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    THR still thigh pain for 2 years

    Hey Growls, sorry to hear about your pain issues. I had a THR in Jan 2017 and while I had a fast and remarkable recovery, I developed serious back pain just over the hip about 3 months afterwards. The pain would start after bending down, feeling my hip catch on the upward rise, and I suspected...
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    THR Sleepless in recovery

    @Lancs Lass - I agree, and found I felt much better with activity, and getting movement and exercise in as early as possible. But I am still getting 8 - 10 hours of sleep, sometimes feeling rested, other times, like today (11 hours last night!), I am run down. I'm good about vitamins and...
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    THR Sleepless in recovery

    @Jaycey - thanks for the tip. I have no obvious wear patterns on any of my shoes or flip flops (I am mostly in flip flops, but good sneakers when on my feet for a while.) I couldn't begin to toss all of my shoes, nor be able to go buy all new ones. Just back to work this week after four months...
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    THR Sleepless in recovery

    Just a quick update, at about 12 weeks post op. Have had many 'firsts' in the past 2 weeks, including diving, biking, rowing machine, and a beach walk (yay! I live on the beach, and haven't been able to walk the sand in two years because of the arthritis pain!). Hip feels good, still a little...
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    THR Sleepless in recovery

    Thanks for all of the helpful replies here. It's getting a little better, but still having more sleepless nights than not. I have tried melatonin in the past, and it did help, but don't want to combine it with other meds. Should be considered that it is a hormone, and there is research...
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    THR Sleepless in recovery

    @RSC - thanks. I'm going to need to get that info from my surgeon. All I knew ahead of time was that is was a DePuy device, metal insert/ball, on plastic or ceramic acetabulum disc, which is laid on to a metal hip disc. Would be good to know.
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    THR Sleepless in recovery

    Thank you, @Jamie ! Will heed the sage advice, and continue to take it easy, one day at a time. Watching a video of an actual hip replacement, while verrry difficult to view, did help me in recovery understanding how brutal this operation is on the body (and the doctors! Looked like 'Tim the...
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    THR Sleepless in recovery

    @Jaycey - thanks for the suggestion, will give ice a try, but the pain does move around. Haven't tried using Tylenol, have a basket full of other meds, but one more couldn't hurt. :) @Jamie - no luck last night. Skipped using the body pillow, but still flipped and flopped like a fish out of...
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    THR Sleepless in recovery

    @sammylou99 - thanks for the input. Looks like we're both close in our recovery of same hip (3 weeks apart). Back sleep has always been impossible, and my two nights in the hospital were mostly awake. They had stronger meds there, so that helped. Even though I've been working on adjusting to...
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    THR Sleepless in recovery

    Will do, thanks again!
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    THR Sleepless in recovery

    Jaime, something of note that just came to mind. I bought a body pillow after my surgery, and found it helpful to keep from breaking that rule of mid line leg crossing, as well as providing a little extra support and comfort. It was overstuffed and I removed about a third of the filling. Seemed...
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    THR Sleepless in recovery

    Thank you, Jamie. When the nighttime pain and sleepless nights started two weeks ago, I backed off all PT and activities. Typical day now is mostly rest time on the couch, legs up, sometimes elevated, maybe a store run. I had been overdoing it around week 3 and 4, with outpatient PT, and then...
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    THR Sleepless in recovery

    Thanks, Clipper. Wish it were true about being tired enough. And some people just can't sleep on their backs - not unusual. My issue is not insomnia, it's pain at night that's keeping me awake. Like I said, 7 weeks post-op, pain only an issue at night. Will keep working on it.
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    > 3 months out and sleep is terrible

    Hi Juanita, I actually just joined the site today with the purpose of posting about the same thing (my thread is 'sleepless in recovery', but no replies there yet). I've been having the same issue for 2 - 3 weeks, and I am at 7 weeks post op, left THR. I did great the first couple weeks, healed...
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    Returning to work - what to expect?

    Hi Karen, was wondering about your posts talking of a fracture discovered during your THR. My PT told me stories of patients that had their femur fractured during the surgery, as different size devices are inserted for fit, and they're 'installed' with a hammer. (I watched an animated THR video...
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