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THR Shoes and putting them on
I did have similar difficulties with the shoe tongue sliding down when I used the long shoehorn, and did actually end up using long pliers to securely pull the tongue back out.- Rascali
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- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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The Choice of the Type of Hip I am getting
Since you're scheduled for two implants a medical icing machine might be an especially good idea. They make it comfortable and easy enough to give your joint the chilling it needs, to control swelling and pain. I was REALLY glad I had mine...- Rascali
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- Forum: Hip Surgery Pre-Op Area
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Hip Infection Excellent recovery until it wasn't
An understated rule in this arena, is that to leave the "ODIC" club you need to join the "UDIC". Something like "once wounded, twice shy" lol- Rascali
- Post #19
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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THR JoeKnows Recovery
Ya, I had that pain too - after I replaced the kitchen sink disposer... I realized afterwards that I hadn't put myself in that position (kneeling/squatting) in years, and so was stretching/exerting those muscles beyond their capacity. I'm a little more aware of my limitations now and use a bit...- Rascali
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- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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THR Tomorrow is six weeks
I have all of those pains (at times) and yet I feel that I have had a great recovery and am well ahead of the schedule in my recovery. Maybe it's a matter of perception or expectations because I was planning and expecting the worst...- Rascali
- Post #27
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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THR 32 years in the making...
Yes, it has been a couple of months now and my recovery has been pretty positive. I've been walking without aids since I came home and today I finally hit the two mile mark on my trail walk. Life is not without pain, however. New activity or hard work brings out those niggling odd pains that...- Rascali
- Post #7
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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RTHR Scheduled for December
That's good that your doctor is aware enough to recommend the Mg, but there's no need for a prescription or to wait to treat. You can try Magnesium Citrate tablets internally or Magnesium Chloride crystals in a footpath or body oil. Most EVERYONE is deficient of this mineral, so odds are you...- Rascali
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- Forum: Hip Surgery Pre-Op Area
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What bearing surface are you doing and why?
I researched this heavily and went with Ceramic on VE-XLPE because of my Misophonia, as a squeaky CoC might have been a death sentence in my case... lol In my research it seemed the primary advantage of CoC is the lack of Particle Disease with osteolysis and muscle wasting. There are a lot of...- Rascali
- Post #11
- Forum: Hip Surgery Pre-Op Area
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THR Are We There Yet?
I felt much the same as you in regards to elevating and for the first couple of days I was really leery on trying to self maneuver my leg into an elevated position. However, after a few days the uncomfortable tightness and then the further migration of the edema convinced me to try the therapy...- Rascali
- Post #71
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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Surgeon in Cork, Ireland?
I was a putter-offer myself, started a bit before you (chronologically) and went on for decades. Now that I'm "cured" what rankles me the most is the years and years of NSAID toxic load I forced my body to accept. I might suggest doing your liver, kidneys and stomach a huge favor and put a big...- Rascali
- Post #32
- Forum: Hip Surgery Pre-Op Area
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RTHR Scheduled for December
Lola, I had chronic back issues going into surgery and mentioned that to the surgeon pre-operatively and he indicated that it wouldn't be a problem. I had the Anterior approach, as you have planned, and it seems that a back-safe position is also better for femur access and so there is usually...- Rascali
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- Forum: Hip Surgery Pre-Op Area
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Question - Human Growth Hormone
I was bone on bone for quite a while, and in that time I had three or four instances where I figured that I had serendipitously self-cured myself. When the Doctor doubled my dose of Ibuprofen, I thought I was cured. After I smashed my hip on a concrete floor, I thought it was DIY micro-fracture...- Rascali
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- Forum: Hip Surgery Pre-Op Area
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THR Riding to the other side<
You know, I was going through the medications list I received at discharge and I noticed that someone in the operating room slipped me a suppository, just as a going away present! Just another thing I'm mostly glad I can't remember...- Rascali
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- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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THR Are We There Yet?
Oh Yesh, the oxy stories... I was home the second day, all bundled up in the recliner, when I heard a lawnmower and leaf-blower start up outside. My friend was on the sofa and and I thought to assure (?) him, "It's only the landscaper! [but what's he doing here on Sunday??]" He looked at me...- Rascali
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- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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Listed for my Op...
There's no way to stop those thought and fears percolating to the surface, especially when you're frustrated and in pain, and you will never really be comfortable and assured with such a serious decision - but that's the very worst of it. The vast majority of us go through just what you are...- Rascali
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- Forum: Hip Surgery Pre-Op Area
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Scar revision surgery
Didn't I see one "hippy" here dress their scar up with a tattoo?- Rascali
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- Forum: Hip Surgery Pre-Op Area
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THR Cracked femur and hip #2
I'm sorry, I might have posted that I was up and walking when I got home the day after surgery. I feel a little guilty sometimes about my recovery, especially when I look at the three month supply of bottled water stored in the spare room...- Rascali
- Post #26
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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Pain seems to have gone - advice
Watch out for that Ibuprofen, it's really giving you some bad advice. It sold it to me several times, but you're eventually going to be in a much worse place than you want to be...- Rascali
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THR Ausman gets a new hip!
I had my THR three days before yours and noticed recently that as the more acute pain in the hip area subsided that I was much more aware of the pains in my lower leg. Specifically, the back and side of the knee and the top of my foot. I also had bruises on the top of the foot with one area that...- Rascali
- Post #21
- Forum: Hip Surgery Recovery Area
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Stem cells anyone?
What Jaycey says is very important. I too was worried about doing it "too soon" and in the process of over compensating did a lot of damage to the other (once) healthier side.- Rascali
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- Forum: Hip Surgery Pre-Op Area
