and need to be in good health.  He said after Christmas we are well fed on good nutritious food.  My hair is so bad now I think I will see him before then as I am so worried.
    • cathie38426
      cathie38426 joy92223

      Posted

       Do you mean the matted fuzz on the top of your

      head when you come out of hospital? I had that,

      but now I find hair on the comb which I think comes

      from broken strands of hair. Or have you got lumps

      of hair coming out? 

      Cathie

    • renee01952
      renee01952 cathie38426

      Posted

      hi y'all...

      my hair is very dry and brittle after 2 THR surgeries. ..I don't

      know what to do about it .I feel so overwhelmed right now

      warm hug ....it is going to be all right

      love

      renee

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    • shirley17649
      shirley17649 joy92223

      Posted

      Hi joy,

      You must be generally run-down and need some good food and vitamin supplements. Remember your body has gone through a massive trauma (watch You tube video clip if you can bear it) 

      Yur hair will improve slowly but I feel you need to give it some help well before Christmas. What you eat now will not show in your hair for several months, because hair is slow growing.

      I also use a natural iron supplemnt called Spatone (from any pharmacist) which you drink with a vitamin C drink like Ribena. It is milder than iron pills and does not cause constipation.

      Not sure about this but has your GP checked your thyroid levels?

      Again that is something which is easy to treat but takes months to stabilise.

      Please try to get this assessed. It could be why you were so fed up at the beginning of this discussion.

      Hugs,

      Shirley

  • chris38237
    chris38237 joy92223

    Posted

    Can sympathise, really struggling with the lack of sleep. It's the having to sleep on my back. I can't seem to find out when I can sleep on my side again. 
    • joy92223
      joy92223 chris38237

      Posted

      Me personally, have been told to wait till next consultant check, but that will be 12 wks. Others on here I know are much sooner. X
    • kath98588
      kath98588 chris38237

      Posted

      I am 8nweeks post-op and sleep on my side with pillows inbetween my legs, I tend to get a good four hours this way.  On my back the most I manage is two hours and my heel is sore so have a small pillow down the bed for my leg to rais up and lift my heel,,,,, if it aint one thing it's another,,, 
    • chris38237
      chris38237 joy92223

      Posted

      Thanks, I am lucky in many ways I am not quite 3 weeks and in very little pain, just swollen ankles, due mainly to lack getting feet up in bed as just can't do the sleeping on my back.
  • joy92223
    joy92223

    Posted

    Another soppy attack and off load!! It's been coming for a year, my middle daughter going to Australia to join her younger sister, who is married to an aus and lives there!!

    Only trouble is, it's now 2wks till my rock and constant disappears for 3 months. She has called,text or visit every day since 1st Sept, I know she's coming home, but, I'm going to be totaly lost without her!!!

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