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    THR Health issues following replacement

    Hi Lynette I find your situation interesting since I too have experienced a problem with weight gain after my surgery 1 year ago. Immediately after the surgery I lost some weight but once I became much more mobile and got through the first six weeks I slowly started gaining weight. I wasn’t...
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    Need advice on single or double THR, June THR

    If I wasn’t so overly anxious and scared about doing my first one and knew what I know now...... I would have done both at the same time and got it all over with for the exact reasons you spelled out. One recovery, one surgery, alignment reasons, etc. I did anterior 5 mos ago at 47 and so far...
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    Handicap Placard

    Yes. Well... i was able to get one in california. Get the paperwork from DMV and take it to your surgeons office to sign off on then return it to DMV. Typically they wont grant you one until your surgery date but dmv may mark it to begin a few days earlier. Its good for 5 or 6 months. I...
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    THR LTHR Dec 7th. Looking for post op helpful ideas

    @Layla. You must have been tuned in to me because I just posted a little update. All is going well. Getting ready to get back to the gym and get back to getting fit. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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    THR LTHR Dec 7th. Looking for post op helpful ideas

    @gillycat11 so glad you are able to find some inspiration in my thread. Just out of curiosity Which surgery did you have (anterior or posterior)? It is definitely a little daunting going back but it hasn’t been bad at all. In fact!! I purposely do much more walking and go outside on a break...
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    THR LTHR Dec 7th. Looking for post op helpful ideas

    Oh my goodness! You are superwoman! I can’t even imagine. I was constantly tired during the first two weeks and I’m not one to sleep a whole lot. The first week I did respond to 2 or 3 emails but then had to force myself to stop it. I felt I owed to myself and my coworkers to recover...
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    THR LTHR Dec 7th. Looking for post op helpful ideas

    EEEEK! That sounds horrible! I’m fully guilty at burning that candle the same wAy. Knowing my bad habits I fully dedicated myself to recovery. I did NOT want to mess around and create my own bad situation. Hence the 500 emails. Typically I can retrieve those at home but I cut myself off so...
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    THR LTHR Dec 7th. Looking for post op helpful ideas

    @SaraK. Thanks SaraK. I can’t imagine getting this flu while recovering. I so feared getting sick and still trying to dodge it. Hopefully I’m lucky and don’t get it. Yeah....I’m not happy with windows 10 but I’m getting it figured out. Hopefully you don’t switch to it anytime soon. I too...
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    THR LTHR Dec 7th. Looking for post op helpful ideas

    Sooooooo..... I’m nearing the end of week 2 back at work (8 wks post op) and this week is much better so far. Week one was ROUGH! Mainly due to brain fog and feeling tired. I am a shift supervisor in a 911 center (police n fire). I’ve been a dispatcher for 23 yeArs and 15 years at this...
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    THR Fatigue

    No surprise about the energy drain. Pain wise I felt I could have went back at four weeks but I knew better even though I was feeling a little stir crazy at home. With flu season in full swing and all around I ventured out VERY little. I went back at 6 weeks (sit n stand job.... shift supervisor...
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    THR Patrikya’s THR recovery journey

    @pkuznets. You explained exactly how I feel about this whole anterior approach business. I’m not complaining one bit because I love my new hip and the lack of pain that comes with it but It’s almost like a false sense of security. I get to going and doing things and completely forget that I’m...
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    THR LTHR Dec 7th. Looking for post op helpful ideas

    It’s back to work I go..... [emoji51][emoji51][emoji51][emoji51][emoji51]. Hoping this goes well. 10 hour shifts aren’t looking so advantageous right now [emoji30][emoji30] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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    Did you have referred pain in your knee?

    @MammaT. That’s kind of what I was thinking.....the knee being slightly bruised up from all the trAuma. Since I have numbness in my thigh that is slowly dissipating I think I didn’t previously feel the knee soreness due to the numbing. I’m not too worried at this point but definitely cautious...
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    THR LTHR Dec 7th. Looking for post op helpful ideas

    @Layla. So sorry for not responding to you. Ive been busy reading all the various posts that I forgot about my own thread. I’m now in my 6th week and things are still going well for me. Progress is going GREAT! I still have numbness in my thigh area but that is slowly dissipating each week. I...
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    Did you have referred pain in your knee?

    My knee troubles started in my teen years but I assumed it was from the year round sports I was involved in. I even had a few knee dislocations during my my more athletic years. By age 22 I had to stop jogging due to my left knee pain. I went to a specialist and that is when I learned I have hip...

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