Six weeks post and still hurting

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Hi there Hippies

Just some advise please ,I'm 6 weeks post tlhr

and walking with one crutch round house but become uncomfy after a time,manage a few steps by

myself but feel not ready for that yet.

Will I ever walk properly again so frustrating am I

expecting to much to soon I understand we are all

different when it comes to healing but advice

would be much apresiated guess just feeling a little down today. Much love to all 😰

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  • Posted

    Hi Anna,

    I'm also 6 weeks post LTHR, I can walk around the house with one crutch

    but when I go out I still use two, I saw my GP on Monday and she says I'm doing really

    well but I had more done.than a straight forward hip replacement. I also still have a bit

    of pain but nothing like it was before, I came home come hospital taking

    21tablets a day I'm now down to taking co-codamol three times a day.

    I also have days when I'm down and could.cry because I feel that I

    should me better but my GP says no and to take my time.

    Good luck x

  • Posted

    Hi Anna I am 7 weeks Rthr. I think it's confidence and muscle strength. This week have gone to know assistance but still not confident re walking upstairs one after the other and still get muscle jipping. Have called my hip Sophia as she is a constant reminder . One of the other ladies mentioned using a Fit bit re how much walking you do. I have just adopted this and am starting to feel better with progress but still get tired!!! See Consultant first time post op next week x

  • Posted

    Hello. I just wanted to tell you I am about 10 weeks out and still walk with a cane( I do need my left hip done too so that's partly the reason) but everyday gets better you may not realize it but just stretch and muscle building exercises that will build your confidence. I feel like I am moving slow but we all heal different. Best of luck. Althea

  • Posted

    hi Anna, I'm bit of a veteran here but you are doing great.  We all go at a different pace.  Don't worry you will get there, I was approaching 10 or 12 weeks before I went out without a stick.  Just remember you have had a major op and they have had to get you in all sorts of positions and cut through muscle etc.  It takes time to get over all that let alone all the muscle tone we have lost pre-op.  Just take it steady and do the exercises you will know when you overdo it - the uncomfy bit.  

    • Posted

      Hi Suzie that's great advice my husband took

      me out yesterday in car and Iwalked round the

      garden centre and then the farm shop dropped

      Sophie off at groomers in and out of car ,as time went on felt uncomfortable like walking with rocks in hip area I think i pushed it to far yesterday do you think?

      The more active you are you start to feel pain

      Well not pain nothing matches the pain before

      op. I see consultant next Tuesday I will let you

      know how I get on, hope no dislocation ,have

      you had pys yet Suzie? Hugs Anna xxxxxx😄

  • Posted

    hi anna, 

    so sorry you are feeling a wee bit down today - well, it is a roller coaster ride - physically and emotinally - just go with it is the best at this time -

    6 weeks post-op might still be too soon to walk unaided - there are many discussions about this topic, of course and different approaches as well - 

    One PT told me (post-op 1st THR) to ditch my walker asap and use cane and then unaided - unfortunately I needed THR surgery on other hip 6 months later - Other PT wanted me to use wheeled walker (no crutches for me) for 6 weeks inside - no furniture surfing allowed either - then cane inside and walker outside until I was confident and in balance to walk with cane - this to prevent body to go back to pre-op walking aka limping - 

    it takes time - we have to retrain our body to walk properly after a long time of compromising and compensating - so be gentle with your self - it is okay to feel down or cry etc ... try to accept that this is what it is now and you will relax -

    how are you getting on otherwise?

    big warm hug

    renee

  • Posted

    Hi Anna,

    We all have bad days - all part of the roller coaster journey as we and our bodies start to really appreciate the different levels of healing we will have to get through. One of the forum members reported that she and her physiotherapist counted 20 groups of muscles and other connective tissues that need to heal from this operation. And then there is the adjustments of other joints and muscles as our gait and posture shifts and everything starts realigning. It really is an impressive process.

    So ... no wonder we get down from time to time!

    But ...we are so lucky to have the opportunity of this operation available to us. It is pretty miraculous to lose the bone on bone pain - even if the recovery journey is longer than any of us likely contemplated.

    Hang in there Anna. Keep going with the exercises and walking and celevate the wins along the way (being able to get in and out bed without help, getting out of a chair without help, no more pain transferring in and out of a car, retiring the royal toilet seat, furniture or counter surfing without realizing it - then deliberately, walking up the stairs without the two-step, etc).

    What has been your most exciting moment so far?

    Big hugs,

    L

    • Posted

      Hi Linda I think my first exciting moment was

      going back to being in hospital just after op coming out of loo the first time

      and realising that all that pain had gone that we all went through before op,I just stood and

      cryed what winkle it was so good. Hugs Anna

    • Posted

      Oh yessss and I cried too. But I also cried when the assessment centre told me that yes, I did need a THR - and not because I was scared (I didn't know enough to be scared yet), but because I was so relieved that it was 'real' and recognized. Of course, I was stunned earlier on when my chiropractor took an x-ray and told me to see my GP that he was pretty sure I would need both hips replace - I thought it was all part of longstanding back problems...

      Take care,

      L

    • Posted

      PS - I am 6 months post my left hip thr and doing well. I will do better after my right is done in a month. It is hard going at times but totally worth it for me.

      xo

      L

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