Should i spend money having a ramp built for 4 steps?

Before I was released from hospital 2 days after surgery, they tested me on a flight of 10 steps. I went slow, but it was fine.

I have 2 steps at the front door then 15 steps up to the second floor that I was doing at least once daily on my own.

You just go slowly with the method they teach you. Its easy.

I spent 2 weeks in rehab. They taught me to go up & down stairs and I was hopping on one leg!! Rehab is a great place to learn those things. They even taught me to go up & down a slope using walker. And how to go up and down a curb. What I really liked the most was how they came to my house prior to me leaving to ensure I was able to get around safely at home. I was non weight bearing for 6 weeks. I was either in a wheelchair or walker. Hubby wheeled me in & out of home. Good luck! 🍀. May God bless you with a speedy recovery!!LD

Hi there it's June here I would wait until your surgery is done.  I had THR left leg and I am doing fine as far as walking goes.  I walk up and down 12 stairs in my home every day.  Of course the first 10-14 days I wa limited.  I used my cane the best I could.  Now since Sept I am doing fine.  I was the nurse in my family as I worked in the hospital most of my life in different aread including  ortho and was a nursing assistant all  those years.  I am  sure you will be fine.  What is your age as that has a part to play in it as well.  I wish you the very best and hope all goes well.  All te best  June

I only had 2 steps but they where doozies of a steps! 7 & 8 inches!! It was too hard to do with walker. So I stayed in wheelchair. I really still can't go down those 2 steps, I'm weight bearing now, but I can come up one. I'm using a crutch, and these are outside steps. In my garage I have 5 steps but I can do those pretty easy. Plus I have a rail on one side. The ones outside don't have rails. I too was taught in hospital the day I left but it was only the one time. In rehab they teach it every day till you are comfortable with it. Best of luck!! LD

Ultimately this will depend on you and your specific outcome, but I don't think it will be needed. I was planning to install a stair lift to take me from main level of house to upper level. Would just not be able to access lower levels. We had to participate in a 3 hour joint replacement class prior to scheduling. I was advised then, that it wouldn't be needed. I have about 2 steps into side door of house and 6 steps from main to upper level. I have been up and down with no issues. I had even planned to get a little fridge and bring my keurig upstairs, thinking some days I might need to hunker down upstairs, as there is no bathroom on main level- and I was not interested in using a bedside commode. That said, I've been up and down the stairs using a cane from day one. PT has taken me out the front door twice - about 5 steps, the first time was last week, about 1 week post op. I think, fortunately, most of us feel we are going to be a lot more incapacitated than we end up. There are exceptions I'm sure, but I've been walking since day one. Had afternoon surgery, 1 night in hospital, discharged about 3:00 next afternoon which 24 hours prior, I was still in surgery. Had brief PT session in hospital - walked halls, did a semi-lengthy staircase and been walking ever since. Might be unnecessary expense. Good luck.

Think of it this way....you only have to go up one step...4 times. Just focus on one stair at a time and you will be fine.

I had bilateral THR in August and before I could be sent home had to be able to do 5 steps up and down...

I did this  day  6 and went home on day 8 ..... no nurse in the family just my husband to take care of me. 

 

You probably will be ok if you are reasonably fit. I was taught to walk up and downstairs with a crutch whilst in hospital. I was worried about the stairs before I had surgery, but it was much easier than I expected. Good luck.