Nancy
new member
Hello All. I had both hips replaced 10 1/2 weeks ago and sometimes I think I felt better 6 weeks ago. The thing that bothers me most is my knees can't support me yet to sit on the floor. It's like I get 3/4 of the way down and then ouch!!! Did anyone experience this? Also I get all kinds of shooting pains. I'll just be sitting and I get a pain down the left side of my thigh, or the right side or my groin. Is everything still misfiring? I don't think I overdo my PT which is basically doing the exercises my PT showed me, but now I do them on my own. I do stretches of course, and then leg extensions with 25 lbs., hip abductors with 40 lbs. and leg presses with 100 lbs. then I walk at 3.4 for 20 minutes. I do this 3 x a week. I am not in pain when I do the exercises. And then I walk my dog twice a day for a total of 30 minutes but this is not constant nor fast as he's usually on a sniffing expedition!!!
I so want to feel normal again. For the past two nights I actually had to take a Vicotin (sp??) at 1:00 in the morning. It's been raining here for 2 days, could that have anything to do with it.
I am seeing my surgeon on Monday and I going to asked him for my old hips back (haha)
I so want to feel normal again. For the past two nights I actually had to take a Vicotin (sp??) at 1:00 in the morning. It's been raining here for 2 days, could that have anything to do with it.
I am seeing my surgeon on Monday and I going to asked him for my old hips back (haha)