hip replacement

Hi diane, sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I had mine done 15 oct and am only just sleeping well!  I take my meds, mug of milo, put pillow between legs and sleep on non operated side.  Sometime in the night i roll over and have a couple of hours on my back, still with the pillow between my legs, but i can't lie on operated side yet.  I find that a little nap in the afternoon compensates for loss of sleep at night and if all else fails i watch tv on demand on my ipad.

I had my op on 11th August and though recovery has been good i still cant sleep on my operated side it is to painful. Sleeping however does get better and i sleep on my other side as well as my back now.Hope you have a speedy recovery

Hi Diane,

 I had my THR on Sept 30th. Stopped taking meds at two weeks and had to take an over the counter PM medicine (with my doctors approval) for a few nights to help me sleep. Although I haven't tried to sleep on my operated side yet, it's still pretty sensitive, I am sleeping pretty good on my other side with pillow between my knees. I think I've just gotten used to the pillow and fortunately that is the side I slept on pre-op. It's just going to take some time.

Hang in there,

Kathee

Hi Diane

You should be sleeping {or trying to} on your back for the first 6 weeks.

After that you either sleep on your back or on your operated side. If you sleep on the good side there is a chance of dislocation.......your new THR is on the top and if it falls over during the nightthats when the chance of dislocation occurs.

I know its not easy...., I've had both mine done and found that was the worse part of it........I just surrounded my self with pillows when I slept {or tried to} on my back, had to try different things and I was taking paracetamol as well

Sorry tats not what you want to hear

It will pass

Love

Eileen  UK

thank you all for replies I will just try and hang on in there, just glad had operation done. Still using one crutch but getting out abit now for walks , just know when I done enough x

Hi Diane! I had my op of both hips on 1:st september. I had sleeping problem too but now is much better. It is quite usuaI with sleeping disturbances after Hip Replacement op. I could sleep on both size after 8 weeks post op and with the pillow between my legs. I change side very often during the night but it goes well. It is nothing comparing with pain before op

Hi Diane

I had my THR on 8th Aug. Even before op I was a restless sleeper, But read some advice here about sleeping on a duvet. What I did was use it like a sleeping bag, being cocooned was comforting and it stopped you in yr sleep rolling onto side.   After a couple of weeks I started rolling onto my un-op side for short periods and with pillow tucked between to stop op side dropping down.  Even now my op side is uncomfortable to lie on for long periods. 

Hi Diane - I had my THR on 5 Nov so I am just a few days behind you.  This is my second hip operation as I had a resurface seven years ago on the other hip.  I have been sleeping on my front (I crawl in from the bottom of the bed) and this seems to work well.  I have also found that I can get to a 45° angle by lying on the front of my operated hip (hope that makes sense) - not quite lying on my side, but pretty damn close .  Hope this helps.

Thank you all for all suggestions, hopefully will get better dion, getting about s bit better been just under 5 weeks since thr and slowing getting round without crutch,  but limping abit. Any one else have this problem 

I didn't chooitse to have a thr - has a fall and it was a necessity.  Had the op on 23 September and hardly slept at all while in hospital even with help.  When I got home it was just as bad - sleeping on my back caused intense pain in my knee.  I cannot sleep on op side but laying on my good side with a pillow between my legs did improve thiings.  Now, however I can lay on my stomach which was my preferred way before my fall and being able to sleep for several hours really does make me feel a whole lot better.  I've been told that surgery after a fall does mean a somewhat longer recovery period but I'm looking forward to things being back to "normal" fairly soon.

Maureen (Hull)