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    THR More Nerve Damage 2nd Time Through

    Actually Josephine the question was about numbness & nerve damage. Pain isn't my issue at this point and if something I do "hurts" I stop, take meds & hit my recliner.
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    THR More Nerve Damage 2nd Time Through

    Hi @Josep 1. 1. My pain level is pretty much at a or 2 most of the time. More stiffness than pain if I've been at my desk & the hip's been in flexion for more than 30 minutes. After a land PT session between a 2 & 3 and back to 1 & 2 after a water PT session. 2. 2. I was prescribed 5mg...
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    THR More Nerve Damage 2nd Time Through

    Hi Everyone Well I'm about 4 weeks post-op on the 2nd THR and while not quite as easy as the first it's getting stronger every day. Keep pushin' on through PT & starting massage therapy this week. My question is around nerve damage. I had an anterior approach on both hips and was warned...
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    THR More Nerve Damage 2nd Time Through

    Hi Everyone! It's been a rough last few days. My last post was from my preop bed right before I was wheeled down the hall to surgery last Tuesday. Since surgery wasn't until performed until that afternoon it was a while before I was brought up out of recovery and with the late hour I didn't...
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    Feeling Apprehensive Today...

    All scrubbed up & ready for surgery. See everyone on the other side in post op
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    Feeling Apprehensive Today...

    Thanks everyone for your support. I was rather shocked by the apprehension I felt this morning because I have been really positive through this whole ordeal. Despite my trepidation today I really am looking forward to getting the second one complete so I can start my complete rehab. I've met...
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    Feeling Apprehensive Today...

    Tomorrow afternoon my second THR is scheduled and I'm not sure why but I'm much more apprehensive about this surgery than the first. Maybe ignorance was bliss the first time and now I know how much work is in front of me - I don't know. I trust my OS and his team implicitly but I just can't...
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    Hello Everybody

    Jaycey's correct, you are in the right place. I completely understand the shock you went though. I'm a 2,000 to 3,000 mile/year cyclist and a Spinning instructor. Like you I'd been starting to have some minor discomfort from time to time, especially after a hard or really long ride but I...
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    This June Sunbeam is heading back to Pre-Op.

    Elosarabrab I found some of the same issues having to modify some exercises to account for the lack of ROM in my non-surgical hip. As for the rules, my OS told me I had no restrictions once I was discharged so I didn't stick rigidly to them on the first time around. sandybeach I'm pretty close...
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    September Sapphires 2013 - Are You Having Hip Surgery In September?

    #2 (rt) is scheduled for Sept 24. I'll admit to feeling a bit apprehensive even though I've "been there, done that" if only because the recovery from my first went really, really well. The only hold up was having to modify some of the exercises because my repaired hip had so much more ROM than...
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    This June Sunbeam is heading back to Pre-Op.

    sandybeach the recovery from the first THR was amazingly easy. I was discharged after 2 1/2 days as I'd already passed out of PT the day after surgery. I was back in the office part time after 2 weeks, riding my bike at 3 weeks and at 6 weeks I was swimming with a kickboard & training fins for...
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    This June Sunbeam is heading back to Pre-Op.

    Thanks Littlejem for the encouragement. Even though I've "been there, done that", I keep reminding myself that this is it's own procedure with it's own risks and benefits and also with it's own worries and apprehensions.
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    This June Sunbeam is heading back to Pre-Op.

    One down and one to go. I had my LTHR on June 11, 2013 & just got the "official" date (September 24) to finish the job so now I'm back to pre-op. I'm almost a little more apprehensive about the 2nd than I was the first. I am completely ready for this operation but in all honesty, my recovery...
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    Hippies scars - post your badges of honor here: NO CHIT-CHAT HERE PLEASE

    LTHR anterior approach 3 weeks post op.:martini:
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    THR alhouse is home an everything went well.

    Al - my swelling is more generalized from below my knee all the way up past my hip. I've still got the surgical dressing (2nd round) on the cut but no redness or increased around the staples. My first outpatient PT is scheduled for later today so I'm expecting to be recliner-bound this...
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