Im 54 was very active right up until my right hip replacement one week ago.

OMG a week???? I couldn't even sit down after a week (due to staples) never mind walk anywhere far or drive.

My brain was still addled from all the drugs etc and I had by then got down to Ibuprofen and paracetamol. Good luck to you if you think you can do it. Your a better man than me etc.......

First off - congratulations on your phenomenal progress. I suspect I am not only one who is just a teeny bit jealous although glad for you.

I am almost 4 weeks post surgery (posterior) and nowhere near your status but then one thing I have come to appreciate from this forum is that everyone's progress is different (and slightly unpredictable) for a multitude of reasons. Recently, another member posted an amazing progress and recovery early on. This week she found that she may have been premature in some of her activities.

Like others who have posted, I do not want to discourage you but I do urge caution. We are all anxious to be 'cured' but many have found the need to scale back a bit so that energy levels do not outstrip ambitions and in some cases undo superb progress. So ... I join the others urging you to give yourself a little more time to continue healing and to rest periodically through the day for a little longer. your body has been through an incredible process and trauma.

Sincerely,

Linda

James if your nursing in uk then I am sure occupational health would have to pass you as fit for work, also you should be on full pay for a least 3 months.

you do seem seem to be having a miraculous recovery, but I would follow the other guys advise and take it one day at a time!

good luck

I am just over 5 weeks post op and for the first month I needed to sleep in the day as well as at night.I to am 54 I have just come off my crutches and been in the car with my husband for a small drive of a couple of miles.i have just been in the supermarket for the first time and have come back and I am now exhausted. My physio said listen to your body and take plenty of rest you need it in the first few weeks. Good luck on your recovery you sound as you are doing really well.

Congratulations on a speedy recovery!

Ask your surgeon, if s/he gives the okay and your work place will have you back then why not? Expect to be tired and suffer some pain but if it's not too bad - healing pain as opposed to injury pain it might be good for you.

Good luck to you James.

Hi James

I am afraid l am with everyone else one week??? I think its far to fast to teurn to work. I am 43 l was 42 when l had my 1st hip replacement and at a week l was in no way ready to go back to work let alone walk outside. I appriciate you think you are feeling back to normal but if you actually watched a hip replacement being done online you will see the trauma that your body goes through getting it done. Its a major operation. Are you sure you had a full hip replacement. I was told at 4 week l was a really fast healer and was way ahead of where l should be but l was still on strong pain medication and l still needed so much more rest than l was used to. Constantly falling asleep on couch and still had a lot of pain from my wound. Your body is still raw from the operation they cut right through layers and layers of muscle and dislocate your leg saw and drill into the femur bone. I think at 1 week you are trying to run before you can walk.

If there is a reason behind needing to go back to work that quick like you are not being paid l could see you want to go back.

And l started driving at 4 weeks post 1st hip replacement which was again very quick from the normal average 6 weeks you are meant to wait. You might be feeling great just now but the recovery is a rollercoaster one week good one weeknyou could be laid up in tears with the pain and this coulf go on a while. I have had both hips replaced in the past 3 months and will have been of my work 6 months all in next month and l still am not ready to sit at a computer for 7 hrs a day l won't be going back to at least may..

Glad your doing so well but you would be crazy to think you are ready to go back to work. There is such a big chance of you dislocation or causing more injury.

In all my months on this forum l have never heard of anyone being ok after a week.

Please think about this a lot before you do. Anything yet. My physio told me in friday l was a really fast healer but that was after nearly 5 weeks post op . Rem your new hip needs to settle into place and the muscle thats been cut through needs to heal.

So l would think no way should you consider this for another few weeks at least.

Ļaura

I think james is living in a deamword no replies and it seems like a miracle at what he is saying.

Sorry james l think you are at it please don't abuse our forum with things that are clearly not true.

If you had replied l would have maybe have you the benifit of the doubt. And what type of nurse does not do lifting or moving about!

Sorry l mean dreamworld. Maybe you are to busy to reply being the fastest healer in the world you could be out running a marathon. Or as cels says doing your garden!!

Ha ha ha ha brilliant michael that made me laugh don't you just love a fraudster. I wonder what these people do troll through looking for forums create a story that is in no way real.......for what?? What kicks do they get out it. We get more of a laugh than him. Obviously sad and lonely that he has to create fantasy stories ha ha