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    2022 October Feisties - Are you having hip surgery in October?

    Me too :)
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    THR Scared and now feeling like I should back out

    Thanks Tom - That's exactly what my dtr has said. It is helpful to hear from an outside pov.
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    THR Scared and now feeling like I should back out

    Yes, that sounds familiar - pain has come on gradually and I am on the sidelines of activities, or don't attend now. I have been babying the hip so that it doesn't hurt, which works, but limits most all individual physical activities as well as activities with other. Thank you for sharing...
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    THR Scared and now feeling like I should back out

    Yes, that seems to describe how my pain is, including the knee pain, and I am active as well. Thank you for the encouragement! I'm glad to hear your recovery going well. Thank you for taking the time to respond while you are healing! Continued wellness to you Sohowarrior!
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    THR Scared and now feeling like I should back out

    Thank you Jaycey - All these posts have been so encouraging and I feel like I can look at this process again from a different point of view. I have requested another consult which I hope will be soon.
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    THR Scared and now feeling like I should back out

    Kassy - this is very helpful and encouraging. Can I ask if your pain was severe for either hip and also if your daily activities were severely limited? Thank you so much!
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    THR Scared and now feeling like I should back out

    I like your no regret sentiment. I need some of that!
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    THR Scared and now feeling like I should back out

    I worry about the risks of surgery (infection, nerve damage, change in leg length, etc.) and that any one of those would make life worse than what I have now. It's almost as if I'm trying to find something to cause me to have to get the surgery. But then I think about how I sit around and don't...
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    THR Scared and now feeling like I should back out

    I had a date and then got extremely scared and backed out. I will talk to the surgeon again on Friday to see what I need to do to get back on the waitlist but finding the fear creeping up again. I would say that it was worse a few months back and then I stopped doing anything and it got better...
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    THR Scared and now feeling like I should back out

    Thank you for the reply and encouragement. I think I am afraid of the surgery and the recovery - both. I worry that it will end up worse than the pain that I'm living with now. But reading posts, it sounds like people are glad they did it. I can do everyday things around the house with...
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    THR Scared and now feeling like I should back out

    I have been having pain in my hips for several years now. Got x-rays Feb 2021 that showed partial bone on bone in left hip and am a candidate for THR. I have been on the waitlist for THR for 6 months due to backlogs from COVID (they stopped doing elective surgeries for about 3 months). It's...
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