pepperpots
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Hi everyone, hope you dont mind if this is a bit long. Where to begin? have had hip pain in right hip for 20 plus years but was bearable until 2007 whem deteriorated bigtime causing me really bad back pain, leg pain etc. Discovered in 2012 that my hip was dysplastic and that I had severe OA in hip. Finally plucked up the courage to have my hip replaced with a ceramicand a GA on the 12th September so it's early days yet and am on two crutches but got a couple of problems that hopefully some people out there can help with.
I have been taking so much codeine based medication for so long and still am (currently 1 12 mg Fentanyl patch plus 3 Dihydracodeine plus paracetamol every day and feel as exhausted if not more exhausted than before the op. It's a real effort to get out of bed-anyone else feel like this? Does it last? Also wasn't given much advice asbto afterwards i.e as to when to cut back on medication, when to move to one crutch, how much walking to do each day etc???
Anyone else out there who has walked really badly for so long that they are a littla afraid or a bit unsure of walking properly after the op?
Thanks so much all
I have been taking so much codeine based medication for so long and still am (currently 1 12 mg Fentanyl patch plus 3 Dihydracodeine plus paracetamol every day and feel as exhausted if not more exhausted than before the op. It's a real effort to get out of bed-anyone else feel like this? Does it last? Also wasn't given much advice asbto afterwards i.e as to when to cut back on medication, when to move to one crutch, how much walking to do each day etc???
Anyone else out there who has walked really badly for so long that they are a littla afraid or a bit unsure of walking properly after the op?
Thanks so much all