Fidy
new member
- Joined
- Jun 5, 2020
- Messages
- 15
- Age
- 64
- Country
- United States
- Gender
- Female
Hi, I'm new and I hope someone can help me. Had THR last September, so almost a year out. Did PT for 6 months and have tried using heel lifts. Pretty sure I have leg length discrepancy. When I stand at the counter, doing leg swing exercises, my right leg swings easily, but my left (operated) leg scrapes the floor and gets stuck. I have to bend it slightly to swing it totally. I walk with my left leg slightly bent and then tip sideways to put the right foot down. Looks and feels like a waddle! I can walk upstairs changing legs but going downstairs I have to go one step at a time. Of course I have a two-story, with the washer/dryer in the basement! lol! My 25-year-old son comes over to do my laundry and go to the store for me. And I am so unsteady in the shower, I have to hold onto walls etc. to balance, so I'm scared every time. My house is so dirty, I'll only let my son in. And lastly (I've been going on and on, sorry) I can't stand very long because I feel like I'm tipping over. I'm a mess! I don't have much pain at all, but I constantly have to sit down and rest. It's extremely tiring, when you have to walk like this. I can't imagine going on like this forever. I basically have no quality of life. So enough whining. I just really wanted to be clear. I'm going back for an appointment with my surgeon tomorrow. Does anyone have any ideas on how to explain all this to him, in a better way? And has anyone else had an experience like mine, and how did you resolve it? Thanks, and I really appreciate you bearing with me! Amy