YoungGuy
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CanadaAlright well it has been 6 weeks since i had my full left hip replacement. I was the youngest my surgeon has done, and he has completed over 10000 hip replacements. I am 20, 6'3", Male.
The hip is doing amazing, before the surgery i was not able to bend my leg over 45 Degree's, and no motion outwards. Now i can bend to 90 Degree's without a problem (I can do more, but im not allowed to go over 90 degree's untill the surgeon clears (Usually 3 months after surgery). I can finnally sit normally again, and i am getting stronger each day...Literally, every day is a improvment from the last. I have been to the driving range and have hit a couple buckets of balls here and there without any pain (Besides the pain in my arms after a hour of swinging :P). Like i said before in a previous thread i am not making this sound like it is a big deal, since all a hip replacement is...Is a convinient way to make ones life more livable.
I know i am young, and i know there are many people who have been through alot more then me in their elder age, yet i want to give some advice regardless.
Strength and hope are the greatest thing one can use in their long recovery, and i do not mean just a hip replacement. I have nearly died twice, due to medical reasons. I have lost university future in sports, due to medical reasons. I have been spoken with by many psychologists and councelors due to the fact the doctors thought id be contemplating "Bad thoughts" due to what i "Went through".
All of this is words...Meaningless words. The physical aspect of recoverying is a big issue when it comes to a major surgery, yet i have found my mental and emotional strength has gotten me through the worst times i have been through.
So what i am trying to say is,
Keep strong, in anything that you endure...Far from a hip replacement. Love life for what it is, not what it has become. There will be good days, their will be bad days. Pain is a word, life is the reality.
I never gave up on life, but i did give up on my leg...Now as days past, and new days come i find that i failed myself in the beginning when i gave up on what had happened to me. Now i am redeeming myself in many ways, and i hope i can inspire at least one person to realize how precious such a simple thing can be.
Again, i appologize for such a long story, most people probably wont even read it...But i enjoy to type...And i believe that something that means alot to someone should be explained in detail.
The hip is doing amazing, before the surgery i was not able to bend my leg over 45 Degree's, and no motion outwards. Now i can bend to 90 Degree's without a problem (I can do more, but im not allowed to go over 90 degree's untill the surgeon clears (Usually 3 months after surgery). I can finnally sit normally again, and i am getting stronger each day...Literally, every day is a improvment from the last. I have been to the driving range and have hit a couple buckets of balls here and there without any pain (Besides the pain in my arms after a hour of swinging :P). Like i said before in a previous thread i am not making this sound like it is a big deal, since all a hip replacement is...Is a convinient way to make ones life more livable.
I know i am young, and i know there are many people who have been through alot more then me in their elder age, yet i want to give some advice regardless.
Strength and hope are the greatest thing one can use in their long recovery, and i do not mean just a hip replacement. I have nearly died twice, due to medical reasons. I have lost university future in sports, due to medical reasons. I have been spoken with by many psychologists and councelors due to the fact the doctors thought id be contemplating "Bad thoughts" due to what i "Went through".
All of this is words...Meaningless words. The physical aspect of recoverying is a big issue when it comes to a major surgery, yet i have found my mental and emotional strength has gotten me through the worst times i have been through.
So what i am trying to say is,
Keep strong, in anything that you endure...Far from a hip replacement. Love life for what it is, not what it has become. There will be good days, their will be bad days. Pain is a word, life is the reality.
I never gave up on life, but i did give up on my leg...Now as days past, and new days come i find that i failed myself in the beginning when i gave up on what had happened to me. Now i am redeeming myself in many ways, and i hope i can inspire at least one person to realize how precious such a simple thing can be.
Again, i appologize for such a long story, most people probably wont even read it...But i enjoy to type...And i believe that something that means alot to someone should be explained in detail.
