2016 January Jackpots - Are you having hip surgery in January?

[Binkyb]

Hello, new here. I'm scheduled for THR on Jan 26th on left hip. Scared to death, dreading it, keep wanting to cancel it. I'm 37 and don't want to be a potato for months on end, worried about getting fat, worried about the scar and the post op pain. Basically I'm a nightmare!

 

[Littlerichard65]

I am 65 and will not allow my self to become a potatoe...You need to go into it with a great attitude...You will be up the same day of surgery...Pain is always a part of the heeling process and does not last forever...I am TRHR on Tuesday Jan 19th 730 AM.

 

[bottomshollow]

I have brought forward this month's list so that you can easily see who your surgical buddies are.

Welcome to our latest and all January Jackpots!

Feel free post your surgery date in this thread, and I will add you to the list. Start a thread of your own in the Pre-Op Hip Section to post comments and share your journey toward knee replacement. Here's the link that gives you the instructions you need to do this: Starting a new thread and posting

04 January 15 Readysetgo (her first), Squirrellymom
05 January 16 CatLady1, bettifloss
06 January 16 Widge422
07 January 16 gardengal
11 January 16 nanal (her second), mur4v, Hipchick2016 (her first)
12 January 16 t2paythepiper
13 January 16 geneva
14 January 16 Gillywigs
15 January 16 jomarie58
17 January 16 Littlerichard65
18 January 16 Hipster2016, kalli
19 January 16 matisse (possible bilateral), Littlerichard65
20 January 16 Robimus
25 January 16 lnelmay, citywildcat, larks hips
26 January 16 Binkyb
27 January 16 Kyniska, FORE!
28 January 15 TerryCloth, catwoman55, oldphotogurl

Honorary Jackpot Member: Salsera

 

[bottomshollow]

@catwoman55, you have been officially added to the January surgery list!

 

[bottomshollow]

@Binkyb, you have been officially added to the January surgery list!

 

[bottomshollow]

@Littlerichard65, you have been officially added to the January surgery list!

 

[Miss Muffet]

@Binkyb - You aren't alone. I don't think anyone on here would say they feel relaxed about upcoming surgery.
I'm a total coward .
If waking early in a sweat and palpitating is what you feel then I guess we're "normal"
I've added you so I can keep tabs on you but my best advice is to make sure you log on regularly to this site. The contributors are wonderful and will give you great advice and support.
I'm reminding myself that I've become unfit because I'm less mobile and that's because I'm in pain.
The sooner I get this blithering hip sorted out I can then move again, then get fitter and trim up

Someone I know who had their's done in October has a lovely neat scar which is covered by her swimming cossie. She's just jetted off to the Carribbean. Look ahead and live!
Everyone here is either pre-Op or Post-Op so either way you'll feel less alone. Let's keep in touch x

 

[TerryCloth]

@catwoman55 That is my day too, keep us posted!

 

[oldphotogurl]

Hi, I just found this forum and am so glad! I am Wendy from Alabama, and I am scheduled for total hip replacement on my right side on January 28. I have been cleared by my PC, and have my pre-op appt on January 26. I am a little scared, but anxious to have the pain helped.

 

[bottomshollow]

@oldphotogurl, you have been officially added to the January surgery list!

 

[catwoman55]

Well I've got my pre-op tomorrow and have got a cough and a sore throat :(..........does anyone know if they are likely to cancel the op for next week now? :(

 

[CatLady1]

Let us know what they say, @catwoman55 -- that was one of my pre-surgery concerns - that I'd get a cold, or ..... I felt like I need to get and wear a Sars mask.

 

[Kyniska]

My total hip replacement is Wednesday, January 27. I expect to go home that night, with Visiting Nurse assistance for PT at home, etc, before going for out-patient PT. I'm ready since the pain has been so much worse since Christmas time…I'll be happy to get off pain killers during recovery. My surgery will be lateral.

 

[bottomshollow]

@Kyniska, you have been officially added to the January surgery list!

 

[FORE!]

Hey all....
I am 43 and have been in quite of pain for the last couple years. Getting a total left hip replacement on the 27th. The right will probably be next year. Obviously I am scared, nervous and all of the other stuff that normal people have/do. I am setting a goal to golf again by 4/18. Is that realiastic?

 

[bottomshollow]

@FORE!, you have been officially added to the January surgery list!

You may decide to have that second hip done sooner once you've found out how great you first one feels. And golf in 2018 is a sure thing!

 

[FORE!]

@ bottomshollow.....I meant 4/18/16. Or about 12 weeks.

 

[CatLady1]

Hi @FORE! welcome aboard. One of the experts here can tell you if your goal is reasonable - but if it were me, I'd have the same goal. Good luck with your surgery. Keep us updated with how your recovery goes!

 

[CatLady1]

Hey all....
I am 43 and have been in quite of pain for the last couple years. Getting a total left hip replacement on the 27th. The right will probably be next year. Obviously I am scared, nervous and all of the other stuff that normal people have/do. I am setting a goal to golf again by 4/18. Is that realiastic?

I thought @FORE! Said her surgery date is January 27th, and she want to be golfing by April 18, 2016. ....


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[CatLady1]

@Kyniska -- Good luck with your surgery tomorrow. Keep us updated on the recovery side!