Wow! How did your bilateral go? Do you have a recovery thread? I cant believe it has been so long since I posted this thread and I am only just getting my surgery!
Hello everyone!
Rereading all these posts has been so sweet. It’s been a long road for this hip.
I got a cortisone injection a couples months ago, did physical therapy, and all sorts of other things that could help. Now it’s finally time for surgery.
I am getting a reconstruction done on the...
The big Update!
Thank you all for keeping up with me and encouraging me on this journey! It was a long 3 weeks waiting for the Doctor appointment, but this morning, I finally saw him!
Ronald Gregush was awesome. I loved talking to him and he really put a lot of thought into everything! So here...
What a great message, thank you so much! It made me feel nice that this is an “Active persons problem”, haha! Ill try to keep that in mind. I cant imagine having both hips replaced... That would be so much to go through in one year!
Is it possible for your healthy hip to start hurting simply...
WOw, yeah. That makes a lot of sense! My husband and I were joking about the five stages of grief and realized we had actually been going through them! This whole journey started out with me being in so much denial over the past several months with how bad it was and refused to acknowledge it...
As previously mentioned, I was a dancer, but also I am super short, and so I am seldom comfortable in any chair. Crossing legs, sitting on a foot, or sitting criss-cross has always helped me feel comfortable. To be restrained from being able to do those things feels scary and that I will lose a...
Thank you so much! DO you guys have any recommendation for good questions to ask?
Also, I have a random question... After getting a THR, and after the healing process is over, can you cross your legs? Or criss-cross-applesauce?
@Mojo333 YEs! I found it very refreshingly real and transparent...
Thank you @CricketHip and @Mojo333 !!! I just want you two to know, I spent the afternoon reading through your post Op Threads and I just feel so much joy for you both and a lot of—(what my husband and I have come to call)—Nostalgic/nausea—in that it is just so moving to watch your stories...
Thanks so much everyone! I heard back and I FINALLY have an appointment for next Friday with Dr. Ronald Gregush!! Woohooo!! Just one more week and I will have some forward motion! Thanks for waiting with me, everyone!
I hear back from the Surgeons office today! When I called them yesterday they said they were looking at my case and deciding if they could take my insurance and said I should hear by the end of the day today! Here is hoping!!!
Thank you so much, @Calgal —and everyone else! It really helps to hear this. I like basing my opinion on people who have actually been through it rather from those who are going off of hear-say. I had my husband read through the thread and he was so encouraged as well. This is just sooo helpful...
That is so helpful, thank you! I was told by several people that you can only have a maximum of two joint replacements in your life. So if you use up two in younger years, that’s it! Is that true?? Even my friend in England says that.
Wow. I cannot tell you all how much I cried reading through all your posts just now. (I had a really busy week and didnt check until now). I have felt so much hopelessness the last week and a half (waiting for an appointment!) as I just grit my teeth through the pain, and have felt really...
Wow, thank you @Ptarmigan! Thats really helpful! My GP didn’t discuss much pain management since I can’t take any NSAIDs, and she might want me to just speak with the surgeon. For now its just Tylenol, which doesn’t do that much.
I am so used to living life liek this that I forget about caring...
Thank you so much! I hope to get one soon. They told me: “Dont call us, we will call you” and it could be a week before I hear back! Just waiting game now.
I have been reading through different posts on this, and have read some posts about others in their 30s who have faced THRs. I am still really nervous about the idea and would love some feedback and encouragement!
I am 30, a mother of three (ages 6,4 and 3), I homeschool, and have a pretty busy...
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