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    T-55 days and counting: new hip scheduled on April 30th!

    I am assuming that you are having bone to bone pain and that it is getting worse as the days go by. When you awake from your surgery there will be no such pain and you will have a smile on your face once more. Have no fear relief will soon be here.
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    A few questions that I've been pondering:

    Dr.Toonz. The drugs they tell you to take do not help. Anything that would help they are reluctant to prescribe. Tylenol and asperin will help slightly. I took over the counter tylenol with codeine tylenol reduced the pain and codeine helped me stay asleep once I got there. Exercise not. If...
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    Scared newbie... Hip is shot. What if it doesn't work!!??

    Shrinkette and Butterfly, I can't emphasize enough that the pain "disappears". I was standing on the same day of my operation and I was walking the halls of the hospital on the next day. No pain goes a long way. I am not a superman and if I can do it so can you. My second hip was done...
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    Another "is it time" Thread

    Big Dave. It will never get better by itself. Bone on bone can get so painfull that all your activities will cease. It can get to where you sit in the corner and hope there is no activity that you have to do. Get it done and live again. I had them both replaced 2013 and I can do everything...
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    So Scared! Maybe in January?

    Fear not gradma Chris! The bone on bone pain is gone as soon as you wake up and good ridance to it. A little operation pain persists for about 3 months but then it is all good. I was up and walking around the hospital the next day and I was so happy to have no arthritic pain I was smiling big...
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    New hips (2)

    Happy 2014. Thank you all for your comments. My new hips are great; almost as good as before the osteoarthritis nightmare of pain. Last one done August 1st 2013 and I exercise by walking daily and I would do more but I am held back by my heart attack that occurred October 29 2013. I have...
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    New hips (2)

    Awhile since I last checked in and a lot has happened. Two new hips working great,last one August 1st. I was exercising and progressing wonderfully until a surprise heart attack. I received 3 or 4 stents and I am progressing nicely. I thought perhaps a clot but the Cardiac Boys say "no"...
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    THR completed May 29,2013

    I stood on it first day and I walked to TV room on the next day. No more bone to bone pain in that hip. I can still feel where bearing was pound into pelvis. I had a spinal block and so no pain but I did wake up and was aware when surgeon was pounding the bearing into the acetabulum...
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    Finally My Time is Near!

    I have been visiting your forum for close to two years and I think I have read everything applicable regarding a THR X2 (one at a time). Thank you all for your contributions as you both informed me and encouraged me to pursue this matter at full speed. Full speed was too slow for me but thats...
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    The Good News is that finally I have a Date May29,2013 THR.

    Finally some good news (I think). Right hip first and left a couple of months later. At the time of Dr appointment right hip first seemed like a good idea but now the left is giving much worse pain. Both are bad so I don't really care which one is first. Do the devices specifically fit right...
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    January Jackpots 2013 - Are You Having Hip Surgery In January??

    No! don't wait. The pain you describe will eventually get so bad that you won't be able to get in and out of the car let alone walk around for hours. Get it fixed as soon as you have a chance!
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    Swelling

    I am also bloating and retaining water in the quadracep muscles and groan area, also around sock top of shin. Belly also retaining water. I'm considering a trip to GP to find his thoughts on it. The problem feels like the area is swollen and causes a stiff feeling with even more difficulty to...
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    I Got A Date!!

    Great news ! A wise decision. These guys are hard to pin down. I was hoping that such an event would happen to me for Christmas but still I wait and it could be months before I hear anything. In the meantime my body dosn't like what is happening to it as I have begun to blote. Soon as you...
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    Where to start?

    Don't wait !
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    THR recommended...but not in pain

    Like you I chose to ignore my doc as to the significance of the x-ray. He said it was bone on bone and that I needed a THR but I was able to function despite this so I just endured the aggravating curtailing of activities and limped my way along thinking the cost of getting older. That hip just...
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