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    Depression/post-op blues - open for all

    I’ve been there! The 4th-5th week was hard as I, too, had been told the same things you were. I felt better knowing Post-Op Blues was a real thing and there was a reason for my tears and frustration. I truly thought I might always be dependent on a cane or walk with a limp. Fortunately that was...
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    THR 4 weeks post op

    @Gloucestergal65. Thank you for your response. This site has been helpful and I just wish I would have found it before the surgery. Oh well, at least I did and was able to read other people’s experiences to help me gage my progress. I’m now 6 weeks out and have one more week of PT. I can walk...
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    THR 4 weeks post op

    Is it also normal to have pain in other parts of my leg? At times, especially in the morning, it hurts more to walk with pain behind my knee and even down my shin to my ankle. I think I’m doing well and will be able to walk longer distances without the cane and then I get up the next day and it...
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    THR 4 weeks post op

    As a January Jackpot, I was curious how others in this group are getting along. Tomorrow will be 5 weeks and I’ve noticed when I walk, it seems to hurt more in other parts of my leg from my thigh (which still has numbness) to my knee and ankle. I get a quick but painful feeling in my thigh that...
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    THR 4 weeks post op

    Yes, the surgery was Jan 2024 (left hip), not 2023 as I wrote. I guess this year has been a blur so far! I believe the reaction was to the Hibiclens which I think is chlorhexidine. I didn’t know I had an allergy to adhesives or chlorhexidine! I’ve never had that issue before. It was...
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    THR 4 weeks post op

    I just found this site last night and it really helped to find a name “Post-op Blues” for what I was feeling. I had a THR, anterior approach on January 19, 2023. I was completely surprised by the pain I was in afterwards and was quick to get approval from my surgeon to up my pain med dose the...
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