ssshhhh.... but just to tell you I think hip and I have bonded!
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I had a few ups and downs with how I felt about my fledgling hip....I hadn't expected to feel emotional about it. Mostly I couldn't wait for the pain to stop pre op, and didn't give too much thought as to how I would feel about it after if I am being honest, I was dealing with the practical side of it etc and logistics. Do tell me if you felt the same?
But hadn't prepared for how I would feel after...
Having had some time together, some highs and lows I have come to the conclusion that this little godsend of a hip is my little baby. I am going to nuture it, cherish it, put it before all else, because without this fledgling hip I would truly be in complete dire straights....so now I have bonded with my new hip, the sense of sadness has evaporated....I wonder if I am the only crazy person to feel this way....but had to say it out loud if you know what I mean....I love my new hip and new life, and thank god for modern medicine.
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tracyhipLA3UK rose0000
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when I had my THR done it gave me a new life - it was the best thing I have ever done. I went from being in severe OA pain with a limp to be ablt to do all the normal things in life like - walking, swimming, dancing and gardening again! Ok its now worn out 13 year son - but hey thats why I', doing it all over again - bring it on I say !
Tracy
rose0000 tracyhipLA3UK
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When is your next one?
tracyhipLA3UK rose0000
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last appointment I has was 20 Feb, they said 2 -3 months. Got another appointment to see Mr Maguire on 15 April. Had MRSA swabs done and loads of other investigation test etc. Not had Pre-op yet - no doubt that will be next. But yes its all worth it I know that I don't want to be ill or let the worn out hip stop me from doing all the things we take for granted - Each day it gets a little worse its mostly uncomfortable/stiff/can be sore.
Thank you Rose, for your lovely comment - we just have to remember why we are doing this as someone said on here I forget where I read it - its a barbaric operation! this is true, but hey no pain no gain.
Tracy
Mabelsmum rose0000
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Kate53CornUK rose0000
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Like you I had expectations that I would get over the first one really quickly, what was the matter, I am a fast healer? Â
It was a long haul and it took ages. Number two hip was dying and I was desperate to find some positives. By christmas I was in a hopeless place and my date had been pushed on a month. I couldn't even judge how the new one was doing because I had so much pain elsewhere, poor miserable me .
And now? Oh yes, oh yes, yes, yes. I can actually feel it already. Three weeks in and things are changing. My new hip makes the leg heavy to lift off the floor but there is no scaffolding pole being shoved through my bum and no one is trying to wedge a sword in my groin.
Now I know just how strong the first one is because it is holding up the newbie admirably.
I am taking painkillers in a healthy way and not in the watch-the-clock desperate way I did.Â
Years ago I would have been measuring myself up for a wheelchair and now look at me.  I feel free, free to move on to a new, perhaps a more careful, but definitely a new life.
No one can probably understand that sense of loss and gain like hippies. We have come through a mad, bad, brutal operation that gives us back ourselves.
Love to you Rose, love to your hips and your new life and if you have to have the other one done you will have a whole different view about it.
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I reckon we should treat oursleves to this t-shirt and wear it with pride!
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rose0000 Kate53CornUK
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It is so lovely to hear how well you are doing, amazing given you are only 3 wks with your second hip x You are nearly done girl
A new love and respect for our hips surely follows this surgery, and perhaps a whole heap of new respect for the rest of our bodies too....everything else that functions and keeps us going....
It is a loss and gain feeling you are so right, I felt the loss keenly which was so surprising to me, but the gain feeling is very much coming now....after wondering whether this was a huge mistake....not that we have the choice but you know the feeling. So completely relieved that it has worked, it isn't just a mirage after all!!!
Love to you Kate, I am always so impressed with your energy and your cheerful and inspirational posts, many happy days await you
PS We are just back from Cornwall, St Mawes, so beautiful!!Â
Rocketman_SG6UK Kate53CornUK
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the  "thr_total_hip_replacement_shirt"  with my website address printed on it.
Graham - 🚀💃
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My youngest son lives in Falmouth and we are off there tonight to see a slide guitarist - a slice of life awaits!
Go you on the holiday - so looking forward to some sun again and some diving, definitely some diving.
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