New hip . Pain really bad ! Help please !

Ten years ago you would have still been in hospital, where you would have had lots of support.

10 days, I was still in bed, doing nothing other than going to toilet and then back to bed, no stairs I could not have managed them, so for a start you are using muscles to climb those stairs that I didn't, can you avoid the stairs for a few days, just give the muscles a rest, and don;t be in too much of a rush, listen to your body it will tell you when you feel able, and keep your legs elevated, works wonders for swelling.

Once or twice a day for a short while I would come out to the lounge room and sit in a upright chair and watch TV for a little while, but even that was very tiring, so back to bed.

When you are in bed flex you feet hard as you can, first one way than the other, and squeeze your butt muscles together, hold relax and do it again, you must keep your circulation going in your legs, do these exercises maybe every 60 mins or so, variation on the theme is to draw your knees up a little, be safe and don't go past 90 degrees, and then straighten out again.

Watch out for dry heels, some moisturizer was a god send for me, good job for carer to massage into your feet.

REST REST and more REST is the order of the day for now, you will turn the corner at about 14 days.

You will already recognize the hip pain has gone but the surgery pain is doing you in, us fellow hippies feel for you.

Remember they have dis-located and broken your leg to put that new joint in place, they have wrenched you muscles fiercely to do that, and they have also stolen alot of bone marrow to fit the prothesis and replaced with steel and glue.

Your poor body is still adjusting to the lack of red blood cell manufacturing marrow tissue, loss of blood generally from circulation and the whole shock of the surgery. 

It does get better, I have done this twice over, thinking of you.

Hi

?The pain is the all the healing process, your body has been through alot, have you watched the video on utube..... I tried but seeing what my body was put through I could not watch it all.

?We all have bad days and walking around helps, saying in one position for to long just adds to the pain when you do move. 

?You need to use the toilet more than once a day or you will end up with a UTI.

?Everyday will see you improve, set yourself little goals, "I am going to walk.... "  and increase the distance slowly over a few days.

?I am now 8 weeks still have pain, not the hips its the muscle, nerves and tendons all trying to heal, and some days are worse if I try to do to much, or my body is protesting at what I have tried to do.

?Each person is different so you need to read all comments and then look at your situation. 6 days is very early days, I was still in hospital on day 6. 

Good luck and best wishes

Hazel the first ten days are challenging, but after that it gets much better, hold on in there. 

I think you need some more pain relief, you should not be left in this much pain. Please call the doctor and ask for more painkillers, there is no point being left in so much pain you can not function, esp when there is good pain releif out there. You didn't mention whether you are allergic to anything, but I am assuming you were okay with morphine based pain killers? There are plenty of options, so your dr should have really offered you something to help.

Secondly I have to be honest, for the first two weeks I barely left my bed - the thought of going to the loo filled me with dread, I would stay in bed if this is the only place  find any kind of comfort. Guard against bed sores by placing sheepskin coverings under your heels, and watch our for your elbows etc. Please try and make sure you move often even if you are in bed. 

You can do almost all of your exercises in bed, and the others you can do on the way to and from the toilet. 

The first few weeks are the worst, after that you will feel so much better and then day by day you will really start to see huge improvements, certainly a few months down the line it will become a distant memory. Nine months on you will you be like me and won't even know you even had it done. Big hugs to you, you will come through this stronger an better than before xxx

hi hazel, a warm welcome to this wonderful forum of hippies, darling -so sorry that you are in so much pain ... what kind of pain is it ?remember that you just had major invasive surgery where your muscles were severed, joint forcefully dislocated, and  hardware jammed in hip cavity and thigh bone -are you full weight bearing? do you have a fever? please call your surgeon if the pain gets worse or  you have a fever okay?and let us know how you are getting on ---big warm hugrenee