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THR Post hip replacement insomnia
Limitless lemon - ditto what beckylou said: yes, yes, yes. It feels like I'm sitting on a little golf ball sometimes - it doesn't exactly hurt - but it's annoying. I believe it's the last of the bone healing - where they sawed it off. :sick: One of the "Time to heal" documents in the library...- PrincessMay
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- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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THR May is here!
Okay - I was getting depressed and discouraged - problems getting a good night sleep and this annoying pain in the center of my hip that won't go away. So I went to the "Library" and found the Where are you in THR Recovery...- PrincessMay
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- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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LeeApril26 - Yes - I too love that "trajectory of improvement" thing. @zauberflöte - and on Friday's I have a Free-Five-Shot-Friday-Latte. By then my husband and I have purchased enough coffee's to earn a free one - and I usually take it on Friday. Once they accidentally gave me 6 - and...- PrincessMay
- Post #64
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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THR May is here!
Ladies (LeeApril26 Peaches) - don't make me dig up Josephine's article on how long it takes the various tissues to heal. We are doing great. The limping will come and go - and one day it will just go! And if it doesn't just go...that's what a good PT person is for - to teach us to walk normal...- PrincessMay
- Post #60
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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Peaches LeeApril26 and @zauberflote - I think we are talking about the tummy muscle that is really hard to get to that my pre-surgery PT person discussed with me when we were trying to wake up dormant muscles to help my poor exhausted hip-flexor (psoas) muscle move my damaged hip. To find it...- PrincessMay
- Post #53
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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Poppet - oh yeah baby! You are so right - and I know it. I was up and down all night with the ice. I'm struggling through the last hour of the last day of my second week at work...whew.- PrincessMay
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- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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LeeApril26 - OH my gosh - YES - I had forgotten about the tightening of the abs thing. I used to do that ALL the time before the surgery. It was almost the only way I could move. I'm going to start doing that again. Thanks! I tell you what - I might need to be more careful of who I follow...- PrincessMay
- Post #42
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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Peaches - well, I have noticed that I pretty much break the 90 degree rule now, every day, all day long. From what Josephine has posted - I believe it's okay. My understanding from her posts were that your body will tell you when the restrictions need to be observed, and when they can start to...- PrincessMay
- Post #40
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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anitloop - Wow, my hip/leg was really, really stiff and felt hard this morning - and I can't think of anything I did differently yesterday - except maybe I did do some bending and lifting. Maybe that was it - or there is just some SERIOUS healing going on. I hope so. I'll be glad when it...- PrincessMay
- Post #36
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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THR May is here!
Liveringer & Peaches - I think the "Kleenex in the sleeve" thing may be a lost art form that we might want to consider bringing back. Peaches - Love the "Old Lady Glare" thing. I'm going to start practicing that look. I need an arsenal of bus riding defense mechanisms, for sure. And the...- PrincessMay
- Post #34
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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THR Post hip replacement insomnia
Limitless lemon - I had my surgery 1 day before you. My first day back to work was this Monday (June 3). I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT!!! If you can take the time - TAKE IT. I'm exhausted - mostly because I can't get enough sleep at night due to waking up every hour, repositioning the pillows...- PrincessMay
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- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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Poppet - I take Tylenol during the day while at work, but when I get home I take 1 Oxycodone (5M), and if it feels pretty bad - I will take a 2nd one before I go to bed. Last night - I didn't take the 2nd one - I resorted to ice instead. I'm trying to stop the Oxy so that I can stop the "need"...- PrincessMay
- Post #30
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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Poppet, regarding energy drain...honestly, I'm exhausted at the end of the work day. I come home, have dinner, relax and watch some TV. Sleeping is off and on - a few hours, then I'm awake for awhile, then a few more hours. But I'm doing it. It's hard - but I feel good...most of the time...- PrincessMay
- Post #27
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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THR May is here!
More bus drama - but this one totally has a silver lining. There are two different bus routes I can take home and eventually, they end up in the same place, but between work and home they run on parallel roads - one low along he shore of Lake Union and the other one about 100 feet higher on...- PrincessMay
- Post #24
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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LeeApril26 - I've been reading a bunch of posts by you and Peaches, Mamarey and zauberflöte - this is some funny stuff we are managing to go through. Through the healing and pain - there is still humor - and that is awesome! I went back to work on Monday - it was brutal, I won't lie. But I...- PrincessMay
- Post #21
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area