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    Bilateral THR Grateful Double Hippy

    @Lerwick8 i suspect that people with the anterior approach may be prone to do to much to soon. And that can shorten the life of the replacement. Also patient selection. I'm young and active and want to get back to work, so off course i go anterior (no restrictions fast recovery), i heard that...
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    THR Recovery going well

    hey @war3235 happy it goes well for you. It sounds like we are similar. I have taken about 20 grams of glutamine in 3 doses a day and i have lost little muscle mass. I kind of got back to some weights on Wednesday, upper body and some half squats without weight, and i seriously have lost...
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    THR Hippalong's Recovery

    Hey hippalong. Sleep is a biggie for sure. I found melatonin is great 5 mg. Especially if you cant wind down. It short acting and wont leave you drowsy. But that was for when i had pain i guess i may not want it now? Happy that your walking without crutches. I worked on small symmetrical steps...
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    Hip Infection Is my hip dislocating?

    @jpvargas your having a really hard time but surely things will turn around for you now! I hope you can keep positive through it all because it will help you come through it with sanity intact! :) Ive not had one myself, but in my line of work i hear many stories of people getting past the...
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    THR Hippalong's Recovery

    hey Hippalong hope your sleeping ok? Ive been sleeping like a log since the surgery i think because the chronic OA pain is gone. Do you have some fear with using the leg? I was told its fine. Go for it! I guess im not going to do anything thats too painful, which are the things that wouldn't be...
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    Bilateral THR July 6, 2017<

    @gaulsuerou many years ago a guy i was standing next too a guy who had a horrible injury to his face. It was a real mess about 30 stitches to get his lip to join up. I remember the nurse saying to him, say good bye to your boyish good looks and the girls because your not going to be pretty...
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    THR Zauberflote #2 on other side!!

    @zauberflöte i can see your doing very well! I liked hospital very much. Why is it i was so desperate to get out?? The lovely Oxycodone every 4 hours through the night... but i had to be shaken and ripped from some other dimension every round. And i think it annoyed the nurses that i slept so...
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    Bilateral THR July 6, 2017<

    I would not be hard on yourself the risks are real going in, even if unlikely. If you go in eyes open your going to worry! I thought "just my luck ill get infection" "Just my luck ill have an awful limp" :) I went to the shops today. I don't think it was obvious apart from my very measured...
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    Bilateral THR July 6, 2017<

    Wow i'm impressed by the toe touching. Your doing so very well. And what a relief it must be) Could you be up for the best BTHR recovery ever on bonesmart ? You could definitely make a shortlist)
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    THR Hippalong's Recovery

    Hi hippalong, i was convinced that i was going to recover well and thus far its quite good. Small improvements each day. One thing i would like to do is be able to lay flat, and lift my operated leg of floor keeping it straight. This is an exercise i did going it. Now impossible lol I think its...
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    THR Hippalong's Recovery

    Hi Hippalong. I missed the physio lesson about progression to 2,1 crutch walking stick because maybe i seemed like a know it all lol But when you try to walk first time your pelvis drops as those muscles have been replaced by the crutch. So im glad i realized that, and now i want to walk and do...
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    THR Zauberflote #2 on other side!!

    Well done))) Hope you can get some good sleep and things go smoothly.... :)
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    THR Hippalong's Recovery

    Hi Hippalong. Ive done away with the crutch for half today and i think its a good thing. All of a sudden i feel like Im back to normal. Long way of normal off course. I cant wait to get this great lump of a dressing off!!! if its not encumbering me, its itching like crazy..... but 2 weeks so be...
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    THR Hippalong's Recovery

    hi hippalong. I'm day 9 and have been sleeping on R (opposite) side for ~4 nights. Last night it was even preferable ) Because as you the lower back aches a little. 20" would be like mt Everest) You have no "popping good for you because its a little disconcerting but apparently its the...
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    Bilateral THR July 6, 2017<

    Hi gaulsuerou. My surgeon is encouraging of no restrictions. Its hard to believe it. But i do give it a gentle but serious stretch, flexion and extension. Also i didn't mention, that the 2 night previous my leg ached horribly overnight. I couldn't put it anywhere lol. Feel good today though...
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    THR Hippalong's Recovery

    HI hippalong, i did away with my stockings 2 days ago because i figured the risk of doing some damage getting them on out weighed the risks of swelling. Anyway in that 2 days all the swelling, top to bottom has dissipated from my leg luckily)) I have some popping feeling going on in there often...
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    Bilateral THR July 6, 2017<

    @gaulsuerou sorry you have concerns. I woke this morning on day 8 feeling pretty good. I got a good sleep lying on my R side. Also all the swelling is 90% gone and i had it too my knee. I had the sweats too a couple times. I still have that hot nerve pain at the front happening. I think your...
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    THR Hippalong's Recovery

    HI Hippalong you are getting there aren't you) I just put my stockings back on. Its so very tempting isn't it, to leave them off! But its unknown territory for me and since i got home i have been up so much more. Just the time to do things like wash and feed myself takes 5 times as long. The...
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    2017 July Sparklers - Are you having hip surgery in July?

    @war3235 I just had mine done 5 days ago. It is weird that its so far away then all of sudden its time. If you are strong and kind of fit, and eat well going in, coming out will be better i believe. I'm 5 days out its going very well. Apart from some temporary things, its been smooth. The...
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    Bilateral THR Issues with the cement in my right hip

    @maggie23 hi there i am day 5. With your getting out of bed, i learned, (Very quickly!) to keep my whole body straight as i hitch my operated leg over the side of bed, then lower that operated leg as you sit up. If i tried to sit up too soon i get big cramp in my affected side buttocks. Hope...

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