How real are my expectations after a THR

I watched Bear Grill's Celebrity Island last night where a load of celebs stay on a desert island for a month just in the clothes they stand up in. One guy, some relation of Julia Roberts I think had had a hip op six weeks before. At one point he did say his hip hurt I suppose. I thought he must be mad!

When I had my right hip replaced in May it went like clock work. I never had pain, I was up and walking within 6 weeks. I did take care not to bend wrong or go on my knees all summer. Now here in Nov. it is completely healed and perfect.

Hello, like you have probably read on here,with each person it is different. Your age factors in,your health,how active you are. And how the operation is done. In my case,I had a posterior hip replacement,cemented. Meaning the piece that fits into the femur is cemented in place,and you can put full weight on that leg right after the operation. I was up walking with a walker 5 hours after the surgery.With some replacements it is weeks before you can put full weight on it. I'm 63 years old and had a spinal, before the surgery. And when I came to in recovery,2 hours later,felt no pain. Even after the cocktail of drugs that were in that spinal wore off,the pain was tolerable. Bottom line,if this is affecting your quality of life. And physical therapy is key to recovery,the exercises they have you do,do them. This is my second total hip replacement,13 weeks post op. Had the left one done 14 years ago. Good luck ps. don't rush recovery,your body will know.

Every one is different. had non cemented posterior. the following day for about 7 days there was pain but nothing too bad took NORCO for a week and then TYLENOL all restrictions lifted at 6 weeksno pain but muscles weak had a bit of STEM PAIN (microerosion) at 12 weeks after i overdid it on the walker laid off for a few weeks and never came back 3 years now and i forget i had it done except when i go thru airport security

I got out of hospital feeling woozy but ditched the pain killers straight away.

Within a month i was back hill walking and mountain biking, even fell off a couple of times.

After 3 months i was running again.

The problem with any site discussing health and operations you are always going to get mostly worse case scenarios because if it all went well they want be on here they will be line dancing or fell walking LOL you will be fine if you do as your told im sure

Hi John

I've had both hips replaced - the first (right) in 2016 and it was bloody awful. The operation itself took far longer than normal - some 3.5 hours and I was in hospital for 5 days. I was in a lot of pain for the first 6 weeks (managed - just- by 4 weeks of Oxycodine and then 2 weeks of Co-codamol. My operated leg felt 'heavy' and unresponsive. I had a nightmare of a recovery, but eventually - about 6 months after the op - things started to improve. I still find that this hip doesn't like certain movements and can be sluggish to respond in cold, wet weather.

I had the second hip done in 2017, and it was a complete contrast. The operation only took a fraction of the time of my first hip. I had virtually no pain from day 1, was walking with just a walking stick within a week, driving at 3 weeks and back to work at 4 weeks. I'm please to say that the new joint works perfectly.

So, my answer can only be - who can tell!

Sorry, not much help I know, but the outcome depends on so many different factors that its not possible to guess the outcome of your op.

Realistically, I would suggest that you prepare yourself for 6 months of recuperation - and then you can be pleasantly surprised when your recovery is a lot quicker.

Good luck and post on here how you get on.

John, I have had both hips replaced (1st April 2017 - 2nd 6.5 weeks ago) both of mine I believe have been very normal. I was back at the gym 26 days after first surgery (gently of course), this time I waited 30 days. I've been out dancing, I go shopping regularly, walk or gym daily, do my own yard work. Some of these things seemed like they would never come back and then one day you just do them without thinking.

Driving - first hip had to wait four weeks because it was my driving leg; second hip I drove at 12 days (two weeks is normal with no complications). Was I tired, yep you betcha, do I push envelope, yep you betcha but never do I push the envelope completely off the table LOL (I'm 63 yrs old if that helps and both hips have been anterior).

My biggest piece of advice when you are post-op is to do your exercises, do your exercises, do your exercises and be prepared for your gluts to be sore (really sore).

I would tell anyone/everyone to do it sooner rather than later your life will be so much better.