Misslucky
junior member
United KingdomWonderful news! You sound so positive and look forward to your update soon. 
> 3 months out and sleep is terrible
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Sunny girl
senior
@JMACCA!! So great to hear from you. And to find out you're doing so well is just fantastic. Let's hope the internet is better at the rehab so you can share it all soon!
Now you're in a gentle 'holding pattern' until the next blast off, and I'm sure you're already feeling the most tremendous relief.
Now you're in a gentle 'holding pattern' until the next blast off, and I'm sure you're already feeling the most tremendous relief.
Constanze
graduate
Lovely, you've done it - @JMACCA . Congratulations. I'm pleased all went well. But I'm surprised the internet is so lousy in a hospital in sunny and modern Melbourne. Actually, some places are a little bit behind with the internet in Germany. But I must stop complaining. 
I very much look forward to your update but take your time over it. Make yourself comfortable at home first.
All the best
Constanze
I very much look forward to your update but take your time over it. Make yourself comfortable at home first.All the best
Constanze
Sunny girl
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Miss Muffet
post-grad
OP
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JMACCA
senior
Hello there!
I found out that the internet 'problems' were actually user error! How embarrassing!
Things have been going really well! 9 days since my surgery which as we know is a lifetime in recovery world! So much has happened!
On the day of surgery, I said goodbye to the family at home and caught a cab into the hospital. I wasn't feeling nervous at all. I was more excited, a 'let's get on with this' excited. At 6:00am I got to the hospital and I was the first to be admitted.
Measured for my TEDS, dressed in my blue gown, hat and booties, I was escorted to my trolley. Wheeled to a holding bay, I had bloods taken, plus all the normal obs. The nurse was so lovely.
While in the holding bay, I met my gorgeous anaesthetist. She shook my hand and then held it gently before releasing, she is SO lovely and gentle and very much a people person. Then, shortly after, I met the assistant surgeon, a lovely guy, who marked my leg.
Then my surgeon came by, looked at my x-rays again and we had a chat. I mentioned that I hope that I am doing the right thing and he validated me by saying - there is definitely damage in your hips, you are doing the right thing. I told him that I was excited and he was so pleased that I was excited.
I had a throbbing headache - stress related I am sure. The nurse darkened the room and I waited 30 mins. Then my anaesthetist came to get me with her assistant and another nurse - a male nurse. Somehow we got to talking about the Young Ones (classic British comedy) and we were all having a good laugh in a little room adjoining the theatre. Needles went in the hand, braced myself for the epidural, a pinch...then my legs went warm. I don't remember anything after that.
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Then I woke in recovery. A couple of nurses standing over me in a larger room with windows showing a sunny sky. Many people were in the room. I remember speaking with the nurses - I can't remember what was said. I remember feeling peppy - not drowsy - and pretty awake. I can't remember getting to the ward. My room was SO lovely - like a hotel. The nurses were wonderful.
I went for my first walk the same day. It was only 3 steps forward and then back into bed. My blood pressure was pretty low. What was important was that there was no joint or 'bone pain'. The pain was all muscular, a bit of burning, but mainly soreness - like I had done a million squats. I was fearful of my first steps post surgery - we think about what has been done, the sawing, removal, hammering, dislocation (not in that order) and I got in my mind that those first steps would be excruciating - not so at all. My hip felt strong, just surrounded by very sore muscles.
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Day 2:
I was unable to walk on Day 2 due to my low blood pressure. So I lay in bed and iced.
I had to have an x-ray of my new hip. I was wheeled to x-ray and I was asked to shimmy from my bed to the bed for x-ray, on my own, no handles. The comment was "you must be one of Mr. Hunts patients - no other patients can move like his do." That may or may not be true, but I took it as a compliment anyway.
Later in the day my surgeon came to see me and said that everything went very well and that there was quite a bit of wear and tear to the femoral head. Finally...the justification I was needing to hear!
Stay tuned for more stories....
I found out that the internet 'problems' were actually user error! How embarrassing!
Things have been going really well! 9 days since my surgery which as we know is a lifetime in recovery world! So much has happened!
