Watching surgery on you tube !!!!!
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Hi All, I finally got my date through for right THR on 15th oct so I decided I would watch the posterior approach on you tuber as that is the way mine is being done !!!!!! Wow no wonder we are so sore afterwards ! Especially the double dislocation bit. I'm not sure now if it was a good idea to watch or not !! But at least now I know, maybe ignorance is bliss !! I'm having the spinal anaesthesia and I think I will be asking for heavy sedation. Still 35 days from now the first hip will be done, then I have the same to look forward to 3 months later !!! Has anyone else watched the op and if so how did you feel ??? Maggie.
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cath55617 maggiemac2362
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Dare not watch it! I am just over 3 months post op and feeling better every day. I had spinal injection and sedation and did not feel a thing or hear anything at all.
Good luck.
Cath
tom72276 maggiemac2362
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eileen64__UK maggiemac2362
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I've had 2 THR's but never watched it in advance.
After the first one....my muscles were sore {not arthritis pain} I mentioned this to the district nurse when she came to check my dressing.
She said....You've never seen one done have you....they tend to throw your leg over your shoulder to get it out of their way while they work so its no wonder your muscles are sore LOL
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Eileen
ros007 maggiemac2362
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Good luck
eileen64__UK ros007
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Yes I did the same.
I hadnt seen it in theatre but during the talk with the consultant beforehand I said a spinal def. and I didnt mind whether the sedation was enough to knock me out or whether I could hear what was going on...I didnt mind. He's used to me.....if I have spinal injections I'm the one that wants to be able to see the camera as its done LOL
In the end I had a light sedation.
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Eileen
eileen64__UK
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He said {I didnt say a wordLOL} we'll make sure you can see the camera LOL
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Eileen
shirley84100 eileen64__UK
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eileen64__UK shirley84100
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You recover from the spinal more easily dont you {or should I say quicker}
You have probably mentioned but I've missed it.....are you having a THR?
The only thing and it's funny.....after the operation I had a few minutes in the recovery room before going down to the ward again. There was a porter with me. You know the 90 degree angle? dont bend dont twist etc well I'm on the trolly and my knees were bent {or so I thought}feet on the trolly and knees bent. I said to the porter My knees are bent and they shouldnt be....he said no they aren't...Yes they are LOL He then said have you just had a spinal? I said yes to which he replied thats why????
You were sitting on the operating table, with your legs hanging and you were bent over while they gave you the spinal. Thats the last thing your brain remembers ...the shape of your legs. sitting, legs hanging so the knees were bent....it still remembers that but I can assure you your legs are completly flat Arent brains funny things S I supposeI was a bit "squiffy" or I would have known my legs were flat LOL But back in the ward a few mins later everything was normal....no dizzieness or anything
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Eileen
shirley84100 eileen64__UK
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Shirl
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eileen64__UK shirley84100
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I think its normal to feel scared...I've had both done {at different times} and was scared both times LOL
You are up and out of bed quicker with a spinal rather than being groggy for the rest of the day with a GA.....no dizzieness
I hope you can get your pain under to control...to a certain extent between now and having the operation
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Eileen
shirley84100 eileen64__UK
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Yes thats the beauty of a spinal isnt it. Up out of bed quicker and no grogginess or dizziness. I would feel much better going down the spinal route Im sure.
My knee pain has been bad today. I take Naproxen and use that Deep Freeze Pain Relief spray on them too. I cant get comfortable easily in bed now and have problems all day long with my mobility because of my bad hip. I find that if I have been on my feet any length of time and I sit down its almost impossible to get up again without a major struggle. So cars are difficult and going to the loo etc. And work. I have had to stop work and leave my job a week today.
I might add at this point that I am 57 years old. But I feel 20 inside. I suppose we all do.
Thanks again for your messages.
Shirley
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eileen64__UK shirley84100
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I think we all feel about 20 until our bodies kick in and tell usotherwise
I'm sorry your knee pain has been bad today....I use naproxen and I've got deep freeze spray and gel but use pernaton....which isnt so cold. It doesnt seem to be doing a lot off good at the minute {hips} so hearing you....I might give the freeze a try.....I've got it so why not
Its sad that you've got to give up your job. I'm 68now so dont need to worry about that....my last THR was in Jan and the previous one was 4 years ago.
I cant get comfortable in bed no mnatter what way i lie because of this fracture
I'm lucky that I can drive cause I cant walk very far even on 2 crutches LOL sdo at least i can drive to places and then walk a bit.
Take care
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Eileen
shirley84100 eileen64__UK
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Yes bad knee pain. Its evidently referred pain from my bad hips. There is no problem with my knees. Had them xrayed and nothing showed up. And I had been expecting knee replacement ops, not hip replacements!
I find the Deep Freeze spray helpful though more so on some days than others. Try it and see what you think.
Sorry to hear you cant get comfortable in bed. It takes me a while to find a decent position then when I get up to go to the bathroom in the night my right knee (Its the worst of the two) is locked and its really painful walking even a few steps, let alone round town or anywhere else come to that.
Shirley
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eileen64__UK shirley84100
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I'm on 2 crutches and can only do 50 mins at the most and thats not often LOL Need to stop for coffee in between times Thats my excuse anyway.
I dont know if it was on this thread I said I saw the consultant lst Monday about the pain......he did X Rays and where the hip is fractured ther is a small bit broken away from the top of the femur......but it hasnt moved for the past few X Rays so he doesnt think its that that is making the pain worse.....so in about 10n days I'm in for a day procedure to have an aspiration on my hip....to draw fluid out and make sure there is no infection.
The next thing although not until November is the pain clinic.
When I get up in the morning its my left hip that is locked...what are we like LOL
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Eileen
cath55617 shirley84100
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I had bad knee pain before I had my THR and just after as well, but now I can almost weight bear on operated hip, knee pain has gone.
Keep smiling
Cath
shirley84100 eileen64__UK
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My fingers will be crossed in hope that no infection is found in your hip. I'm off to see the consultant in about 10 days (23rd Sept). I think he will give me a date for the op!
My friend goes to a pain clinic. She fell down the stairs and is in bad pain all the time.
Its murder getting up in the morning isnt it. Im limping and hobbling like I dont know what! I know. what are we like?!
Work tomorrow till Friday. Then I finish on Friday. Cant work any longer in this state.
Shirley
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shirley84100 cath55617
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Shirley
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