Itchy wound
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Hey all my fellow hipsters
I am a week post op from my second THR an this time l am extremley itchy where my wound is. It was not as bad as this with my left leg but its constantly itchy and its annoying. Plus l have slept a lot more after this op l just need to lie down and l drift off l again was not as bad with my 1st one.
Its crazy how the same op can be so diffrent in seperate legs .
Laura x
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rose0000 lors23
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AnnieK lors23
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I am amazed that you fall asleep so easily. I had to work hard to get as many as 7 hours a day of sleep, and often didn't get it. Being asleep would have been such a great distraction from how horrid I felt those first weeks.
renee01952 lors23
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so true. ...it is definitely different from the 1st one. ..
I think that one of the reasons you sleep more is that now your body needs more energy to heal ...your 1st hip and now the 2nd
one. ..
do you have staples?
usually itching is a sign of healing ...
sounds like you are doing great
big warm hug
Renee ❤
Rocketman_SG6UK lors23
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Also had more itching of the scar area on the secone one.
I have just been given the OK to 'experiment' with how far I can go - he says push it as far as I want to without pain, socks, shoelaces, etc.
I have been out driving my car for the first time in 3 months .......... and walking without any sticks at all ............ wow, it seems an age, but there is a life after THR !!!!!
Graham
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Rocketman_SG6UK lors23
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I have been walking over 3 miles, but it was a struggle - I am much weaker than I was the first time around, I guess because I started at a lower physical point.
Workong - not too long at all - I am signed off to the end of March, so that will be 22 weeks (5 months) from my original operation, and 12 weeks from my revision.
Graham
AnnieK lors23
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