On the day of surgery, I said goodbye to the family at home and caught a cab into the hospital. I wasn't feeling nervous at all. I was more excited, a 'let's get on with this' excited. At 6:00am I got to the hospital and I was the first to be admitted.
Measured for my TEDS, dressed in my blue gown, hat and booties, I was escorted to my trolley. Wheeled to a holding bay, I had bloods taken, plus all the normal obs. The nurse was so lovely.
While in the holding bay, I met my gorgeous anaesthetist. She shook my hand and then held it gently before releasing, she is SO lovely and gentle and very much a people person. Then, shortly after, I met the assistant surgeon, a lovely guy, who marked my leg.
Then my surgeon came by, looked at my x-rays again and we had a chat. I mentioned that I hope that I am doing the right thing and he validated me by saying - there is definitely damage in your hips, you are doing the right thing. I told him that I was excited and he was so pleased that I was excited.
I had a throbbing headache - stress related I am sure. The nurse darkened the room and I waited 30 mins. Then my anaesthetist came to get me with her assistant and another nurse - a male nurse. Somehow we got to talking about the Young Ones (classic British comedy) and we were all having a good laugh in a little room adjoining the theatre. Needles went in the hand, braced myself for the epidural, a pinch...then my legs went warm. I don't remember anything after that.
------------------------
Then I woke in recovery. A couple of nurses standing over me in a larger room with windows showing a sunny sky. Many people were in the room. I remember speaking with the nurses - I can't remember what was said. I remember feeling peppy - not drowsy - and pretty awake. I can't remember getting to the ward. My room was SO lovely - like a hotel. The nurses were wonderful.
I went for my first walk the same day. It was only 3 steps forward and then back into bed. My blood pressure was pretty low. What was important was that there was no joint or 'bone pain'. The pain was all muscular, a bit of burning, but mainly soreness - like I had done a million squats. I was fearful of my first steps post surgery - we think about what has been done, the sawing, removal, hammering, dislocation (not in that order) and I got in my mind that those first steps would be excruciating - not so at all. My hip felt strong, just surrounded by very sore muscles.
--------------------------
Day 2:
I was unable to walk on Day 2 due to my low blood pressure. So I lay in bed and iced.
I had to have an x-ray of my new hip. I was wheeled to x-ray and I was asked to shimmy from my bed to the bed for x-ray, on my own, no handles. The comment was "you must be one of Mr. Hunts patients - no other patients can move like his do." That may or may not be true, but I took it as a compliment anyway.
Later in the day my surgeon came to see me and said that everything went very well and that there was quite a bit of wear and tear to the femoral head. Finally...the justification I was needing to hear!
Stay tuned for more stories....
Tweetybrd
graduate
Lovely to hear from you!! Cant wait to read the rest of your "story" 
You sound very cheerful and grand. I am so glad you got your validation that you did the right thing. I know you were back and forth on that issue. Not long now until your 2nd hip is done and you can get all healed up and be a "new" you!
You sound very cheerful and grand. I am so glad you got your validation that you did the right thing. I know you were back and forth on that issue. Not long now until your 2nd hip is done and you can get all healed up and be a "new" you!
gullimac
graduate
So glad to finally hear the beginning of your story. Looking forward to hearing more. That feeling of the first walk is europhoric isn't it? Except for the lightheadness, of course. 
Sunny girl
senior
So happy for you @JMACCA. Especially good to hear of compassionate, kind and respectful staff. It is also wonderful to hear such validation from staff re your surgeon, who sounds like exactly the right person to be working with you. Looking forward to more from you.
PS: great to see the word 'done' after your signature!
PS: great to see the word 'done' after your signature!
SwimGirl
senior
dandy_candi
senior
Oh I'm so glad it all went well and you got that validation of your symptoms as you were hoping to!!!! So glad you had lovely staff! Isn't it a strange feeling to walk on the day of the surgery, not the same type of pain I was expecting either.
Those pain meds do wonders for the bone cuts they must make.
Sending good vibes and look forward to hearing about the rest of your safari!
Candice - 29 year old from Aus
RTHR 1 June 2016 LTHR 13 July 2016 Revision of LTHR 12 October 2016.
