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Regrets ? Does this cross anyone's mind ???

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hazel14263
hazel14263

Is it NORMAL to think three weeks in .. What the hell have I done ? I mean I don't regret it really but at this stage the benefits so do not outweigh a former state . I know it sounds churlish and impatient ... Just wondered if this is a normal phase .? I mean I was in pain before but this pain outweighs it by a ton .. Really wish I could bend and pick something up properly I am a useless patient and feel so frustrated ... Anyone relate to this ? Not really feeling sorry for myself more missing a state where I could walk and bend and was in pain sometimes ...hey ho !!!

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  • jean95000
    jean95000 hazel14263

    Posted

    It was for me hazel think we all get down at some point .we think we are not progressing as well as we think we should I'm 12 post op and doing wonders hang in there and take it one day at a time .best thing I ever did. Hugs x

  • janet86017
    janet86017 hazel14263

    Posted

    Oh yes!! I said it many times but now at 3 months post op my new hip is walking better than my other.You will get over all the ups and downs and it will be worth it

    Best Wishes

    Janet

  • elaine23679
    elaine23679 hazel14263

    Posted

    Dear Hazel

    Most people go through that stage I think it was week 4 for me when I just sat crying not because I was in pain... think lack of sleep and not being able to do things I wanted.  

    ​It will pass do not rush things... every week you will find you achieve something different.... believe me nothing like sitting and seeing things that need doing.. husband tried his hardest but he could not understand why I wanted this done that done.  

    If you go through different post you will see we all had a bad day or two...xx

    Hugs Elaine

    • hazel14263
      hazel14263 elaine23679

      Posted

      Oh yes Elaine ..

      Do men have filtered eyesight when it comes to dust ? I say oh god look at this place and hubby says where ? What ? 😳😳😳

  • junegro
    junegro hazel14263

    Posted

    Hazel don't be discouraged, I had my Hip done end of July and I am finally feeling much better.  I did end up with a knee infection which set me back alot, physio and all I had to stop, it took almost 5 weeks off my rehab.  But today I can say knee infection cleared up and my hip is better then ever.  Going 3 weeks in, in unbearable pain I know.  Don't give up and don't have regrets it will get better.  You have to give yourself 6 - 8 weeks to really feel the benefits.  You are expecting too much too soon.  Hang in there it will get better. Chins up girl...

    Hugs to you

    June

  • anna87839
    anna87839 hazel14263

    Posted

    Hi Hazel it will be worth it be patient ,I cryed for

    England at this stage ,be kind to yourself.xxx

  • barb0722
    barb0722 hazel14263

    Posted

    OH YES I AM I AM WITH YOU! everyday I think this. I am 15 days post op. I keep telling myself it was the right thing and the right time but I feel SOOOOOOO much more pain now than before. I know it's army in the recovery phase but ugh! I had a childhood abnormality I'd learned to live with on the hip and I'm earing I'll have a new kind of pain to live with. My Dr and therapist say it'll get better.....

    • janet86017
      janet86017 barb0722

      Posted

      Hi,

      I so understand where you are coming from.At one stage I felt I had exchanged one painful hip for pain in back,hip,heels.I was very pessimistic.Now 3 months on my new hip is giving me no pain and the other problems have gone.Dont give up.It gets better given time

      Janet

    • hazel14263
      hazel14263 barb0722

      Posted

      Yes Barb the pain before was intermittent .. This is always ! But then I know this will go whereas the other would have got worse .. Keep on keeping on ! X
  • michelb
    michelb hazel14263

    Posted

    Let me preface this by saying that everyone I've asked that's had it done or knows someone that's had it done says that it's been great.

    It's hard to for me to say if I really regret it as I was quite sore and it was very difficult for me to walk when I hard my first hip replacement but almost 14 months after my first replacement and 7 month after my second, I'm still in considerable amount of pain and while it's less than I was before, it's not even close to where I'd like to be. I'm wondering if rather than geting both THRs, I would have been better exploring injections, medicine, etc.  As mentioned, I am better than I was but I've also missed over 6 months of work (3 months each operation + I've only been working part-time for the past several months) and I've got a small (probably less than 10mm / 1/2"wink leg length differential which I didn't have prior to the 2nd operation.  So I just haven't seen (yet?) the results I was hoping for and expecting.

