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Hi All - i am now just over 4 weeks post bilat hip replacements and doing well physically. However, i still get quite tearful and so tired too. I thought i'd be over this by now - is this usual?
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Stargate_fan jillypops
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Hi jillpops,
Just wanted to let you know that there is light at the end of the tunnel😄I am 9 months after having hip replaced and I still remember the tiredness and been down! Used to cry a lot😳But oh how that has changed! I totally forget most times now that I had my hip done. Back at work after 11 weeks and just spent a manic summer in a busy cafe! It's crazy to think that I had such major surgery and now feel normal again! Best thing is no pain and no meds!!! I want you to see that it's so worth getting it done and as the old saying goes, "time heals all wounds " and in our case it literally does😂 When u need to rest, do! It took me a while to realise this but your body will warn you so listen to it!!!
Be well and wishing you a speedy return to normalcy 😊😊😊
jillypops Stargate_fan
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Many thanks Stargatefan - so good to hear and makes me feel more positive that i can get back to active life as per pre arthritis. I feel better, physically, each day and if i look back (when not feeling tearful😁
- i can see have come a long way. Think i feel tearful mostly when tired so think as you say, rest and listen to body is key. So pleased fir you that you have done so well. 😊😊
renee01952 jillypops
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Hi Jilly
I hope you are feeling a bit better - so you that this is normal already made me feel a lot better -
It seems that almost everything before a surgery prepares you for the physical outcomes of the procedure: What to expect in the hospital, how long you will stay, medications required and for how long all kinds of rules we have to adhere to and how to function with limited mobility.
Nothing, however, prepared me for the emotional impact of going from self-sufficient and active to basically broken. We have thought about it but when reality hits, it's a different story -
A roller Coaster ride for some of us -
I believe that my body has to go through some mourning stages as well -- a part was brutally removed and replaced by some steel hardware - this foreign object needs to integrate with the rest and surrounding tissues repaired - Lot of other things of course ---
I found it very confrontational as well -- I so dislike the fact to have o ask for things - I live alone so every little thing someone else had to do ---
I also believe that we go through some PTSD - our subconsciousness mind is processing and taking its' own time for some of us ...
If for some reason these feelings linger you can think about getting some help ..
Oh, and be kind to your self --- in addition to all this we are kind of harsh and demand better performance ...
come here an share --- so therapeutic to know that you are not alone
big warm hug
renee
jillypops renee01952
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Thankyou Renee - wise words as always. 😊 you're right - it does help hearing that is to be expected and each day am physically better. Good to know not alone. Hugs back to you. 😊