Those pain meds do wonders for the bone cuts they must make.
Sending good vibes and look forward to hearing about the rest of your safari!
Candice - 29 year old from Aus
RTHR 1 June 2016 LTHR 13 July 2016 Revision of LTHR 12 October 2016.
Miss Muffet
post-grad
Oh @JMACCA - what fabulous news! Was longing to hear how you were getting on and am thrilled that the only problem you have encountered was Wi-Fi connection. The BP thing is a nuisance and hopefully just temporary. I exactly the same on the day after surgery, but it righted itself with a spot of rest and keeping a close eye on hydration. Great, detailed post and wonderfully reassuring that you have an understanding and compassionate team around you.
Just felt somehow this would be the outcome and look forward to more updates when you're ready.
Meanwhile happy hiking
Just felt somehow this would be the outcome and look forward to more updates when you're ready.
Meanwhile happy hiking
Constanze
graduate
Hi @JMACCA - I'm so happy for you. And I'm glad the WiFi problems have been solved. You have written a great report on your first few days. Enjoy walking! I know the initial low blood pressure is terrible and feel for you. It will resolve itself as you get more mobile. And I believe the fine weather of Melbourne will help you as well. It's freezing here- this morning: below zero but sunny. Greetings from the northern hemisphere - Constanze
gullimac
graduate
Guessing you are getting ready for stage 2 of your process this week. Hope all continues to go well.
OP
OP
JMACCA
senior
Hello gorgeous people...well, here I am on the eve of my second surgery!
I am SO excited! Things have been going super well and I am down to taking Targin in the morning and night and that is it! I am thrilled! Physio is great - it is not too much, I am going twice a day in rehab, small number of exercises and doing 2 - 3 walks around the wards during the day. The rest of the time is icing and raising my legs.
I have had no problems sleeping and I am not sleeping during the day. I am just totally stoked at how it is all going.
The only issue that I have had is with concentration. I have very little energy for focusing on something for a while - hence the reason I haven't been posting here much.
I have the same anaesthetist as I had the first time so I am thrilled. I will be admitted at lunch time so it will be a late surgery.
I am loving being able to move, I am not pain free and I am still using a walker, but just moving without the pain in my hip is amazing...just amazing! What a blessing!
I anticipate that I will have a problem with low blood pressure this time around so I will make sure that I stay hydrated as possible as you suggested @Miss Muffet - last time I was a little reluctant as I didn't want to use a bed-pan *stupid*
So life changing!!
I am SO excited! Things have been going super well and I am down to taking Targin in the morning and night and that is it! I am thrilled! Physio is great - it is not too much, I am going twice a day in rehab, small number of exercises and doing 2 - 3 walks around the wards during the day. The rest of the time is icing and raising my legs.
I have had no problems sleeping and I am not sleeping during the day. I am just totally stoked at how it is all going.
The only issue that I have had is with concentration. I have very little energy for focusing on something for a while - hence the reason I haven't been posting here much.
I have the same anaesthetist as I had the first time so I am thrilled. I will be admitted at lunch time so it will be a late surgery.
I am loving being able to move, I am not pain free and I am still using a walker, but just moving without the pain in my hip is amazing...just amazing! What a blessing!
I anticipate that I will have a problem with low blood pressure this time around so I will make sure that I stay hydrated as possible as you suggested @Miss Muffet - last time I was a little reluctant as I didn't want to use a bed-pan *stupid*
So life changing!!
OP
OP
JMACCA
senior
Oh...one more thing...a bit of a brag really...
I had the tiniest of bruises and my scar is about 10cm long - on my bikini line! My dreams of becoming a swimsuit model is not out of the question!
Now to just lose 50kg!
I had the tiniest of bruises and my scar is about 10cm long - on my bikini line! My dreams of becoming a swimsuit model is not out of the question!
Now to just lose 50kg!
Sunny girl
senior
Looking forward to seeing the word 'done' next to your LTHR @JMACCA. Don't worry about not posting, with the constant ebb and flow of the rehab/hospital it's all about resting, relaxing, doing what feels right, focusing on recovery, and reflecting on how great life will be very soon. Happy to hear you so positive and that all is going so well xx
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