TED stockings
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I am having my THR on Thursday. At the "hip school" we were told that we had to use the TED stockings for 6 weeks. A friend who had the same operation at the same hospital as me (Wrightington) said that his consultant had told him that with the daily injections the TED stockings were now redundant but that for some reason they kept saying use them even though they were not necessary.
Has anyone ese been told the same or else told that they did not need to use them? Did any of you discard them regardless of what you were told.
Thanks
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Rocketman_SG6UK Thursday_Next
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Mind you, I want tobe sure as my father died following DVT/Pulmonary Embolysm.
veronica58657 Thursday_Next
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mic71403 Thursday_Next
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Greetings from Exeter...where teds are said not to be evidence based and I never had them!
Just only junior asprin for 6 weeks..and also permission to sleep on side after first month.
Warmly...and gosh wish the surgeons would agree!
Mic
Rocketman_SG6UK Thursday_Next
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Graham
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Joan
ginger54698 Thursday_Next
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Does anyone manage to put them on themselves or do you need hep?
Rocketman_SG6UK Thursday_Next
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No way can I get them on myself - I'd be lost without my wife.
Graham
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shirley17649 Thursday_Next
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I don't know about the stockings except I had them on when I woke up.
In my first two hip ops I used Clexane injections (did them myself) and third time I used medication called Apixoban.
In hospital they used those leg rest things which inflate and deflate and keep you awake all night with a huff/puff noise.
That is all I can tell you
Shirley
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racingcat Thursday_Next
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