THR 18 Months Post Hip Replacement Question

[Peaches]

Hi, @TJCal ... sorry I missed your tag. I tend to do that. I didn't really mean literally forget you had the surgery, however, I have actually read of people who say that they do tend to forget. Not amnesia, of course. Just that the event of needing the surgery and having the surgery and recovery are out of sight, out of mind. That's just not the case with me. My life was hugely affected by all the years of limping around with pain and the recovery has been "normal" with no nasty events that others have had the bad luck of having; but it wasn't a fast and easy recovery, either. I tend to be scatterbrained and unfocused, so I think sometimes it's a benefit to be mindful of the surgery. I don't want to worry every step that it's going to dislocate. But being mindful about infections doesn't seem unreasonable. Other days, I am disconcerted that I am still so hyper aware of having had the surgery. I have developed a big phobia about soft tissue inflammation from doing the wrong exercise or too much of this or that. I never used to fear that at all. I wish you well with your recovery. You are not alone with your concerns.