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THR 15 September Right joins Left

Thank you @Layla Appointment is for Friday...Will let you know how it goes
 
Hi to you one and all and hope you all had a lovely, safe and warm Christmas. Mine was lovely but I have to say that I have been much more emotional since Righty was done in September and I found my Christmas gifts much more poignant than normal. Santa brought me new sneakers (trainers) with velcro fastenings which I can do myself. New socks as always, one of which I can put on without grabber. Some champagne which he had left here on 15th September day of op. And tangram puzzles which will involve sitting at a table for quite a while which ha, I can do. So all these gifts strangely revolve round the hip replacement which sort of got my bottom lip quivering but in a good way. Anyone else here feel the same? @CricketHip You obviously being in your 20s and much fitter than me got your fly fishing rods, new bike, roller skates, ice skates, hockey sticks, scuba stuff, I think I read. @Woodstockhip obviously now has a roadworthy recumbent bike with go faster stripes. Not sure for @Layla Or @Mojo333 .
My physio appointment just before Christmas
went well, am doing some backwards walking exercises, clam things and mini squats and the soft tissue massage was fantastic. Am scheduled to have another session next week and I am already walking better with my feet pointing at 12 o'clock and not 10 and 2.

So, Happy New Year to you one and all....stay safe, warm and recover well and hope that 2023 brings you what your heart desires most...
 
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:wave:@DK63
It is so nice that Santa was good to you ...and the greatest gift is ridding oneself of chronic hip pain and slowly getting back to life.:happydance:

Looks like that kid @CricketHip got all the good stuff...:umm:

but I got some SmellGood, and a puppy to run after:doggie: (a gift to me and my husband from my daughter)
I didn't think I wanted a pup, as our little Mojo died a few years ago at the age of 17)
but this guy was warned that he was on trial, and has been very easy to train and love.


Health and happiness to you and yours in the new year ahead.
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@Mojo333 Good luck with the puppy, happy new year and thanks for your support.
 
Happy Four Month Anniversary!
I hope you're doing well and the first two weeks of the New Year have been good for you. Have a wonderful week!
@DK63
 
Hi @Layla and many thanks for your good wishes and Happy New Year to you and yours.
I have had some ups and downs which are to be expected. So, some days back using cane and other days no need. Some days pain meds and other days okay without. But, have so far this year dug out a flower bed, been up and down step ladders and walk about 2 to 3 miles a day. I still have pain around the incision area and some swelling but hoping this will pass. This hip was diagnosed as osteoarthritis after an x ray some 26 years ago so I guess 4 months isn't long for recovery. As I told my new cousin @Woodstockhip perhaps this is going to be as good as it gets but if so it's a lot better than it was prior to the op. My next bit of fun is to go swimming at the end of the month in Scotland, pool not sea, I am not yet that crazy. Also still seeing massage lady for another session which will be probably be my last owing to impecunity. And of course, Happy New Year to all....
 
Howdy one and all. 5 months yesterday and still one or two problems persist. Stiffness on outer thigh and some pain around incision but I think it's all going to take a long time to be right.

I was able to do some exercises in a pool, walking, lunges, squats etc...fantastic. Also still having massage on and around incision. I am, according to my fizzio terrorist, a work in progress. I was walking badly 2 years before my first hip, 2018 and at least 2 years before my second hip and having to use walking sticks. Consequently, muscles have been used to compensate and muscles that should have been used, weren't. This is what I have been told and it all sounds reasonable. So, a long haul. Also, I had a walk for about 30 minutes the other day on my way to local town and I was completely pain free, no sticks, no pain anywhere. First time in years, fantastic. Since then I have been a bit stupid with gardening and shifting a lot shingle for garden so even after 5 months I can still knock on the door of the ODIC.

That's my 5 month news from East Anglia in the UK, where I am sad to report that knee and hip surgery is now 111 weeks wait time so if you have the money go private. Hip replacement gives you your life back....
 
:wave: my Hippie Pal!
I am, according to my fizzio terrorist, a work in progress
Fizzio terrorist:giggle:

I was walking badly 2 years before my first hip, 2018 and at least 2 years before my second hip and having to use walking sticks. Consequently, muscles have been used to compensate and muscles that should have been used, weren't. This is what I have been told and it all sounds reasonable
Reasonable... True...and a fact that many recovering hippies do not take into consideration when recovering... so can cause us worry...
Also, I had a walk for about 30 minutes the other day on my way to local town and I was completely pain free, no sticks, no pain anywhere. First time in years, fantastic
Isn't it grand.:egypdance:
Just watch out... newfound pain-free walks can land you in the O.D.I.C also...
never seems to hurt until the next day.
I am sad to report that knee and hip surgery is now 111 weeks wait time so if you have the money go private
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Hip replacement gives you your life back....
Yes Indeedy!:groan::dancy::happydance::friends:
 
111 weeks wait time? That is so sad. Here I thought waiting approx. 90 days was horrible enough.
Glad to hear that you are still feeling the improvements. It's a great feeling when you realize you've made more progress.
 
