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    1 year on today

    thanks guys, hope your doing well, I had times when I thought im never gonna get better and why am Istill on crutches when other people have come off them but like people have said everyone progresses at different rates just stay positive, I also had a leakage out of my scar all over the bed...
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    1 year on today

    hi guys I havent been on for a while but now im one yearto theday since my thr and let you knowhow im getting on, well I had hip displaysia as a child and had an operation when I was 1 and tried to go as long as could without an operation but it got too much for me as the pain was really bad and...
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    THR dee1970 has transfered over!!

    sorry Josephine, im taking 2 paracetomol 4 times a day and 2 codine30mg at bed and morning, codine gives me really bad constipation so ive tried to lower it, im also having restless leg syndrome at night keeps me awake its in both legs and cant get rid of it for ages, the pain behind my knee is...
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    THR dee1970 has transfered over!!

    Hi Jaycey I'm taking paracetamol and codeine, I am using the same shoes as I had before. I suppose I'm more active now and using muscles that haven't been used in 7 weeks. I will invest in a new pair of shoes if I can get a pair what will be ok with my swelling. I will keep up the icing and the...
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    THR dee1970 has transfered over!!

    hi guys, im doing ok im 7 weeks post op and I have a couple of questions, when I walk I have a muscle pain behind the knee down my leg and also my foot keeps swelling up, I ice it all the time and elevate as much as I can and at night it does seem to go down overnight but doesnt take long it...
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    Dislocation

    when I came from surgery, the nurses were rolling me to change sheets in recovery and back onthe ward, when the spinal had wore off I was in so much pain and my leg had turned to the side, it wasnt until the next day I had a xray and they found it was dislocated, I had to go straight back down...
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    THR DaveInOz has graduated

    im six weeks tomorrow and see my os friday, im feeling good, on 1 crutch atm but I sometimes forget I had it done and could run and then remember lol, I also was awake for my surgery I had an ipod on throughout but could feel t ugging and vibrations, iwas ok though and it passed really...
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    THR dee1970 has transfered over!!

    well im 5 weeks and 2 days in, and not in any pain at all, and my leg is slightly swollen, but hopefully goes down, im feeling ok and have drooped my pain killers to 3 times a day and have been ok , I have finally been out for dinner with my sister and enjoyed being out of the house, im now...
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    THR dee1970 has transfered over!!

    thanks @ josephine and BeckyR for the advice, ive had a good read of those articles and they are so good and informative, and im doing more of the foot pumps see it that helps, just taking 1 extra paracetomol every 4 hours has helped me alot, shows I wasnt taking enough pain relief, its so...
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    THR dee1970 has transfered over!!

    BeckyR awww thankyou you've made my day, thats the nicest thing anyone has said to me in a while, ive took an extra paracetomol as I said in my previous post and has made a difference, not as painful getting up now, maybe I can put a bit more weight on and get walking more, I feel im getting...
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    THR dee1970 has transfered over!!

    sharonslp, thanks for your reply, ive been taking 2 30mg codine every 4 hours apart from middle of the night when I sleep, when I was in hospital they was giving me 2 codine and 2 paracetomol every 4 hours but it made me feel light headed, so they stopped the codine saying it was that, then...
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    THR dee1970 has transfered over!!

    hi guys, im 3 days off 3 weeks now and im still on my crutches, I have no pain while sitting or laying down, but when I stand up I get pain in the front of my thigh up to top of hip, I have to try and stretch it out and walk around for a bit to get it to stop, is this muscle pain?, im only...
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    THR New guy with new hip

    congrats on your new hip, let the recovery begin x
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    THR dee1970 has transfered over!!

    hi guys , its now 15 days post op, and had a good nights sleep last night, I did wake up but not with the pain in my lower back id been having, just went back to sleep, ive been making sure im taking my pain killers only on codine but seem to be ok while sat, when I get up my hip feels ok just...
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    THR dee1970 has transfered over!!

    well im on day 9 and feeling ok, hip feels ok, muscles tight when I walk with crutches, nurses came today and too all my stitches out, my scar bled a little but should be fine she put a fresh dressing on, and then asked me questions for her records, and took my ops, she says my blood pressures...
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