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    THR Uk bad hippie recovery thread

    Hiya, Thanks all your support and advice. I'm now 6weeks today !!! Have started driving again and am walking inside and out without crutches so feeling really good. Went on a mile and a half walk this afternoon and was tired and sore after but nothing like what it was like before. My wound is...
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    THR Uk bad hippie recovery thread

    Hiya, just a quick update and question. Blisters all cleared up - I dont think they were pressure blisters after all... and swelling and bruising and almost completely gone now. Im now 23 days post op and doing well. Im starting to not need crutches indoors but still use 2 outdoors. Managed to...
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    THR Uk bad hippie recovery thread

    Swelling very bad this evening but am elevating overnight so hopefully may be a bit better by morning. The pressure blisters are not on my heels Jaycey but slightly more personal - top of my bottom - kind of around the tail area if that makes sense. And one just below my drain site which is a...
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    THR Uk bad hippie recovery thread

    Thanks both for your comments and for the articles Not quite such a good day today. Slept well again but woke this morning bit more sore than previously . My wound is a bit more sore and for some reason my quad above my knee is tender when contracted. I have been up far too long today due to...
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    THR Uk bad hippie recovery thread

    ok here I am on the other side. Operation took place around 4pm on Monday 7 dec. Had general and spinal anaesthesia. Can remember nothing past the cannula and spinal going in. Woke up in recovery feeling relieved and pretty good. Spinal didn't wear off until the middle of the night. Surgeon...
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    2015 December SuperNovas - Are you having hip surgery in December?

    I'm having left side thr on Monday 7th December at duchy hospital in Truro Cornwall. This is due to protusio acetabuli - been having cortisone injections for the last year with limited success but at last follow up X-ray showed a considerable deterioration with no gap left. Sugeon says he will...
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    Protusio acetabuli

    hi there. I was diagnosed a few weeks ago with bilateral protusio acetabuli worse in left hip and with moderate osteoarthritis. Probably brought forward by heavy training for last years triathlon season. I was advised by the surgeon that the hip will need to be replaced but to delay surgery for...
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