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    Bilateral THR Gretel post op<

    Oh, Gretel, another thing. I also have a fear of spine surgery. I told my OS I didn't want to have back surgery and he said that he didn't want that either. However....a friend of my had spine surgery a week later than I had the hip done. I don't know how extensive hers was but she's been...
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    Bilateral THR Gretel post op<

    Hi Gretel, I was having some butt pain especially after sitting and both OS and PT said it was my back which apparently can cause trouble in butt (piriformis and sciatica nerve). I started in on exercises for the piriformis and butt muscles. My pain in butt is now gone most of the time (after...
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    THR So far, so good

    My update: Saw my OS. Had X-rays of both hips. Results: Hips are fine. Operated on hip 'looks solid". Other hip (left) is mild to moderate arthritis (same diagnosis as before). Problem is sciatica, which I guess originates from the back?? Maybe Josephine calls it piriformis syndrome. Doc...
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    THR So far, so good

    I ice quite a bit but am going to try to get on it more. Sometimes it seems to help. Othertimes, no.
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    THR So far, so good

    Thanks for your compassion and words. I appreciate them soooo much. OS appointment is next Tues. I'm going to ask for X-rays so we can see if there are any problems. There's no clicking at the hip or feeling of looseness. My 'gentle' PT is thinking in the direction of piriformis. I'm doing...
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    THR So far, so good

    Hi Layla, thanks for stopping by. Well, I think I may be getting to the place where I may know what the problem is. One of the reasons I haven't posted is because I refused Josephine's advice and now I think she was probably right. The truth is that I haven't been getting better. I've...
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    THR So far, so good

    Looked at all the stuff - ITband, piriformis, bursitis. Nothing sticks out. No bells and whistles go off. So....I am just taking it easy. Go to the pool many days. I love it there. I'm so mobile in the water. backed off on the water aerobics, Got and far infared heating pad today. It...
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    THR So far, so good

    I get a pain in lower outside calf just below knee and the spot where IT band inserts. I was told that the below the knee pain could be IT band. btw, I had this pain pre op and overall, it has lessened but not gone away. I do some deep massage of IT band. You press really deep. After IT band...
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    Depression/post-op blues - open for all

    I think my problem is that underneath it all, I feel angry. I feel angry that nobody seemed to really inform me what a big deal this could be. My OS signed off on a disability sticker for my car for until Dec. 31. He said I'd be walking by then. Wrong. My PT said I'd be walking without aides...
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    THR So far, so good

    One of the problems is that I actually had more mobility pre surgery. I could walk ½ mile with sticks without any real problems. Yes, I was more tired in the afternoons, probably because of an aching pain. But pain has never been a real big deal for me. I guess I just accept it. The kind...
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    THR So far, so good

    Hi Bumblebee, I was going to do the spinal but the anesthesiologist talked me out of it. I think it was because He was more comfortable with full anesthesia. Turned out the 'total' was easy. Friend told me she had the spinal and didn't remember a thing. Either way probably be fine - your...
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    THR So far, so good

    Gretel, I hear you about being competitive. Maybe that's why the senior class works for me. Lots of people go s l o w there. My recovery is also going much slower than I expected and sometimes that gets me down. We are turtles, not hares. Layla, Mojo333 and others remind us that slow and...
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    THR So far, so good

    PS. Thank all you good people for your support. I keep hearing you about 'slow and steady'. It does remind me. Hey, think I'll go watch a movie now. Lying down. No extended sitting for me.
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    THR So far, so good

    Grumpy today. I'd like to be cheerful, but I can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. These seem to be the emotional ups and downs of healing. Honestly, it seems like I have to think back two or three week to see that there has been any progress. I have a walking circle around my house...
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    Bilateral THR Gretel post op<

    Hi Gretel, Glad you are moving along albeit slowly. Just think, you got both hips done in one fell swoop. Of course, it's going to take a bit longer. Upside is you don't have to have the second hip done in another year or so. That's a big upside to my mind. Sometimes I feel like such a...
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