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    THR Every Step Is a Destination

    Thank you! Life is good. I still use a cane outdoors (we live on a steep mountain in Costa Rica, which is also a currently VERY active volcano :yikes: and the terrain is challenging) but I tend to forget to use it indoors. I still walk with a limp but it’s considerably less noticeable than it...
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    THR Every Step Is a Destination

    Thanks! My new hip was two months old yesterday and we (the hip and I) had quite the celebration (though it was a little awkward trying to keep its party hat from constantly slipping off…any tips for that?). I’m still having weekly B12 injections, and while my red blood cell numbers are still...
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    THR Every Step Is a Destination

    Thank you! At one month, all is well. Or almost all. I’m still struggling with iron deficiency anemia and will probably need IV supplements. I’m also scheduled for a B12 injection. The anemia has left me with deep fatigue and extremely low energy which is hindering my recovery. I still need to...
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    THR Every Step Is a Destination

    Thank you. It’s just this kind of weird limbo between not being quite sick enough but also not quite well enough, in a world where no one quite knows what to expect. Has anyone else experienced this?
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    THR Every Step Is a Destination

    On Thursday I had my 2-week followup with the surgeon. Everything looks good. I have almost no pain (stopped taking the codeine after two days), there’s minimal swelling (no compression socks, and I’ve only needed to ice once), minimal bruising, the incision looks clean. I’m moving more and...
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    THR Jan.2025 hip surgeries?

    I think it stays on the pre-op side until the month is over. I was January 9th, also right side. Good luck!
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    THR THR Posterior - Slowly Healing

    I’m thinking about y’all freezing your glutes off in Louisiana, feeling great sympathy from a lounger next to the pool here in Costa Rica where I’m enjoying a tropical smoothie and toasting in your honor. Stay warm and don’t let your shiny new hardware develop icicles! :angel:
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    THR TLHR recovery journey

    Welcome! We’re almost twins: I had my right hip replaced on January 9th. I look forward to healing together.
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    THR Every Step Is a Destination

    Thanks so much for this! This is exactly what I was looking for. I just didn’t want to burst into my OS’s office waving my arms around saying, “Hi I’m ClownMagnet and I read a thing about iron on the internet!” :old:
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    THR Every Step Is a Destination

    Mendogal, thanks for the info about the iron supplements. Do you have a link to a recent study or two that I can share with my OS?
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    THR Every Step Is a Destination

    Today is the one-week birthday of my new hip! I’m pretty happy with it so far. Minimal pain, minimal swelling, yay team direct lateral (hmm, would that make a good t-shirt? Are there enough surgeons who use the direct lateral approach that anybody would even get it?) Last night I did the classic...
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    THR Every Step Is a Destination

    Sorry I’ve been too groggy and ickful and lead-fingered to update. Let me see if I can give a coherent summary of the first few days. THURSDAY: Surgery at 6:00 am. I wake up & ask what time it is, they tell me it’s 6:00 pm. I say something in English that I sincerely hope they can’t translate...
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    THR Every Step Is a Destination

    Hahahahaha nope. Hoooooo! At 71 let’s sincerely hope I’m NOT pregnant. I had to have GA because I have severe scoliosis and they can’t do a spinal block with that.
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    THR Every Step Is a Destination

    Thanks! I’m not gonna lie, the first night home was pretty miserable. Absolutely every cell in my body hurt, EXCEPT my new hip. The worst was my throat, not inside but the muscles on the outside of my throat and the tissue connecting my throat to my shoulders were too tender to touch. I can’t...
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    THR Every Step Is a Destination

    Day one post-op: sucks. Do not recommend. Right hip replacement yesterday, and I was supposed to go home in the afternoon. But they kept me overnight for “pain management” and observation. Apparently just as I was coming out of anesthesia I started screaming that there was too much pain in my...
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