Hi @CricketHip I have definitely made some improvements but currently having a few problems which may well be bursitis, possibly caused by moving a lot (300 kilos) of pea shingle or over doing the walking. Fizzio seems to think probably bursitis and that probably I should reflect a bit more before I do! So for the moment I have given up bungee jumping and will concentrate on rest, ice, guitar and uke and not doing anything too dumb.
 
Soft tissue aches and pains sure keep us humble and I’m sorry you thought you were ready to horse around pea shingle. (whatever that is?)
I did something similar and carried a bucket of water around my yard.
Let’s hope it’s aggravated muscles and tendons and not bursitis.
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Thank you @CricketHip and agree, hope its aggravated muscles and tendons. Pea shingle is small stones, gravel for putting in flower beds in this case. Took it easy but obviously not easily enough. Probably not a great idea without any hip stuff anyway. Were you carrying the bucket of water for a purpose or just carrying a bucket of water because you can? Anywho, no more gravel, no gratuitous water bucket carrying and a bit more thought from here on in.
 
A belated Happy Five Month Anniversary!
I hope your pain and stiffness eases soon. I believe it will.
Thanks for stopping by and as always making me chuckle..."fizzio" :heehee:
@DK63
 
Were you carrying the bucket of water for a purpose or just carrying a bucket of water because you can?
I was watering plants around my yard. Just like we have all experienced on here, it felt fine while I was doing it, but the days following? Ouch!
 
Thank you for your kind words @DK63 ! That can definitely cause an issue if your glutes aren't pulling their weight.
I do remember that anything that had me repetitively bending or crouching caused me a much deeper hurt in and around my new hips.

Plus, look at me...I learned a new term! Pea Shingle!
 
You're welcome, kind sir!
I am sure Physio is right as walking uphill increases stress to muscles as they are forced to work harder. Now that you have that new hip you can work on strengthening all the muscles supporting it.
Plus, look at me...I learned a new term! Pea Shingle
And "fizzio" @CricketHip
Can't forget that one. :heehee: DK cracks me up.
 
Well, I got to see a fizzio on the NHS at the GP's surgery. Who knew they existed. I still have some pain and stiffness in and around incision area and glute which as I said before really makes walking uphill a big problem. After pulling and prodding it was decided that I have a problem with Piriformis and was given exercises to do ( as they are shown on bonesmart). So I am stretching and exercising gently with some walking and will see how it goes and report back to fizzio in 6 weeks. But, as I was doing some of the exercises, the following poem started forming.

I am a double hippy
Second one at 66
And when I walk too quickly
They go clickety click
So I went off to see the GPs
And told them what was wrong
Doc said the noise was my walking sticks
As I was hurrying along...

One week later back to doctors
As the noise had continued
Doc said that is fairly normal
As you are straining every sinew
But Doc, I said, it's been 5 months,
Since they hammered righty in,
Surely it should be pain free now,
My patience is wearing thin.

Doc said, look here DK,
This could take a year or maybe more
Maybe stop trying so hard
It won't be quite as sore

There is a lot of learning
That your body has to do
How to walk correctly,
Everything is new.
When your body's hurting,
Try ice and elevate
And when you go out walking,
Remember your new gait.

It's a long old process
Doc said, poor old DK,
And even though you are wonderful
You can't have an appointment every day.
So may I make a suggestion
You can of course ignore
But if I had a hip replacement
I'd look at joining bonesmart. org

But Doc I again pleaded
Please help me in my strife
After all you're not just my doctor
As you are also my wife!
 
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Wonderful poem!

Doc said, look here DK,
This could take a year or maybe more
Maybe stop trying so hard
It won't be quite as sore

There is a lot of learning
That your body has to do
How to walk correctly,
Everything is new.
When your body's hurting,
Try ice and elevate
And when you go out walking,
Remember your new gait.
This is perfection. Hang tough, you are rounding the corner of your recovery. I hope it becomes the forgotten hip, soon!
 
Great to know
you get excellent advice
from your BS pals
and Dr. Wife

Steady and slow
is the best way
but hard to do
when you're ready to play

Hope your Wednesday is wonderful, DK.
 

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