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    THR The Other Side...is now My Side

    No I am not napping. I'm reasonably sedentary, because I'm not going to work. I think it's the lack of my estrogen replacement therapy, which I should get back next week. The surgeon's PA gave me seven days of Ambien to get me through this. It is gradually losing its effectiveness but I do...
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    THR fiddletwist is done!

    I spoke to my surgeon's PA, and she said they want me to wait a month after surgery to go back on my estrogen replacement because it can make you more likely to get a blood clot. I said, Yikes I have to go through a second week of insomnia? She said I could take ambien for 7 days to get myself...
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    THR fiddletwist is done!

    It occurs to me that this could all be because they asked me to temporarily go off my premarin... will have to seek a different approach and see if it helps, with menopause in mind instead of surgical recovery!
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    THR The Other Side...is now My Side

    Hm, no, have not, but if this goes on I might... It did occur to me today that this might not be surgery-related but menopause-related. Prior to surgery I was on premarin for insomnia and hot flashes and also bone preservation (family history of osteoporosis) but they asked me to discontinue...
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    THR fiddletwist is done!

    I am off my pain meds. When I found myself reaching for one only once a day I decided to see what would happen if I didn't. The insomnia started before. I've gone to tylenol. The aspirin is for blood thinning as I am not on coumadin, not sure how much benefit I would get in terms of physical...
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    THR fiddletwist is done!

    Oh, I thought a thread to talk about insomnia might be better than having it my personal thread where most people would never see it. Is there somewhere we can talk about a single topic such as insomnia or nerve recovery?
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    THR The Other Side...is now My Side

    Wish I could do that! I'm having terrible insomnia - started before I quit the narcotics and is continuing after! Nothing is helping!
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    THR fiddletwist is done!

    Another question for other post-ops: Did you have numbness in your skin on the operated thigh, and how long did it take to go away? I had an anterior incision, and I have had numbness on the top of my thigh above my knee and then on the outside of the thigh up to about the bottom of the...
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    THR fiddletwist is done!

    Now that I am not exhausted and drugged, I am having a terrible time getting to sleep at night. I thought when I got off the oxycodone it'd be better, because sometimes codeine can make me hyper after a certain period of use, but it's not. We are having very humid weather so that is not...
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    THR fiddletwist is done!

    Nearing three weeks post-op. I was down to 5mg of oxycodone, once per day (usually in the middle of the night when I woke up sore from lying in one position too long), as of last weekend, and took my last one in the middle of the night Tuesday night. I am taking tylenol if I start to feel like...
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    THR The Other Side...is now My Side

    I am thinking I will drop the meds sometime close to the two week mark - I have been making it through the night without needing one, and today I didn't take one in the afternoon so I'm doing one every 12 hours now. I am cleared for outpatient PT and will start that next week. I definitely run...
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    First hip replacement coming up and terrified..

    Musicteacher how are you doing?? I am done and wanted to tell you it would be fine, but I hope you know that yourself now.
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    THR Can't do a straight leg lift, groin pain

    This thread caught my eye because at my first post-op PT they had me try the leg lift (lying down) and I could not do it. I had an anterior incision and I had groin pain because they retracted those muscles during surgery. At my second PT, they told me we were not going to do that exercise...
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    July 2013 Sparklers - Are you having hip surgery in July?

    Music teacher, how are you doing??
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    July 2013 Sparklers - Are you having hip surgery in July?

    Haha, thanks! I am doing a few things because I know it's good for me to use the leg, so I am getting up to make my own breakfast and lunch etc. I am not going to do anything that involves going to the basement, that is a step to far....
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