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  1. leosmom

    THR Pain

    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...
  2. leosmom

    Four weeks after THR

    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...
  3. leosmom

    THR Guess who?!

    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.
  4. leosmom

    THR Amazing surgery & recovery

    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...
  5. leosmom

    THR leg length inequality and dizzyness

    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...
  6. leosmom

    THR Amazing surgery & recovery

    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...
  7. leosmom

    THR Amazing surgery & recovery

    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...
  8. leosmom

    THR Amazing surgery & recovery

    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...
  9. leosmom

    THR Amazing surgery & recovery

    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...
  10. leosmom

    THR Amazing surgery & recovery

    Oops I mean my right feels longer and is really swollen. I need to go rest me thinks :th_heehee:
  11. leosmom

    THR Amazing surgery & recovery

    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:
  12. leosmom

    THR Amazing surgery & recovery

    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...
  13. leosmom

    Just found out I will need THR. Shocked, numb.

    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...
  14. leosmom

    BTHR with posterior approach vs one at a time with anterior approach

    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...
  15. leosmom

    Will they make me go off oral contraceptives pre-surgery?

    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...
  16. leosmom

    Panic over Pre-Op Results

    Thanks Sandy, I will continue to post. I'll be like a Consumer's Report article - 2 THR's, 2 methods. Which one do I like better? :th_heehee:
  17. leosmom

    I WANT a hip replacement

    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...
  18. leosmom

    Panic over Pre-Op Results

    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...
  19. leosmom

    Will they make me go off oral contraceptives pre-surgery?

    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...
  20. leosmom

    Panic over Pre-Op Results

    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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