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    Class of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 Hippies

    Thank you for taking the time and thought for all of us who were a part of the 2011 cohort! I found this forum so helpful and supportive and I feel a little guilty for not revisiting more often. I too was a double hippy (Feb and June) and my life changed dramatically as a result. Since my second...
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    THR Belated return!

    And the rest! An amazing experience and I also got to met Adam, my younger son, for all of 15 minutes on the project handover. H e's easy to spot!
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    THR Belated return!

    I have uploaded some of the pictures in this message, the rest will follow! :)
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    THR Belated return!

    Hello to anyone who remembers me! My sincere apologies for not posting for such a long time. It is now over a year since one of the most difficult times I have experienced in my 51 years. The hip replacements and subsequent recoveries were amazing, as many of you already know I was very fit...
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    6 month update

    Gosh, I remember yours as amongst the first posts I read when joining the site and thinking how positive you were and then how well you were recovering - I distinctly remember the post about returning to work and cooking for about a million people! So glad your life is good and pain free - long...
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    Revision THR Nanamac's story - Part 2

    Re: Thank you, thank you, thank you! Janet So angry to hear all the nonsense you have had to experience regarding this! I suppose it could be Lymes Disease, my eldest contracted it from a tick bite whilst out hillwalking about 5 years ago. His leg swelled up and he was immediately admitted for...
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    THR 2nd Hip Recovery

    Hi Julie Despite being so soon out of your second hip surgery, you are doing so well and I'm sure everyone will be along to say 'remember to take it easy'. It's great to be able to do things for the first time for yourself isn't it? Like bed stripping and hair drying. I always try to remind...
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    Hip No 2 on the way

    I think it's great news that you have a date for the second hip to be done. I always remember that a friend of my sister said that putting off the second one for another year was the worst decision ever because of the increasing pain. As you know I have been lucky with both recoveries, but I too...
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    Other hip replaced!

    Without the guidance, advice and geniuine good sentiments of all of those here, I think I might have gone a little mad, particularly after the second hip and all the other stuff that accompanied this difficult time, so NO I won't disappear! Dave: I really wish you all the best with the second...
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    Other hip replaced!

    8 week update Well that's it really! Saw my Consultant on Friday, he signed me fit for work and said I can do anything I want as it's my body and my life! I asked about skiing and he said 'fine', obviously with care, and he had no concerns with me continuing hill walking and training for India...
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    14 weeks out?? I think.

    Congratulations Nadine! I expect Bruce will be very excited at your new levels of flexibility! :blush:
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    How long was everyone sore for?

    Christina Linda is so right, everyone will have a very different tale to tell! It's probably better not to measure your levels of 'soreness' against other people's as we are all so different. All I would say is that you are still early in your recovery and maybe it would help if you started...
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    Bilateral Hip Replacement

    Hi Stu Well done on your smooth recovery so far, great progress! But even more importantly your positive attitude and determination to be fitter before surgery are probably your biggest allies on your road to full recovery. I know that my levels of fitness before surgery have certainly meant a...
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    THR staffsknot story so far

    Alan, Congratulations, No4! Wonderful. I have two very different scar sites, with a long hollow on the right side which fortunately looks like muscle definition. My surgeon, wonderful as he is, is obviously not much into dress-making as the scar on the left side starts and finishes in different...
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    THR 2nd Hip Recovery

    Julie, I have read through your posts and really feel for you having had both hips done in a short space of time too. Everyone's experiences are so different and so all I can say is try to stay positive and remember that unless your surgeon, PT, nursing staff etc have been through a double...
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