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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    I'm not sure that I will ever bond with my new hip, but I am sure it has bonded (bone on metal) with me.

    Sadly to me it is a naughty little offspring that is not sitting in the right place, perhaps it's in the wrong row at the cinema ?  

    It's always going to worry me that something might just go wrong, and if it does throw a tantrum, I am sure it will be at the most awkward moment.

    We are however on speaking terms.

    Graham - 🚀💃

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    First hip was fabulous, we were best buddies from from the beginning, then I hurt my cartledge in the left hip, at about 12 weeks post THR, overdoing the walking, not smart.

    Surgery to left hip, almost looking foward to surgery, and then recognised post surgery I had an issue.

    12 months later, I have come to terms with the not so good hip, we are not besties, but getting there, and have learn't that I have to accept that the surgeon has made a mistake (maybe), proving it, ?????.

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