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    THR Almost Four Years After Hip Replacement: I Stopped Pushing So Hard, and Everything Changed

    Bravo Charlie! Thank you for this very inspirational and uplifting post. You learned to listen to your body and now your body is rewarding you! I’m 74 and still love to clean my house, cook big family meals, entertain and walk like I’m heading to China. I just told my partner of 22 years time...
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    THR Balancing Exercise & Hip Health Prior to Revision Surgery

    @hipcycle Good to hear you are doing so well. Your former experience set you on the right pathway for success this time around. It’s been lovely weather here, yesterday we returned to summer briefly temps hitting close to 80. But I always say 80 in October isn’t like 80 in July. Trees here...
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    THR My New Left Hip

    Justice & all nat, Both great updates and I’ve watched that midsummer show on our local PBS channel here. My SIL is a sucker for British TV. Her and my brother met while stationed in England back in the late 60’s. Both were Air Force. For boredom I watched a lot of Netflix on my iPad in bed...
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    THR My New Left Hip

    How did you make out driving? My hip was right side so took me a little longer to get back to driving. I remember one Sunday thinking I might try and just drive around block of my neighborhood and see how it went and drive very slow. I was able to do it, then just built up my confidence and...
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    THR My New Left Hip

    Well you tried the cane and now you can take it slow each day using it a little more if you are up to it. I found recovering from my hip other areas hurt like my knee more than my hip. I think for me it was an alignment issue and my body relearning what muscles and nerves to use. It all worked...
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    THR bruce1984’s Left THR

    Great news Bruce! Please continue to check in from time to time. Support to newbies or veterans here is always appreciated. Most of us have had at least one hip replacement and even though each of our journeys is unique to us we still share many similarities. Continued success on your journey!
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    THR AllNat's 2nd THR (Lefty's Turn)

    Morning @AllNat ! Loved reading your update. You are coming right along. It’s certainly a good time of year for a Stephen King book! And I didn’t realize Canada celebrated Thanksgiving in October, so Happy Thanksgiving! I dog sat last three days and we logged a little under 12 miles during...
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    Hip Resurfacing Bilateral hip pain, long after a right resurfacing

    Giovanni, So sorry to hear you are still in so much discomfort. I think Jamie’s advice to see a specialist for your hip is way to go. My girlfriend’s granddaughter had hip resurfacing done last December and she continues to have discomfort. Had a shot to see if that would help but it didn’t...
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    THR My New Left Hip

    Those look like great crutches. I cannot use regular crutches, just don’t have the upper body strength necessary to command them. I had to use them when I broke my ankle when I’d go to doctor or out somewhere but never felt totally safe on them. With the hip I was happy with the walker until...
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    THR My New Left Hip

    Happy you turned the corner. I can’t take opioids either. Makes me so nauseous. I think my first day home I took them and then I stopped and just did Extra Strength Tylenol. Fortunately I just had nausea, no vomiting and my appetite was quite normal. Continued positive progress and enjoy...
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    THR Counting My Blessings

    Debra, Great update. I’ll look forward to hearing how your OS appointment goes on Thursday. Keep us posted.
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    THR My New Left Hip

    Congrats! I think after surgery and not be able to move your bowels is just so uncomfortable. I think it took me about 4 days to finally be able to accomplish that feat. And I’m someone who has no issues generally with going to the bathroom easily each day. I do feel sick to my stomach when...
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    THR AllNat's 2nd THR (Lefty's Turn)

    Once those staples come out you feel so much better.
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    THR My New Left Hip

    @JusticeRider Congrats on new hip and getting home. Relax, take your meds, get up and walk around here and there and repeat!
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    THR Rick’s new hip!

    Hello @RoosterRick All my best on your upcoming surgery. I only have one replaced hip but I’m guessing once you get one done the second one doesn’t bring many surprises so that’s what I’m hoping for you! Even though each recovery is different you at least know what to expect.
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