2018 July Sparklers - Are you having hip surgery in July?

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@iraprana, you have been officially added to the July surgery list! You are now officially a July Sparkler!

Welcome to the BoneSmart forum. We’re so pleased that you have joined us here.
We want to share your journey with you so please start a thread of your own in the proper forum. By starting your own thread, you and your questions and concerns will receive the attention they deserve.

For additional help, look in the white heading under the blue, click on "Help & Info", then click on "How to Use This Forum". Lots of info there to help you navigate the forum.

We are here to help in any way we can because We Care!

 

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@GooseLoom, you have been officially added to the July surgery list! You are now officially a July Sparkler!

Welcome to the BoneSmart forum. We’re so pleased that you have joined us here.
We want to share your journey with you so please start a thread of your own in the proper forum.

To start a new thread about your recovery, hover your mouse over "Hip"on the blue line at the top of the page for the drop down menu. Click on the "Pre Op" forum. On the upper right hand side under the "Joint Replacement Awareness Day" banner, you will see a black rectangle with the words "Post New Thread" in white. Click on this, enter whatever title you want for your thread, but do try to keep it short and sweet, then tab down to the dialogue box and start typing your post which can be as long as you need for it to be.

By starting your own thread, you and your questions and concerns will receive the attention they deserve.

For additional help, look in the white heading under the blue, click on "Help & Info", then click on "How to Use This Forum". Lots of info there to help you navigate the forum.

We are here to help in any way we can because We Care!

 

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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 July Sparklers!

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 hip replacement. Here's the link that gives you the instructions you need to do this: Starting a new thread and posting

02 July 2018 Apricot, InkedMarie (her second), laurarosee
03 July 2018 dogchick
05 July 2018 OsteOh-No
06 July2018 ghays60, Cassidy, Aditi (bilateral)
09 July 2018 Gundo (bilateral), HSVhips
11 July 2018 Hipgal0719
16 July 2018 MobileMel, Shannon k
17 July 2018 Bchbum4evr, dlp, dazzie87
18 July 2018 Quiltmom, An54
19 July 2018 bickypeg
23 July 2018 DuncanWA (his second), LuvDisney (her first), Beverly
24 July 2018 GooseLoom
26 July 2018 AZjimbo08, SurreyGirl, mich1973
31 July 2018 kiwi01

 

[dlp]

I'm on-track for July 17th

 

[SurreyGirl]

Good luck GooseLoom - if my op is on time we will be going through this together virtually!

 

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@dlp, you have been officially added to the July surgery list! You are now officially a July Sparkler!

Welcome to the BoneSmart forum. We’re so pleased that you have joined us here.
We want to share your journey with you so please start a thread of your own in the proper forum.

To start a new thread about your recovery, hover your mouse over "Hip"on the blue line at the top of the page for the drop down menu. Click on the "Pre Op" forum. On the upper right hand side under the "Joint Replacement Awareness Day" banner, you will see a black rectangle with the words "Post New Thread" in white. Click on this, enter whatever title you want for your thread, but do try to keep it short and sweet, then tab down to the dialogue box and start typing your post which can be as long as you need for it to be.

By starting your own thread, you and your questions and concerns will receive the attention they deserve.

For additional help, look in the white heading under the blue, click on "Help & Info", then click on "How to Use This Forum". Lots of info there to help you navigate the forum.

We are here to help in any way we can because We Care!

 

[An54]

My big day will be July 18th, right hip replacement. Glad I ran across this forum, having no one with first-hand experience to talk to. This will be the first real surgical procedure of my life (I don't count wisdom teeth removal) and I find the whole thing mighty unnerving; I am practically quaking in my sensible, thick-soled, slip-on Mrs Grundy shoes. Well, it's been a long time coming. I can hardly wait to pass so far through and out the Other Side so that I can get back on the dance floor, swing dancing again. Any other dancers currently aboard?

 

[SurreyGirl]

Not a dancer as yet but quite keen to take it up as an exercise post op... I wonder if Salsa will be possible.. I can identify with nervousness pre-op. I had my appendix and tonsils taken out 42 years ago and have avoided hospital ever since.. Best of luck!

 

[SurreyGirl]

Best of luck Gooseloom x

 

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@An54, you have been officially added to the July surgery list! You are now officially a July Sparkler!

Welcome to the BoneSmart forum. We’re so pleased that you have joined us here.
We want to share your journey with you so please start a thread of your own in the proper forum.

To start a new thread about your recovery, hover your mouse over "Hip"on the blue line at the top of the page for the drop down menu. Click on the "Pre Op" forum. On the upper right hand side under the "Joint Replacement Awareness Day" banner, you will see a black rectangle with the words "Post New Thread" in white. Click on this, enter whatever title you want for your thread, but do try to keep it short and sweet, then tab down to the dialogue box and start typing your post which can be as long as you need for it to be.

By starting your own thread, you and your questions and concerns will receive the attention they deserve.

