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    Standard Shoulder Replacement Moving Forward

    Thank you! I start outpatient PT tomorrow! So far sling removal has been fine. Just staying in close range and think PT will have suggestions. Feel better about it.
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    Standard Shoulder Replacement Moving Forward

    Hi friends, I will have the sling off after tomorrow at four weeks post op. Any advice about what I can and cannot do with arm. Do I keep it down and close or can I actually move elbow and stretch it out? I know one move I should not do which is a swing outward going back. But how did you...
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    Standard Shoulder Replacement Moving Forward

    Hi, I have a new question. As I mentioned I don’t get good definitive answers from my care team. It has been quite frustrating. I asked about sleeping in bed. (Using recliner three weeks post op.) Was told I could. When I asked about protectingll. operated shoulder was told I could sleep on it...
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    Standard Shoulder Replacement Moving Forward

    Thx. I will remove sling in two weeks which will be four weeks post op. Would I be able to put both hands on wheel then or is that too soon. I will wait for surgeon’s advice but I don’t get clear definitive answers there and am just wondering about the usual timeline.
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    Standard Shoulder Replacement Moving Forward

    Hi, I am two weeks post op and had first doc appt yesterday. I don’t get a lot of clear, precise info from this office. It’s been frustrating but the surgery itself was fine. I asked about driving and got a hem and haw answer about I could drive with one arm now but regular driving was not soon...
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    Standard Shoulder Replacement Moving Forward

    Yes…right arm.
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    Standard Shoulder Replacement Moving Forward

    Oh I didn’t know about the community section. I crocheted with a group, did watercolor, and read and walked mainly. I, too, do puzzles, but it’s my dominant arm and typing is still pretty tedious. Holding a book in a comfortable position is a bit difficult but I am getting used to using my lap...
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    Standard Shoulder Replacement Moving Forward

    I do have some visitors but haven’t gone out anywhere yet. I may need to push myself to do that. Not sure yet just what I can do so holding back. Have follow-up with doc next week and I am hoping to be more active after that.
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    Standard Shoulder Replacement Moving Forward

    Just had standard shoulder replacement on Aug.13. Had two hip replacements 11 years ago but now I am a widow and family in other states. The days seem so long and uncomfortable…not pain but soreness, the sling, restrictive movement and limited to a few rooms. Don’t feel like reading yet and tv...
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    Class of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 Hippies

    I have been away for quite a while. Just wanted to say hello and report hips are great. I forget I had surgery! For those facing this procedure--I had great fears and was a surgery novice. But it was a matter of time and effort not pain and terror. It was the best thing I could have done--forged...
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    Class of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 Hippies

    I was a 2011 double-hippie! Life intervened and not all good. But my hips are great. This is a nice idea --the 2011 site--because if we want to just check in on occasion we can be found. My husband is ill and I am caregiver--and if I didn't have new hips we would both be in a facility. I...
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    Interesting Study About Direct Anterior Hip

    This sounds too much like someone who has an agenda to maintain a practice for the traditional surgeons. Sorry--but the intensity of your argument seems to go beyond simply presenting some info for consideration. I had two DAA procedures and I did doctor shop. But what is the difference between...
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    Make room for another one!

    Jo Best of luck with all the "work"coming up.
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    THR All Done!!

    Yea!:yay: I wish I could send you some sunshine from Mississippi! It is so bright the geraniums are drooping. Waiting for the beer to cool:cheers: and I will salute you! Have a great recovery--and enjoy the downtime!!
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    Anterior Approach

    Hi Jazz, It seems you have plenty of info now! I had two in 2011--both anterior--and, for me, I would do it no other way because I didn't want to go through six weeks of back sleeping and didn't want my muscles cut nor a largish incision. That mattered to me but doesn't matter to a lot of folks...
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