I agree with Jamie - please don't mix the two. When my hip was gaining mega pain last Feb I had been taking Vicodin. It no longer worked at keeping the pain at bay. My GP put me on Oxycodone 5/500 and it was stronger. I had some Vicodin left. Both my GP and my pharmacist said not to mix...
Hey Roza,
I am too at 4 weeks out from my DAA RTHR. I still use my cane. Around my apartment where there is always something nearby to grab onto if need be, I am going short distances without aid, but it's slow and if I start to limp a bit I grab the cane. Always have my cane outside and...
Hey Shugaplum! I remember you and your recovery from the 2009 gang. It is sooo good to hear from you and that you are preparing for a most wonderful life event! Goes to show ya, good things happen down the road when you get your life back after THR.
I had my 2 week follow up at my OS office, the incision healed well. Those beestings are common and was told it could be the nerve, but more likely it was tiny little muscle spasms. I was released to drive and phase in return to work (desk job). It's been one week now of pacing myself and what...
Re: So frustrated after 5 months
Hang in there, Annette. :friends: It took me a year after my first THR to finally say 'what hip'. You'll get there, trust me. And those misinformed co-workers (or a good friend, in my case) need to be ignored when they make comments. They have no clue how...
Yep, okay, did it again. It seems my trials to go further come back to haunt me the next day. Really couldn't do much today, had pain in the quad muscle, ankle and calf of op leg. Resting. I'm getting weird sting-like sensations in different spots on my op leg too. That started last night...
Just updating - Second full day moving about with cane only. I did a small load of laundry this morning which required 3 round trips of 3 flights of stairs. I was waiting for the pain bomb to drop after all that, but so far no significant pain! Forever the curious cat, I tried on one of those...
I took yesterday to relax a bit and that seems to have done the trick. Rested fairly well last night and was able to continue with my walking therapy today. Right now not feeling anything except a dull achy feeling in the right hamstring and the last pain med I took was 6 hours ago. Awesome...
Okey dokey, big lesson learned last night- no matter the surgical approach, soft tissue and bone will take its time to heal. Thursday I felt strong enough for the shower, and was - one milestone down. :biggrin: Yesterday I thought I could leave the walker behind and just do a cane. I stayed in...
Thanks, everyone. Not exactly a twin pair. My left is MOM, the right is combo of ceramic, plastic and metal. Leg length difference feels it's gone the other way, now my left feels longer than my right. I'm really swollen on that side so maybe that's why :what:
My Direct Anterior surgery was completed Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. I had a spinal with sedation and highly recommend it. I woke up with no nausea or pain, and just a slight backache (they said it was a little bruising from the injection). I was very comfortable which is a good thing...
Calmom, I got mine a couple of months ago. I'm in NH so not sure if the DMV process is the same out by you. My primary care physican filled out the form to apply for a placard (our DMV also had the form on their website), I had to physically take it to DMV and got placards right away. NH...
Oh Dysplasia, you poor thing you. Please give yourself a break - don't get mad, it's not your fault. Pain and sleep deprivation can cloud over anyone's sense of balance, thought, concentration, and many other things. Deep breaths, slow down and keep telling yourself 'this too shall pass'. In...
I think what type and how long is prescribed by the OS. With my first THR I was given Coumadin in the hospital but when released 3 days later was prescribed only 325mg Aspirin for 6 weeks. Again, I am prescribed the Aspirin (not sure what they'll give me inpatient). I was instructed to stop...
Hi Jakota and welcome
You do have a bit of a decision to make. 8 months to go before FMLA kicks in is a wait - but your level of tolerance to any pain which progressively gets worse will dictate whether you can wait. And sometimes you just don't know how things will progress.
I was walking...
I couldn't help it, I had to call the OS office to get confirmation I was still a go for May 8. A medical assistant there read me the notes between the PA (who thought by BG was horrible) and the OS. The PA wrote in length about it. The OS reply: "Proceed with surgery". The sweetest 3 words...
Yep, like Dorothy I had to stop taking my hormone replacement meds a few weeks ago too. I lost function of my ovaries due to radiation treatment for cancer some years ago and had been on HRT ever since. Talk about full blown menopause :rolleyespink: on top of everything else. But my first...
Well, Monday has come and gone and no call from the OS about my bg results. He's in surgery all day today so I would expect if there were urgency he would have contacted me. For crying out loud:tantrum2: all that panic for nothing. I should be getting my surgery time next week from the...
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