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I finally did it! It is over..

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rose0000
rose0000

I am lying here it is 4am quietly celebrating that I finally after all these years hady hip replaced!

To all if you that posted good luck thank you - I am too tired to reply individually this morning but wanted to say your messages were hugely comforting.

To all the pre hippies it will be hard to find anyone more terrified than me in

The early stages, but I can promise you the thought and the wait is FAR worse than the procedure. It was fine every step of the way. Even waking up in recovery listening to Christmas songs on the radio - I actually felt like singing and was so relieved. I have no

Do

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  • marilyn_92910
    marilyn_92910 rose0000

    Posted

    Not sure what you meant by pain relief, you will most proberbly be given morphine for a couple of days, and this morning they will get you out of bed, when I had my op 2 weeks ago they had me out of bed the same night, just sleep when you feel like it but well done xx
    • rose0000
      rose0000 marilyn_92910

      Posted

      They stopped the morphine already. I was wondering if that is a good idea just before getting out if bed ? I didn't have my op until 5pm in the end so was just resting until now x
    • marilyn_92910
      marilyn_92910 rose0000

      Posted

      I am surprised that they have stopped the morphine so soon, when the hospital stopped my morphine they put put me on cocodomol which I still take as and when
    • Kikeena
      Kikeena rose0000

      Posted

      The morphine can make you a little unsteady. When I've been on morphine I've not been allowed out of bed.
  • CelsB
    CelsB rose0000

    Posted

    Well done and congratulations Rose, that's the most important bit over.  

    Now to be kind to yourself and work steadily through your recovery.  

    I hope it all goes swimmingly.  

    Keep us informed, all us pre hippies look forward to hearing your news and all the post hippies will have been there, done it and got the teeshirt.

    My consultation is next week.  One day I hope to be where you are.

    Love and gentle hugs xxx

  • Thursday_Next
    Thursday_Next rose0000

    Posted

    Well done Rose, glad it is over.  If you have pain ask for pain control.  I'm sure they will give you some if you need it.
    • lyn1951
      lyn1951 rose0000

      Posted

      Darling Rose - so are you, you start yelling blue blod---- murder, if you are in any pain, remember the dignity thing, it doesn't exist.
    • Thursday_Next
      Thursday_Next lyn1951

      Posted

      I found that they were positively pushing pain killers at us.  Wrightington seems to have a policy that the patients really should not be in any pain.
    • sue1957Geo
      sue1957Geo Thursday_Next

      Posted

      Royal free did to, my blood pressure was realy low after, sonthey took away the blue one and i was ok after that, i found out blue one was morphine. I never felt pain, but i did rattle😀
    • rose0000
      rose0000 Thursday_Next

      Posted

      That is a very good policy, there is no extra points for being a hero is there!

    • Rocketman_SG6UK
      Rocketman_SG6UK sue1957Geo

      Posted

      I had the blue morphine too - and a sweet oral morphine liquid, I think that  was a faster acting version?
    • linnet2015
      linnet2015 Thursday_Next

      Posted

      Me too - for the first hip op in January they were offering me all pain meds going and I could choose what I did and didnt want. Strangely for the second one at the same hospital they were offering paracetemol and codeine after the first 12 hours which really didnt help the pain. After asking for something stronger I was offered some liquid morphine but that tends to make me feel sick and lowers my blood pressure a lot. So in the end I had to insist they check my notes as the doctor had written up Naproxen and Tramadol for pain. I only took them for a short time but they really helped the pain and I was able to move more easily.

      Dont know if this a new policy or they are trying to save money lol!

      Linnet x

  • sue1957Geo
    sue1957Geo rose0000

    Posted

    Rose, welcome back to a pain free world, bet you have like me forgotten what the real world feels like.  Today is the first day of your new life, and I promise everything  just gets better from today, rest up hun, but you are probally been awake for ages, oh the word dignity forget it. Xx
    • rose0000
      rose0000 sue1957Geo

      Posted

      I haven't actually even been asleep yet for some reason! X
    • vanessa88276
      vanessa88276 rose0000

      Posted

      Bless you rose you going to be exhausted lol xx did you have spinal and sedation and if so can you not eat or drink the night before trying to prepare myself lol xx
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