    • hazel14263
      hazel14263 michelb

      Posted

      Sorry to hear that mich... I had injections and they work but only for a limited time then wear off . I hope things settle down with you . Good luck xx
  • Janejell
    Janejell hazel14263

    Posted

    Hi Hazel I'm 4 weeks in and posted on here like yourself and advice is give it time. Now I am reducing my analgesia. Walking with1 crutch and have been out as a passenger for the 1st with my daughter. I had nasty muscle pain but have maintained my exercises and strength in operated leg is slowly improving. Arthritic pain has gone. I'm finding my handy Andy so helpful and use it onestop. It is frustrating not to bend or lie on side but I'm paranoid re popping the hip so taking notice of all precautions. It will improve. Keep up with your recovery. X

    • sandra_84282
      sandra_84282 Janejell

      Posted

      Hi Jane how you doing. I've just passed 5 weeks and lots of muscle pain in groin femur and op site. Can be stiff when I first get up. Getting out and about as a passenger a lot more and walking outside. Still using two sticks.

      I did get sick of the no showering and have now managed to manoeuvre this one. Can walk around the house unaided now. Couple of paracetamol now and again.

      If I have overdone it I know about it next day. Now managing to sleep on operated side so sleeping better.

      Mind you it is a roller coaster ride and looking back week 2/3 was probably my worst so know how poor Hazel feels. Good to know by weeks 6-8 things improve.

      Hope you are good. Dying to drive and get back to work. I'm a hopeless patient.

    • Janejell
      Janejell sandra_84282

      Posted

      Hi. We're getting there. At what stage did you do THE LIE ON SIDE? Heard so many scary stories. 😬

    • sandra_84282
      sandra_84282 Janejell

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      I saw physio at 3 weeks. She said I could lie on operated side as soon as it was comfortable as you can't dislocate lying on operated side. She said it's when you lie on unoperated side. If you don't have a pillow between your knees your operated leg can cross the mid line.

      So at first like you I was still dubious. However over last couple of nights I have done back and operated leg side.

      Also as I say worked out how to manage the over the bath shower. First with help from husband. Today managed on my own. Physio said 6 weeks so I have been a bit naughty there but my skin was as dry as sticks with strip washes.

      I'm still a bit achy stiff and sore but that has to be the healing. God I wasn't expecting the recovery to be this hard. Hopefully like childbirth we will soon forget.

      As you say we are getting there. Love and hugs xx

    • hazel14263
      hazel14263 Janejell

      Posted

      Yes Jane I would be lost without my grabber ! Cannot lay on side . Went out with daughter yesterday but was way too cocky and paid for it today ... Have learnt my lesson so been buying Xmas stuff online today as shops a bit daunting . Hoping it gets a bit better .. My husband said yesterday I keep ooooing and aagghhing all the time to myself 🤔 Such sympathy ! X

    • hazel14263
      hazel14263 sandra_84282

      Posted

      Lol Sandra yes I thought of childbirth too.. And kidney stones . Did not expect it to be so painful but here in UK they not keen on dishing out good pain meds . My pure codeine run out now so it's over the counter ibuprofen and co codamol . Hoping this will be a distant memory sooner or later ...

    • Janejell
      Janejell sandra_84282

      Posted

      Hi there. Well went to bed far to early. Now awake. Just finished Girl on a train. Managing a tilt onto op side 😳 Will see if like you I can do back and op side for some 💤💤💤💤 x X

    • Janejell
      Janejell hazel14263

      Posted

      I took it in with me to read after op but couldn't concentrate enough to read a book until after a week. It's worth a read. Haven't seen the film yet but will be interesting to see how they portray it. Time to get the grabber out and pick another. 😂

    • sandra_84282
      sandra_84282 Janejell

      Posted

      Hi Jane.

      Yes that's how I started very tentatively. However woke at 5am this morning with awful pain in groin !

      Must have rolled the wrong way. Anyway seems I can walk and move ok and still do the exercises. I think seeing physio more often would have been more reassuring. Only saw one in hosp then after 3 weeks. Next app is 16 th Nov when I have review with Consultant.

      Seems people living elsewhere get far more. Left with nobody to ask.

      Just as well we have this forum. Although everyone is different.

      Chin up and battle on.

      One thing I wonder. People say they have been found to have dislocation at review ? Surely you would be in severe pain if you had dislocated ??

      It is my biggest fear. 😱Xx

    • Rocketman_SG6UK
      Rocketman_SG6UK hazel14263

      Posted

      Grabber is SUCH a useful tool - I'd have been lost without it.

      Kidney stones is P A I N FU L eek  I know from personal experience.

      Sympathy soon fades when we 'ooh and aah' when struggling to recover doesn't it.

    • madla39168
      madla39168 Janejell

      Posted

      I did not read the book but movie is great. I sow before operation. Im same i cant sleep. Still have some pain but im not even

      3 weeks after operation. I hope will be better than before.

      I feel like prisoner all my family live in Eurpe and i relay on

      friends and work colleges to help me with all. Madla

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