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    THR Recovery 8 months out

    Good Plan!! For me I found walking properly was the best PT, kind of like My Fair Lady with the book on your head. I didn't use a book but walked very slowly at firsts so as not to limp at all. That alone is enough strain to start with. As I said I'm a slow learner so with my first I was more...
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    THR Recovery 8 months out

    I'm right there with you, as I said it took my first THR to learn. Ice can still be your friend, don't think your recovery is over it's a long process. You had the great revelation when you realized the pain stopped when the PT stopped. It's a long road and we're not young, sorry I hate to say...
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    THR Recovery 8 months out

    Who gave you that exercise to do?? I would stop doing that immediately. Look at your life goals, you're not training for the Olympics and even if you were athletes don't train strained muscles. It took me 1 hip replacement to learn to let it heal first. It's not fun to think about, look at...
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    THR Apprehension

    I had plenty of apprehension pre-surgery and it's justifiable. I put mine off for over 30 years. My PCP said the one thing that really made me think, he said to get it done while I still in good shape and would heal well and be able to enjoy the benefits of it. He was correct and I have enjoyed...
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    THR Back for my second THR

    They're so much fun most of us can't resist going back for seconds! Sounds like your timing is good so you can get back to camping in the spring.
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    THR Help me keep faith

    What is your thoughts now on a timeline to return to work? If you do some reading on past members posts you'll find a trend of returning to work prolonging their recovery and causing undue pain. While it's become a common procedure with fairy tale recovery stories it is a major invasive surgery...
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    THR Heterotopic ossification, not what I expected

    Might disagree with you. Between exercise and stretching I have overcome any weakness and tightness I had. I agree about this man made stuff ain't natural and there are always some unintended consequences and everyone's results are different.
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    THR Fear of Infection

    It's always a concern, part of the risk of the surgery but well worth it for the positive results. My OS recommends the antibiotics for dental work, so I take the antibiotics before dental work. No big deal as usually it's just 2x a year cleanings. I'm far from being a therapist, could probably...
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    THR Severe Fall - Four fractures

    Wow! sorry to hear of your accident. I took my own tumble this week down the deck steps, I fared better and it was because of wrong footwear. The hip implants are remarkably durable! I have had good luck with my Skecher slip-ons, which I should have been wearing instead of Oofos slide-ons.
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    THR 12 weeks post op issues

    I'm glad you found a surgeon that would explain things to you. What the said seems to be a logical explanation. My both hips were bad for many decades so I knew going in mine would be different then what I'd been dealing with. If you look at what they do to us to perform the surgery it's...
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    THR 12 weeks post op issues

    @Layla Thanks, readings not my strong suit but I do understand pain and frustration from it. I hope @Nsarova takes some of the advice and tries the sit and do nothing method.
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    THR 12 weeks post op issues

    I went back and read all of your posts and the line that struck me was "I will keep working hard at it". I think that line is an insight to what the solution might be. I see you're young or at least younger than most of us so it's easy to blow us off as old folks that need to rest and aren't...
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    THR Day Three - Going Home

    Sounds like you've been through a lot. Only encouragement I could give is look at how the first removed the pain. I found it just as difficult if not more to go for the second despite having good results from the first.
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    THR Left Total Hip Replacement -anterior approach

    I had the choice with my 2nd THR and chose to stay overnight in the hospital. Easier for me and my wife to stay and drive home the next day.
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    THR Unable to walk, lift leg, or abduct leg since THR

    Sorry to hear you are having so much trouble with your THR and your OS. Just me but I'd be very actively searching for a second opinion even if it meant paying cash for it.
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