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Was getting on so well, coming up to 5.5 mnths after THLR. We went to Liverpool for a couple of days holiday and I ended up with the most horrendous cough cold, flu whatever had to come back home ...... I have been in bed for 3 days, too ill to get out, Today I feel a little better and made myself get up and dressed. With all the sleeping I have been doing, now my hip is sooooo stiff and sore. I still don't feel well, have a nasty cough and a chest infection. Been taking beechams powders, paracetamol strepsils and anything else I feel will do any good. I have been trying to do my excersises but not very well as every muscle in my body hurts.

Has anyone else had this happen to them? did you manage to repair yourself? Feel so tired going back to bed again Love to all GIll xxx

Hopefully over the next few days I will begin to feel better and gain a bit of strength, at the moment I feel I am back to the beginning again........... hey ho another mountain to climb.

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  • rose0000
    rose0000 Guest

    Posted

    Gill cat it sounds like you have the flu. You poor thing. I would call your doctor and tell them everything you have told us, you sound really unwell.

    This does not mean a setback for your hip - you are just really really ill and everything hurts. I can't think you have done anything to damage your hip from your post. Try not to worry. I hope you get well soon. Sending you lots of love and get well wishes x

  • marilyn_92910
    marilyn_92910 Guest

    Posted

    Hope you are feeling better, just take the pain killers rest is the best cure even though it hurts to do the exercises as they said at the beginning little and often, I am waiting to hear from Mr Nolan Secretary because when I spoke with her on Friday she was going to have a word with him and see if I can go to spire again
  • Cornishpixie56
    Cornishpixie56 Guest

    Posted

    Hi Gill,

     I contracted Pneumonia a month after my op back in May. 

    It was 2 days before we were due to go on holiday, I had a terrific pain around my ribs , especially when I breathed in. I thought that I had an embolism, so went to Dr who diagnosed a pulled muscle. It got a bit better, so we went away, but I was very tired and listless. Two days later I coughed up a large blood clot, and ended up in Harrogate A and E, where I was tested for a clot, which came back positive, then had an x- ray which revealed pneumonia. I got over it after a few weeks, but it knocked the stuffing out of me. 

    Hoping that you will soon recover.

    Best Wishes.

    Jayne. X

  • Loral
    Loral Guest

    Posted

    Feel better, I'm 5 and 1/2 months too....
  • donnarhi303
    donnarhi303 Guest

    Posted

    Hope you feel better soon. It's horrible after all you have been through with the operation. Little exercise and rest I suggest x
  • maggiefabrianne
    maggiefabrianne Guest

    Posted

    Hello Gill

    sorry to hear you caught some bug sounds like you need antibiotics to get rid of it and get your strength back. rest and take care and hope you feel better soon.

    magguex

  • linnet2015
    linnet2015 Guest

    Posted

    Hi Gill

    You sound so poorly, have you seen the doc as you say you have a chest infection so hopefully you are on antibiotics?

    Rest as much as you can and drink plenty, dont worry about your hip I suspect if you have flu your joints will ache anyway. Once you are starting to feel a bit brighter why not start with doing the basic bed exercises we all did after our op and you can start to do more once you are better.

    💐 Take care and hope you will be better soon 💐

    Linnet x 

  • jane26071
    jane26071 Guest

    Posted

    Oh dear! Not a good thing to happen...take care..

    best wishes

    Jane

  • Guest
    Guest

    Posted

    Thanks everyone for all your kind wishes, I have been to the doctors this afternoon and he says I have a virus infection. Apparently there is one going round, starts with a sore throat then gets onto your chest. Also a nasty cough. I am doing and have been doing all the right things and it will go eventually in the next few days. Anti-biotics won't touch it as it is a virus. The down side is that the cough can last for 5 to 6 weeks yuk. He told me to do some inhalig with steam, and just to rest.

    Oh and it's nothing to do with the flu jab either, just another virus.

    Love to all Gill xxx

    • linnet2015
      linnet2015 Guest

      Posted

      Hi Gill

      I had something similar about 10 days before my op so was really worried it wouldnt go ahead. Went to the doctor like you who said it was a virus and although I felt really rough for a few days I didnt have the cough for too long and was obviously fit enough for the op.

      Do take care of yourself and get plenty of rest.

      Linnet x

  • renee01952
    renee01952 Guest

    Posted

    hi Gill,

    good to read that you saw your doctor ..so sorry that you feel rotten. ..don't worry too much about the exercises. ..

    just let Alan spoil you 🍲..

    feel better soon darling. ...

    Big warm hug

    Renee

  • renee01952
    renee01952 Guest

    Posted

    hi Gill,

    good to read that you saw your doctor ..so sorry that you feel rotten. ..don't worry too much about the exercises. ..

    just let Alan spoil you 🍲..

    feel better soon darling. ...

    Big warm hug

    Renee

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