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    Hippies scars - post your badges of honor here: NO CHIT-CHAT HERE PLEASE

    7 days post op
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    THR New Here, 15 Days Post-Op

    Wow Kyle, that is wonderful. My surgery is 6/16. I hope I can have the wonderful outcome that you have. Very inspiring. -Jana
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    I have a surgery date for right THR

    I've already had TKR on the left, but now I feel scared about the hip. Anyone who has had both done, please feel free to compare your recoveries on both. I did hear the hip seemed a bit "easier" if there is such a term. My date is June 16 !!
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    Finally have a referral to Ortho

    Well, i have had as many as 28 horses at one time, but I only have 2 at this time and don't foresee purchasing any more. I've mainly focused on AQHA horses, used to train and show for many years, along with judging. I now have a desk job, with health benefits -- thank goodness. I don't know...
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    Finally have a referral to Ortho

    Well, when I had my LTKR in 2012 it took about a year to get a date. Somehow, this hip pain seems much more excruciating than that of my knee.
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    Finally have a referral to Ortho

    After much red tape and pain, I have received an Ortho referral for my hip replacement. First portion of the consult is an informational class. This is set for Nov. 16. I had been last xrayed in April of this year, and again today. There has been a dramatic change in the hip, it's now bone to...
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    TKR Checking in - Workman's Comp Problems

    I am working and yes there is pain. I just need to call my Union like others said. Just curious why if I'm working is it bad? Thanks for the great response
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    TKR Checking in - Workman's Comp Problems

    Im going to have to jump through hoops on the bum leg. Have you ever heard of a doctor placing you off work for uncontrollable symptoms?? Mine has done it twice and it makes the insurance co mad. They tried twice to fight paying on it
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    TKR Checking in - Workman's Comp Problems

    The worst part is that I feel like my employer is unsympathetic and it really tears me up. They basically gave me a demotion which kept me at my same rate of pay but it's a lower position. And it's at one of those positions that it's called a Y rated salary. This means there would be no raises...
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    TKR Checking in - Workman's Comp Problems

    I have had a LTKR... recovered well, things were peachy keen. Fast forward two years after that -- I have a bad fall at work in an asphalt parking lot. I obviously fall and injure myself. Right patella breaks, right radial head (elbow) breaks. Subsequently my right hip started to hurt, hurt BAD...
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    Problems with Workman's Comp - Help!

    I have had a LTKR... recovered well, things were peachy keen. Fast forward two years after that -- I have a bad fall at work in an asphalt parking lot. I obviously fall and injure myself. Right patella breaks, right radial head (elbow) breaks. Subsequently my right hip started to hurt, hurt...
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    Updating, good and bad news

    Sorry for the delay in posting back. The news is, fracture in elbow is healed, patella fracture healed. Elbow really feels quite adequately healed, and I've started physical therapy. The patella however, has ongoing pain, even when I am laying down, if I am walking I often feel a sensation as...
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    Updating, good and bad news

    I will see their ortho tomorrow at 930 a.m. I'm sure it will be the same as always. I am x rayed then told the status of the healing. I simply do not feel like I am healing or if I am, maybe I'm not informed enough to know that it is a proper rate. I am not sent home with any instructions or...
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    Updating, good and bad news

    I am seeing their ortho physician at the clinic. In the meantime, I've got a call into my own ortho, but since it is Kaiser it likely will take several days, if not over a couple weeks. They took me out of the sling after week three, wanted me to not lose any motion in my arm. When I tried to...
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    Updating, good and bad news

    I actually felt more stable and steady improvement after the TKR. I had immediate physical therapy, a man who Kaiser sent to my home, then after that I had scheduled appointments with a fabulous therapist. He had me flexing and climbing stairs in no time. Right now I teeter, I have terrible...
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