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  1. sharonslp

    Revision TKR Jo's revision arthroplasty

    Jo, I know nothing about knee implants (and I really hope I never need to), but you do, so I assume there is a good reason for yours to be so long, and once you are recovered it will be a good thing. About that recovery...hop to it. In short baby hops of course, carefully paced out, but moving...
  2. sharonslp

    THR Here I go again, I hope

    @leejaa I am excited for you. At only 65, the best is still yet to come. I say that because my 70th birthday year was filled from start to finish with tremendous and rewarding achievements. Dust off your bucket list and start making them all happen. And congrats in particular on the weight loss.
  3. sharonslp

    Surgery just a few weeks away

    Kfisher, I had my first THR at age 62 also. I had waffled for several years, concerned that it wouldn't make a difference in the pain I was experiencing. What if the pain was coming from something wrong in my spine, rather than the OA in my hip? What if I had several separate problems, and even...
  4. sharonslp

    THR Implant Too Big

    Oh wow...this is an interesting question. I will be very interested to know what your revision surgeon says. I'm tagging @Jamie one of our forum admins, to comment on this. I can imagine your frustration.
  5. sharonslp

    Needingenergy

    Hi @Regenm I'll join in the chorus...put off your return for as long as you possibly can. I was fortunate that I didn't have my THRs until after I retired (8th grade English teacher). We recommend a 12 week hiatus till returning to work, and I remember thinking at 12 weeks how difficult it...
  6. sharonslp

    THR Always worrying!

    Jo, do keep reminding yourself that it takes at least a full year, and often up to two years, for the soft tissue that was so rudely disturbed during surgery to fully heal. After my second THR, I continued taking Celebrex for nine months until I was finally over most of the achiness. Also, did...
  7. sharonslp

    THR Dual-mobility hip joint?? Plus, scared new forum member

    @yoga&hike As you can already see, there are a variety of approaches now to hip replacements. When I had mine done, people were starting to tout the supposed amazing benefits of the anterior approach. Then we started hearing about Superpath. And now you are talking terminology I haven't heard...
  8. sharonslp

    Hello, I have questions about managing OA

    My OA began in my 40s, but it didn't start crimping my life until my mid-50s. By 60, I was still in enough denial that I didn't want to consider surgery, but pain was becoming a big issue. I tried the ibuprofen in a therapeutic dosage, and it was great for two weeks. But then the stomach issues...
  9. sharonslp

    THR Here I am again.

    Hi Debbie. I believe I remember you from your first THR. Welcome back, and I hope the second time's the charm. I wonder, even though your OS can't even up your LLD with this surgery, perhaps now that you know about it, you can address it with the help of an orthotic later on. It would nice to...
  10. sharonslp

    THR PostOp from July 10th, 2019

    Vicky, patience grasshopper. These are such early days in the healing process. You walk well with a cane...keep on walking with a cane. When your muscles are ready you'll realize one day that you took a few steps without the cane and your gait was perfect. So you'll try a few more. When that...
  11. sharonslp

    THR VSlowLife's Pre-op Questions

    I was offered shots way back when, but I had vivid memories of my dad getting shots that would make him feel wonderful for a week or two, and then right back to misery. My OS was just giving me options, and I chose to pass Go and collect the $200. Of course with the more managed care role that...
  12. sharonslp

    Time to recover.

    If you know the second will have to be done in the near future anyway, the sooner the better. At the time I had mine, bilateral surgery was just beginning to be more in the norm; but if that's not an option, 11 weeks later is pretty darn good too. Your recovery from the first surgery may feel...
  13. sharonslp

    THR Here I go again, I hope

    Glad to hear the wheels are turning in the right direction, leejaa. I'm sure I would be fuming at the idea of the insurance company dictating my medical treatment, but at least the injection is giving you relief. Summer and fall always fly by too quickly anyway, so your 6 months wait will up in...
  14. sharonslp

    Hip Arthroscopy followed by labral tear

    Hi Conny. I have no knowledge at all about your concerns. But I did find this in our library. https://bonesmart.org/forum/threads/fai-a-review-of-diagnosis-and-management.35785/ https://bonesmart.org/forum/threads/fia-femoro-acetabular-impingement-does-physiotherapy-improve-symptoms.42190/...
  15. sharonslp

    Pain on the inner thigh area?

    Hi CricketHip. My pain was all on the outer thigh until I actually became bone-on-bone. Then I experienced the dreadful grinding pain in the groin. But it doesn't sound like that's what you're experiencing. You describe this as burning pain, so it makes me think nerve pain. Also you had an...
  16. sharonslp

    Yoga and Indian Sitting?

    I was fairly flexible before my surgeries, and I continue even now to be able to move without much restriction. I can sit with legs crossed on the floor, although I struggle more to get up, so I don't choose the floor if I can avoid it. What limitations I do have are my own fault because I spend...
  17. sharonslp

    THR Here I go again, I hope

    I knew my second hip would speak up at some point and make its wishes known. Yep...just 9 months after the first surgery. I did wait a few months more to get past the worst of winter. Here's the good part about the second THR...I knew the drill. And I knew that it would be great to have a...
  18. sharonslp

    THR Home and Feeling Great!

    I haven't done Zumba myself, but my understanding is that the Gold classes are intended as a toned-down version for those who need to ease into it. I wouldn't hesitate to try it at your stage. But I also imagine you'd be allowed to observe both the Gold and the regular version classes. I think...
  19. sharonslp

    THR I can dance already...but should I?

    I was an active dancer too, and when I realized that I was sitting out way more than I was dancing, I knew it was time to go dancing with my orthopedic surgeon. I learned early on in the recovery process that overdoing it often didn't show up until the next day...making it "painfully" easy to...
  20. sharonslp

    THR Beachy34's recovery

    Hi Beachy. It is certainly an advantage to have your second hip done in the same year as the first...you've no doubt met your insurance deductible and co-pay maximums, and just about everything will be covered in full if you get it done before the end of the year. And get the sleeping on your...

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