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General anxiety about upcoming THR

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fredk
fredk

Hey everyone!

I'm 26 and about to have my left hip replaced next friday. It's my first major surgery and needless to say, I'm very anxious.

Last week I met with my anesthesiologist who told me that they will use regional anesthesia. That sounds absolutely terrifying. I really don't want to feel anyone yanking at my bones or smell my own blood or really anything else to do with the surgery. How did you guys handle it?

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  • denise79180
    denise79180 fredk

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    It was great. Don't remember a thing. Recovered really quickly from sedation.

    You will be amazed. Don't be anxious.

    Good luck.

  • Cindybud
    Cindybud fredk

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    I am three weeks post op and 63. I'm fit and don't carry weight. I was supposed to have a general but on discussing it with my anesthesiologist he said a spinal injection would be fine for me. When the time came he also gave me a mild sedative and in truth I fell asleep. Woke to someone saying it's almost done. You will be just fine, try not to over think it, thinking about something is always worse than actually doing it, don't you agree? They are surgeons not butchers. hahaha. I had my op on the Wednesday 3.30pm and I was home the same time on the Friday with just codene as pain relief.

  • Rocketman_SG6UK
    Rocketman_SG6UK fredk

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    Fred,

    We're all different - talk to the anethetist, they are wonderful human beings, and so used to people who do not want to be awake during the operation.

    See my website for tips from hippies on this forum and information on anaesthetics, the address is in my personal info here ...

       https://patient.info/forums/profiles/rocketman-sg6uk-907025

    and at the bottom of the moderator's "useful resources" page at

       https://patient.info/forums/discuss/thr-useful-resources-487147

    Best wishes

    Graham - 🚀💃 🤸

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