Lovely Hippies I need your advice about christmas please.... :0
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I have a dilemma....please advise if you have a moment...
My consultant has said I can have my hip replacement at the beginning of Dec (as my three month wait is up after the steroid injections) but will it completely ruin any chances of me enjoying my christmas with my baby girls? I will be approx 3 weeks into it all, so not sure how I will be. Every christmas is precious when they are young... but I will have plenty of support over christmas from my husband will be home and friends and family who will all be on holiday and around (thus making it easier)
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Do I keep taking the morphine, even though it isn't working so well this week and I am back to being up alot in the night and now need to increase my dosage. I am worried the pain relief after the operation won't work as well if I need to keep taking more and more morphine now. I will have the op in Jan, but won't have the same level of support....
What would you do?
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dalmation rose0000
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first week or so at home felt a bit as if I had a tummy upset but that was (I think) getting used to blood thinning meds still not in a great deal if pain though.
by week 3 I was feeling ok not sleeping brilliantly but then I wasn't before so no change there
I can only say that if my surgeon offered to do my second hip 3 weeks before Christmas then YES I would have it done
to be pain free is marvellous xx
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colinTN17 rose0000
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Having your husband around will help especially putting on the TED stockings--they're a pain.
In the first week out after op you may need a bit of help getting in and out of bed but other than that you should be able to get around if you take care.
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Have you been given a date yet? How long have you been waiting?
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If there is a cancellation, take it, because if you don't accept it they put you to the bottom of the priority list which is nice of them! It sounds like you are desperate for a date so no chance of missing an opportunity.
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