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Yeah - 2nd Replacement Completed

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fiona_08868
fiona_08868

Hi fellow Hippies!

Well I had my 2nd replacement done today and so far so good. I feel great, no nausea. They took my issues last time into account and changed their formula a bit. Still a spinal though. Pain is minimal but that could reflect the effects of good drugs! Even got up on the commode instead of the dreaded bed pan! Anyway here's hoping tomorrow goes as well.

Hope all of you are doing well!

Fiona xo

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  • Annette1234
    Annette1234 fiona_08868

    Posted

    Yahhhh congrats Fiona!  I was just askig about you and Gwen. You are out  the other side, so happy for you and glad your pain is uner control!  Wishing you a good nights sleep and a helathy, smooth recovery, sending much love and warm wishes!  xoxxo  Annette
    • fiona_08868
      fiona_08868 Annette1234

      Posted

      Thanks very much Annette. I'm hoping for sleep as I believe I managed 2 hours last night! Still doing well though.

  • dave63380
    dave63380 fiona_08868

    Posted

    Hey Fiona sounds like you're doing good ! I'm 23 days post op RTHR, going good. Glad you're feeling well enough to drop in and say hello! I remember they had me up and waking 2 hours out of surgery. Not very far or fast but moving mostly pain free. Wish you a speedy recovery, slow and steady, it takes a while. At 3 weeks just just getting around with one crutch most of the time. Feeling stronger every day. Dave 63380

  • linda38528
    linda38528 fiona_08868

    Posted

    Good job Fiona! Excellent news to hear that you are doing so well.

    No backsliding now 😊

    Hugs,

    L

  • Polly2016
    Polly2016 fiona_08868

    Posted

    Hi Fiona

    Well done  to you. Yes the drugs do wonderful things. I am 12 days post op of my second hip rep  and so far so good. This one feels different and felt less traumatic in the wound area. Let me know if yours feels different when you get going. All the best Polly

    • fiona_08868
      fiona_08868 Polly2016

      Posted

      Thanks Polly. I'll keep you posted. Day 2 and as soon as physio arrives I'm hoping to get walking. We'll see how that goes@

    • fiona_08868
      fiona_08868 Polly2016

      Posted

      Actually I was born in Cheshire but we immigrated to Canada when I was very young. I live near Toronto Ontario. I had a lateral replacement which is something I never hear from people in the UK.
    • Annette1234
      Annette1234 fiona_08868

      Posted

      I am in the US and had a lateral as well, I do not hear of many, but so far very pleased. Annette xo
    • leah35183
      leah35183 fiona_08868

      Posted

      Hi Fiona,

      I'm just down the road in London, Ontario.  I also had the lateral...no restrictions according to my surgeon. He is relatively new, so I don't know if this is a newer technique, since I don't hear of it often.  Also no cath since this will prevent urinary infections.  In London, there is another surgeon who does thr as day surgery.  Yep, you go home the same day, after Pt has you up and walking and the stairs.  Patients are chosen carefully and I think about 20 a year are done with good success. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

      Leah

    • Annette1234
      Annette1234 leah35183

      Posted

      I am in the US and had lateral 2 weeks tomorrow,(I do not her of mny either) I can tell if I a close to breaking 90 degree rule I do have that restriction.  I ht to think if hips goes to same day surgery will cost me thoughsands to get y other done nest year.

      have a great day/night  healing hugs

  • Chloeparrot
    Chloeparrot fiona_08868

    Posted

    Hi Fiona

    Good news and glad to hear all is going well.

    Well done for using the commode -aren't bedpans simply dreadful!

    • fiona_08868
      fiona_08868 Chloeparrot

      Posted

      Thanks Chloe. I was very determined as I hated the bedpans first time round. Today I'm aiming for needing no help!

    • Annette1234
      Annette1234 fiona_08868

      Posted

      one thing that they make easy at least for me in the US is a cath for 24 hours so no worries that first day and night and with all the IV fluids, it is a savings, the bags of antibiodics alone would keep ya running.  Bedpan I would think would hurt ot get on.  wishing continued good health and movement xoxoxo Annette  huggss
    • linda38528
      linda38528 Annette1234

      Posted

      I had one too for 24 hours. What a blessing. After ... I tried to use a 'deluxe feminine urinal' (a glorified bottle with a wide mouth and a handle that helped me through a major accident years ago). However, it wasn't easy for me to use this time as it was such a struggle to get vertical enough to use it effectively. And ... I may not have been iuas clear-thinking ...

      I was 'swarmed by killer fruit flies'! Actually a figment of my over-anaesthetized brain that had me get out of bed on my own in the middle of the night, through our ward door and out to the nursing station looking for a nurse to disperse them! I think I may have looked/sounded just a wee bit maddddd. 😨 And no one could figure out how I got that far on my own 8 hours after surgery.

      Amazing what one can manage to do when 'motivated'!

      Have a great day Annette.

      Hugs,

      Linda

    • linda38528
      linda38528 Annette1234

      Posted

      I had one too for 24 hours. What a blessing.

      Of course I also got the 'swarms of killer fruit flies'! Actually a figment of my over-anaesthetized brain that had me get out of bed on my own in the middle of the night, through our ward door and out to the nursing looking for a nurse to disperse them! I think I may have looked/sounded just a wee bit maddddd. 😨

      Amazing what one can manage to do when 'motivated'!

      Hugs Annette and have a great day.

      L

    • fiona_08868
      fiona_08868 Annette1234

      Posted

      That would really help. I don't know why they don't do that here. I was totally frozen for a long time and couldn't feel a thing. I made them help me as I knew it had to be time. Could easily have been an accident!

      Hope you're having a great day!

      Hugs,

      Fiona - still waiting for PT and OT to arrive. Apparently they come together the first time.

    • Annette1234
      Annette1234 linda38528

      Posted

      oh Linda, I got such a visual...them looking at you like " what the heck?"  lol and yes drugs do amazing thing to our minds...  xoxoxxox have  good day Linda, wishing yu steady steps and hopefully a bright day!  sending much love, Annette xoxox

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