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Well I made it. BTHR on Wednesday, April 1, discharged Friday, April 3. I am home, negotiating stairs and I even walked around my cul de sac this morning. For me, the hardest part was the anxiety before the operation. I slept very little during the 3-4 nights before the surgery. I was going to post, but decided I wouldn't be very good company then. Hop sent me a very sweet private message the night before and I responded privately at 2:00 a.m. That and my Bible helped relax me, but I did not get any sleep. Thank you Hop and all on these threads for educating me and for helping me through this process.
The morning of surgery we decided to go with just a spinal and sedative. However, the spinal didn't really take so they had to give me a general. That meant that I was in post-op recovery for about 2-1/2 hours, and also I had some nausea.
Other than that, the surgery went very well. During the hospital stay, my highest pain level was about a 2. Frankly, the worst part, as anticipated, was the Foley catheter, and even that was minor. Since I have been home, and off Lyrica and Celebrex, the pain was slightly higher, but nothing much. I am taking Tylenol every 6 hours, Ultram/Tramadol ( I think) every 6 hours as needed, Aspirin for blood thinning in lieu of Coumadin, and I have a scrip for Lortab, which I have not used.
I did take OXY IR for the 150 mile drive home, and that helped, but the trip was a breeze, even pleasurable. We even stopped for dinner.
I also have a BIG thank you for BigDogMom. Through a series of circumstances, I emailed BigDogMom privately to ask who her surgeon was and she told me it was Dr. Hozack in Philadelphia. He had been recommended to me elsewhere so I went to see him and ultimately chose him. He was terrific and I am so happy to have done both hips at the same time. I probably would have sought him out anyway, but thank you BigDogMom for the advice and thank you all on this forum for you help in this process.
I am now well on my way to recovery and thrilled to have gone through it. I now need only continue my recovery carefully and hope no complications crop up.
Tom
The morning of surgery we decided to go with just a spinal and sedative. However, the spinal didn't really take so they had to give me a general. That meant that I was in post-op recovery for about 2-1/2 hours, and also I had some nausea.
Other than that, the surgery went very well. During the hospital stay, my highest pain level was about a 2. Frankly, the worst part, as anticipated, was the Foley catheter, and even that was minor. Since I have been home, and off Lyrica and Celebrex, the pain was slightly higher, but nothing much. I am taking Tylenol every 6 hours, Ultram/Tramadol ( I think) every 6 hours as needed, Aspirin for blood thinning in lieu of Coumadin, and I have a scrip for Lortab, which I have not used.
I did take OXY IR for the 150 mile drive home, and that helped, but the trip was a breeze, even pleasurable. We even stopped for dinner.
I also have a BIG thank you for BigDogMom. Through a series of circumstances, I emailed BigDogMom privately to ask who her surgeon was and she told me it was Dr. Hozack in Philadelphia. He had been recommended to me elsewhere so I went to see him and ultimately chose him. He was terrific and I am so happy to have done both hips at the same time. I probably would have sought him out anyway, but thank you BigDogMom for the advice and thank you all on this forum for you help in this process.
I am now well on my way to recovery and thrilled to have gone through it. I now need only continue my recovery carefully and hope no complications crop up.
Tom
United States
