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Returning to work effects

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david73016
david73016

Hi Hippies

I returned to work this week. Phased return after 12 weeks off after LTHR.

I am a teacher in a prison which involves a lot of standing up and walking around. I also have a 40 mile round journey to get to work and back.

My hip is healing well and I have managed to go on long walks and do plenty of road cycling without to many aches and pains afterwards.

However when I have arrived home from work each day this week both of my legs ache like mad.

I am wondering whether any other hippies are experiencing, or have experienced this problem; and if they have for how long can I expect it to continue please?

By the way I am 65 years old which I suppose must be a factor. However I have led a very active life and consider myself to be very fit for my age.

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  • MichaelTN1UK
    MichaelTN1UK david73016

    Posted

    I shall watch this thread with great interest as I go back to work next week. Good luck with the recovery!

    Michael

  • Rocketman_SG6UK
    Rocketman_SG6UK david73016

    Posted

    I have been at work for 2 weeks now, aged 63, desk job with computers.

    I had primary total hip replacement at the end of october, and revision on it in January.  So I was 12 weeks post revision, 22 weeks off work and post primary replacement.

    I work in London, so have to commute, which I do very early in the morning, so I get a train seat OK.  The tube is fairly packed, but I have managed (despite some very selfish women grabbing the seat marked for those less able to stand) to get a seat.  Buses have been no problem at all.

    My employer has been very good, with a three-day phased return on part-time hours, building up slowly to full time.  

    I am finding it very tiring, I snooze on the train home, collapse into my recliner and sleep some more, and go to bed early.  Hopefully it will get better, but at the moment I really need those rest days in between just to recover and recharge my batteries.  I am even thinking about doing reduced hours from now until I retire or a phased retirement.

    Graham - 🚀💃

    • david73016
      david73016 Rocketman_SG6UK

      Posted

      Thanks for the reply Graham

      I never had these aches before the op. I hope its not an age thing, and it does improve

      otherwise I haven't got much to look forward to!

  • kersty35579
    kersty35579 david73016

    Posted

    Nothing to offer I'm afraid but I'm in a similar position. I'm a college lecturer and I too have a 40 mile round trip to work. I'm currently 6 weeks post op but don't see my surgeon again until the end of April. I feel like a fraud as I feel fine in myself (certain things I can't do) and feel like I should be thinking about going back to work. I'd be interested to hear what others think, as I'm beating myself up a bit. I'm 46.
  • Rocketman_SG6UK
    Rocketman_SG6UK david73016

    Posted

    Iam finding a seat that I used to dind comfortable isn't any more, it rubs my scar, as does my car seat - so I use a spare cushion to raise me out of the 'well'.

    Graham - 🚀💃

  • renee01952
    renee01952 david73016

    Posted

    hi david,

    wow ..... 12. weeks post-op, back at work teaching

    , long commute, walking, cycling. ..and you wonder why your legs ache. ...

    you know that you had major surgery, right. .And a lot of healing is still taking place. ..

    your body is telling you that you are probably doing too much. ..

    try to slow down a bit ... did you have the posterior or anterior method? 12 weeks is still early days in recovery.

    big warm hug

    Renee ❤

    • david73016
      david73016 renee01952

      Posted

      You are right of course Renee but it has come as a surprise to me the effects that travelling to and being at work for half a day has on both my legs; not just my operated leg
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