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Hip Compression Socks

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m0rningangel1
m0rningangel1

Who knows anything about all this...My dr mentioned me having to wear them for a couple of weeks..yuck ..I should have asked my dr but how many pairs should I get and wondered about getting a prescription for them

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  • michelle48397
    michelle48397 m0rningangel1

    Posted

    My dr. "gave" me a pair when my surgery was over.  I assume that one pair is good enough.  I would ask if you receive a pair after your operation as they want these on you immediately.

    • m0rningangel1
      m0rningangel1 michelle48397

      Posted

      He said they would be on me right afterwards...does't look like fun but I will do it....

  • Thetroll
    Thetroll m0rningangel1

    Posted

    Don't think you need a prescription, I had 3 pair and was told that the ones people use when they go on long flights are the same thing.

    • m0rningangel1
      m0rningangel1 Thetroll

      Posted

      I would think if you have to wear them you can get a prescription for them my insurance will pay for them
  • heatbrad214
    heatbrad214 m0rningangel1

    Posted

    My husband got 2 pairs and had to wear them for 3 weeks, he hated them. I washed them nightly and used the air dry setting on my dryer to dry them.
  • susan05157
    susan05157 m0rningangel1

    Posted

    I had them in the hospital they gave me 2 pairs . Very important to wear them good luck to you
  • lyn1951
    lyn1951 m0rningangel1

    Posted

    Here in Queensland Australia, you wake up with them on, the nurses teach you how to get them on and off and the importance of having them on evenly all the way up your leg, no ripples or folds, also taught my husband the trick of getting them on and off correctly, plastic bag over foot, then pull the plastic bag through hole in bottom of stockings (under foot)

    I gave away wearing them after about 10 days, by the time I was moving around the house on my crutches I must admit for support.

    Second pair given to me by the hospital.

    • m0rningangel1
      m0rningangel1 lyn1951

      Posted

      This should be interesting I can't put on normal socks now. I guess whomever is here can help me. I can't bend my leg on that side to be able to put socks on.I think I need a hip replacement hahaha!! The pain is so excruciating when I try to get socks on.  I will remember the plastic bag over the foot..is it like a bread wrapper which that makes sense. I will get someone to save some bread wrappers for me. I don't eat any breads at all.Why are we wearing these socks for blood clots to keep them away?

       

    • lyn1951
      lyn1951 m0rningangel1

      Posted

      You won't be able to bend to put on pressure stocking or socks afterwards as well, maybe i confused you with previous statement, but I found without breaking the 90degree rules i could adjust them around my knees, which is where they annoyed me the most, kept rolling over and causing me real discomfort. Bread wrapper a great idea.

      The whole idea of them is to prevent blood clots in your legs as you are not moving around very much the first couple of weeks.

  • maggie93798
    maggie93798 m0rningangel1

    Posted

    The are part of the post op treatment to prevent DVT's. I did not have them but injected an anticoagulant into the tummy(fat) daily for 5 weeks. Others have been prescribed oral anticoagulants and some a combination. But that is the Uk

  • renee01952
    renee01952 m0rningangel1

    Posted

    hi angel, 

    interesting ... I didn't get them but like Maggie (and others) had to self-inject blood thinning medication in belly for 6 weeks to prevent blood  cloths ...

    Apparently it depends on where you are and protocol of hospital and surgeon ...

    where are you in the world?

    big warm hug

    renee

     

     

    • m0rningangel1
      m0rningangel1 renee01952

      Posted

      He didn't say anything about shots in my stomach..and I hope he would have told me about it. He just said I have to wear compression socks and I think he said for 14 days...that should make me miserable lol..from what I am hearing they are horrible.

      I am in Waco Texas which is in between Dallas and Austin ...either way is 100 miles from both.eek Those are wide awake eyes and it is 3am here..

  • hazel14263
    hazel14263 m0rningangel1

    Posted

    They gave me some in the hospital . I lasted a week then gave up they are horrid . They are not for DVT but for swollen legs apparently ...could not stand them !
  • judith12644
    judith12644 m0rningangel1

    Posted

    I live in the UK and was given 2 pairs by the hospital. I wore them for a week, and was then told I could wear them just at night, because my knee was swelling above them. (As already suggested, plastic bag over foot first, then pull the bag out.) My husband used to put them on for me, there's no way I could have done it. I wore them for a month during the night.

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