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Still Aching!

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david73016
david73016

Hi everyone

I am almost 5 months post op after LTHR and am doing ok apart from when it comes to bedtime! Laying on the operated side is still mostly uncomfortable and when I wake up in the morning the operated hip aches. Have any other hippies experienced this problem?

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  • bini31328
    bini31328 david73016

    Posted

    Hi David 

    I,m a bit less than you , 3 months but yes i get the same , i can start off on that side but something makes me turn the other way and if i do wake up on that side I,m quite achey - i think its par for the course with these ops - i know i had the same after the other two but eventually it settled - cant say for sure when but about a year later I realised it wasnt an issue anymore ! 😀😀

  • Lorna020247
    Lorna020247 david73016

    Posted

    I found it took quite along time before it was nut sore at least 8 months from then only in short bursts.

    Hope yours will get easier soon.

    lorna

  • renee01952
    renee01952 david73016

    Posted

    hi david , 

    I am not sure how to respond - I had 2 THR surgeries and sort of have trochanteritis in left, first post-op hip - this causes pain when I lie

     on it - 

    what kind of pain is it ? maybe your wound is still sensitive - a lot of healing needs to take place ...

    how about sleeping on non-operated side with pillow between knees ? 

    big warm hug

    renee

  • gwen81475
    gwen81475 david73016

    Posted

    Hi David,

    Snap, I'm the same as you 5 months, left hip!

    Which procedure did you have? Mine was the anterior approach although I don't know what difference it makes, but I have been able to sleep on my operated side for about a month.

    I used a small pillow between the knees for about a month before that.

    Keep persevering!

    Gwen xx

  • Rocketman_SG6UK
    Rocketman_SG6UK david73016

    Posted

    Yep - I now mostly sleep on my side - I am now 20 weeks since revision, 30 weeks since implant.

    I have problems on both sides, not only the hip, sometimes my arms go dead when I lay on the side too.

    I hated sleeping on my back for the 6 weeks, then for the second 6 week recovery again, but now I actually prefer it cry

    Best wishes

    Graham - 🚀💃

  • Snowgirl79
    Snowgirl79 david73016

    Posted

    Hi! I'm 8 weeks post op and I don't find it uncomfortable to sleep on either side..I do wake up sometimes with an achy hip (not all the time) I've had it on both sides new and old hip...just assumed it was the way I slept...it did go away after a few minutes...
  • Snowgirl79
    Snowgirl79 david73016

    Posted

    And I don't know why this is happening but is anyone else getting stupid videos that pop up when your responding to a comment? I can't get them to go away and have to start all over cause it blocks what I'm writing!! So frustrating!!
    • bini31328
      bini31328 Snowgirl79

      Posted

      No , not getting that but sometimes theres a huge delay between keyboard and letters / words appearing on screen - doesnt happen in any other apps etc , just this one ! Or my reply is wiped when I press the green reply button to post it so i have to start again . Things seem to work better on my iphone rather than my ipad for some reason. Graham may know - he,s an IT person ????
    • Rocketman_SG6UK
      Rocketman_SG6UK Snowgirl79

      Posted

      No - My Anti Virus (Kaspersky) blocks them - I just get an empty box saying ""Advertisement". 
    • renee01952
      renee01952 bini31328

      Posted

      I have that too, bini. ...so annoying. ..It takes forever, doesn't it ...

      wishing you a good day tomorrow. ..

    • montyjam
      montyjam bini31328

      Posted

      Bini, I think it is an iPad issue as I lose posts too, due to "reloading". Very frustrating!
    • cindy00429
      cindy00429 Snowgirl79

      Posted

      Yes! I'm getting that too! How to get rid of them? Thanks, Cindy
  • Bones63
    Bones63 david73016

    Posted

    Hi David

    I get this in the mornings too and think it's also because my pain relief has run out of steam.

    Hope it's better very soon.

    Jane

    • david73016
      david73016 Bones63

      Posted

      Hi Bones

      Am trying not to use painkillers; the cocodamol I was using affects my 'system' in other ways, so am struggling on regardlless. All the best David

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