harry47
junior member
- Joined
- Jul 26, 2012
- Messages
- 49
- Age
- 77
- Location
- Sedona AZ (formerly Boston MA)
- Country
- United States
- Gender
- Male
After 5 years of varying degrees of hip pain, the offending joint is finally gone. Surgery was Friday AM and everything went smoothly. They gave me a spinal block and it was amazing. A little pinch in my back, an injection of Tequila as my anesthesiologist called it and I was out. About 2 hours later while waking up in recovery, I felt nothing below the waist and even after the drugs wore off, the pain was minimal.
The staff had me up with the walker for PT twice on Saturday and once today. For pain management they're using tramadol and Celebrex with hydrocodone just before PT. The only real pain I felt came with the first few steps that produced a sharp burning sensation in the thigh area.
Still very tired from the whole ordeal and now have to get through the next 6 critical weeks. As we were going through discharge today, the nurse reminded me about the 90 degree rule, etc. I asked her when I could cross my legs for example and she said "not for the rest of your life". That comment kind of floored me. Other than that, the whole hospital experience wasn't bad but I'm glad to be home for the remainder of this recovery.
The staff had me up with the walker for PT twice on Saturday and once today. For pain management they're using tramadol and Celebrex with hydrocodone just before PT. The only real pain I felt came with the first few steps that produced a sharp burning sensation in the thigh area.
Still very tired from the whole ordeal and now have to get through the next 6 critical weeks. As we were going through discharge today, the nurse reminded me about the 90 degree rule, etc. I asked her when I could cross my legs for example and she said "not for the rest of your life". That comment kind of floored me. Other than that, the whole hospital experience wasn't bad but I'm glad to be home for the remainder of this recovery.