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    Nannyannie's Shoulder Replacement

    Not posted for a long time - upgraded to Windows 10 last year (hate it!) and lost all passwords, etc! Taken a while to get back into everything but certainly the shoulder replacement has been amazing. I had the reverse one and have a good range of movement apart from still needing a...
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    Nannyannie's Shoulder Replacement

    Oh dear, no reply from @Damherst - I wonder if she had surgery. I have had my one-year checkup, told by the young doctor that I am amazing! He couldn't believe the amount of movement I have especially given my age, said they have much younger patients who never get past 60%. Still can't quite...
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    Nannyannie's Shoulder Replacement

    Oh dear, I somehow missed your post @Damherst - I would have replied sooner! Next week is a year for my shoulder and I just wish I could have had it done sooner. I was in a sling holding that arm close to the body for 6 weeks but after that just gradually used it more and more, sometimes without...
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    Nannyannie's Shoulder Replacement

    Hi everyone! Had my 6 month check-up yesterday, everything going well! I got discharged from physiotherapy after only 3 sessions as I was making such good progress. Husband was making sure I did my exercises at home. Mine was the reverse replacement like @Me2, it seems to be the more successful...
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    Nannyannie's Shoulder Replacement

    Thanks @Jaycey for giving me my own thread! And its good to hear from Sheryl and Deb that it can be so good! 3 weeks today and it only took 1¼ hours to shower and dress myself (including front-fastening bra and panties, the most difficult bit!) while himself was banished downstairs. He hovers...
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    Nannyannie's Shoulder Replacement

    Hello everyone! Done on the 7th as promised, one night inpatient, now under hubbie's care. Typing left-handed takes ages and I'm still very tired (nap, anyone?) but at least I was expecting it after my hip op. Dressing now removed and had dissolvable stitches. Blissful shower! Had one...
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    THR Back pain

    I'm glad I had retired from teaching by the time I had my hip done - but easing back into work gradually is sensible. Just the effort of getting up, showered and breakfasted made me ready for a nap for weeks!
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    THR Replacements and mobile phones

    Thanks Josephine - but I did say it was strange! Me thinking too much again. And @Zelda Mine is a boring old-fashioned phone, small enough to keep in a pocket - I have been holding out against a new one as they are all bigger! I also have a desktop, laptop and Kindle HD so not exactly out of touch!
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    THR 3 year check-in

    Great positive news - I can't believe my TLHR is 4 years old and I forget I have it (except going through airport scanners!) We are so lucky with modern medicine, proved again with your remission from cancer. Long may that continue - enjoy every day that you have! Best wishes Anne
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    THR Back pain

    Just read through your thread - are you still taking pain meds regularly? Don't worry about addiction, just taper off gradually when you are ready. You are only 8 weeks out and everything will still be healing/adjusting to your new joint. At that stage I don't think I could have done what you...
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    THR Replacements and mobile phones

    A strange title, but here goes:- Almost 4 years since my THR and I have noticed something strange recently. I usually carry my mobile phone (cell phone) in my left trouser pocket and I have found that I was starting to feel some discomfort in my thigh muscles with the skin becoming quite warm...
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    THR Lower back pain after right THR<

    My mother was lucky to be referred to Dr James Cyriax (Google him, great advocate of chiropractice!) at St Thomas's Hospital in London when she had back trouble, so when I had spent 3 weeks flat on my back in 1971 with a "slipped disc" I went to see him - he diagnosed a "sub-luxation of the...
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    Nannyannie's Shoulder Replacement

    Such a relief to find this thread going - it was so good after my TLHR in 2012 to be able to get answers to all those niggley queries, the ones that keep you awake at 2 am! Being on elbow crutches then seemed to set off my right shoulder and now I am due replacement on Monday next. (Actually...
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    MIL, 91, shoulder bone on bone

    Hi @zauberflöte - have you managed to get any pain relief for MIL? I finally saw a surgeon (a Professor, no less!) yesterday, he went to manipulate the shoulder joint and it made a lovely scraping noise. " Oh, that's bone-on-bone, I won't do any more - do you want a replacement?" I thought...
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    MIL, 91, shoulder bone on bone

    I feel for your poor MIL - I am now waiting to see a surgeon about my r shoulder. It has not been good for a long time but really didn't like me being on elbow crutches when I had my hip done (wow, 3 years ago!). Injections have helped me but they really are a temporary fix, lasted a few months...
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