For additional help, look in the white heading under the blue, click on "Help & Info", then click on "How to Use This Forum". Lots of info there to help you navigate the forum.

We are here to help in any way we can because We Care!

 

[An54]

Not a dancer as yet but quite keen to take it up as an exercise post op... I wonder if Salsa will be possible.. I can identify with nervousness pre-op. I had my appendix and tonsils taken out 42 years ago and have avoided hospital ever since.. Best of luck!

That is an odd coincidence because I had my wisdom teeth out just about 42 years ago, and under a general anesthetic, and that has been it for any medical procedures for me, so we are on a similar timeline. My surgery date is July 18th, next Wednesday. And I too was just on holiday (in the UK) and took up swimming for fitness. I'm still trying to keep walking, and even enjoying a pre-op version of dancing (no partner dancing!) moving to the beat on the dance floor to keep my muscles up and the blood flowing. Post-op Salsa sounds good!

It's funny, but I have no worries about pain, rehab, etc---that is, I know it's all on the horizon, but I'm not 'worrying' about it or dwelling on it. My worry-worm is the surgery itself ...the conscious/unconscious thing, as I had a dear friend go through a surgery (not hip) fully conscious, but paralyzed and unable to communicate.

 

[Quiltmom]

My big day will be July 18th, right hip replacement.

Wishing you well. I'm also scheduled for July 18th!

 

[dazzie87]

my left THR is this tuesday 17th july. very nervous lol

 

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@dazzie87, you have been officially added to the July surgery list! You are now officially a July Sparkler!

Welcome to the BoneSmart forum. We’re so pleased that you have joined us here.
We want to share your journey with you so please start a thread of your own in the proper forum.

To start a new thread about your recovery, hover your mouse over "Hip"on the blue line at the top of the page for the drop down menu. Since your surgery is so close, click on the "Recovery" forum. On the upper right hand side under the "Joint Replacement Awareness Day" banner, you will see a black rectangle with the words "Post New Thread" in white. Click on this, enter whatever title you want for your thread, but do try to keep it short and sweet, then tab down to the dialogue box and start typing your post which can be as long as you need for it to be.

By starting your own thread, you and your questions and concerns will receive the attention they deserve.

For additional help, look in the white heading under the blue, click on "Help & Info", then click on "How to Use This Forum". Lots of info there to help you navigate the forum.

We are here to help in any way we can because We Care!

 

[An54]

Wishing you well. I'm also scheduled for July 18th!

Wow Quiltmom, so we will kind of be going through this 'together' (let's imagine so anyway. ) And dazzie87 too, just a day ahead of us. I too am very nervous, really .... never has a date, the date of surgery, ever LOOMED so much; I dislike things that loom. It's quite unnerving. We will all see each other on the other side. Can hardly wait to get there.

Quiltmom and Dazzie, what are you doing to distract and entertain yourselves in the meantime? I'm set up with all the equipment and aids recommended... still need a pair of slippers, maybe a dressing gown (?). ... frozen dinners...

 

[Bchbum4evr]

@dazzie87 - my right hip is tomorrow too. We can get through this together, as well as @dlp

I had a relaxing weekend. Today hubby is sanitizing the master bedroom and bath. Won't let me near it. I'm to rest today and do nothing that might bruise or scratch my hip! Lol. They'd cancel surgery if I did.

This forum has made me very comfortable with expectations on the other side of surgery.

We will get through this together!

 

[Beverly]

Left THR - July 23

 

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@Beverly, you have been officially added to the July surgery list! You are now officially a July Sparkler!

Welcome to the BoneSmart forum. We’re so pleased that you have joined us here.
We want to share your journey with you so please start a thread of your own in the proper forum. By starting your own thread, you and your questions and concerns will receive the attention they deserve.

For additional help, look in the white heading under the blue, click on "Help & Info", then click on "How to Use This Forum". Lots of info there to help you navigate the forum.

We are here to help in any way we can because We Care!

 

[Shannon k]

R sided THR July 16 2018 Kingston, ON Canada. 46 y.o. female and received a ceramic implant.
Had my replacement and on day 3. Pain is still manageable gets bad just a few times a day now. Pain got ahead of me last night and again today. That takes so long to settle down. Ice has been my friend. Still struggling with using the walker, I can stand without holding on to walker while brushing teeth, washing face etc but still need it to walk. I don't feel like I should be at where I feel I need to be (makes sense). Just wanted some advice...

1. When did you find you started with a cane?
2. When did u started walking more then to the washroom or to the deck and back
3. Haven't pooped. Took 1 stool softener and hasn't worked yet. Don't want to have to rush to toilet since having mobility issues!
4. Appetite has been ok. Just no appetite for dinner anyone else finding that?

Thanks for all responses.

Shannon from Ontario Canada

 

[dlp]

@dazzie87 - my right hip is tomorrow too. We can get through this together, as well as @dlp
We will get through this together!

Yep! It's not a gang, it's a club!! Hope it went well!