BIG update, sorry... BIG day!
Hi
@xtina16405 I've taken a photo of my Xray... in fact I've taken TWO photos
My OS appointment went really well. I walked in, without my cane, and he said "did you have an operation? It doesn't look like it!" He's such a sweetie
.. I can't believe I'm losing him to Canada until 2016!! He got me to stand on just the operated leg, then told me that he has never EVER seen anyone stand that well on their operated leg at six weeks... my hubby reckoned I looked like I'd got a gold star from the teacher
I must say it did make me feel good about the work I've put in to my recovery.
He went through the Xrays with me, told me I have a cementless implant (I'd not asked about that, would have forgotten then - lucky hubby asked!) explained that my femur had "driven" into the acetabellum causing the ("extensive")damage to be there, rather than the femur wearing more "up and down", which is more common; the "advantage" of the more common form of wear is it's a more straightforward operation, the "advantage" of the wear being more in the acetabellum is that there is more bone for them to work with in both the initial setting of the cup and in revisions. I wondered why he was telling me the "advantage"... then he told me that both acetabellum have the same problem and I will need the Right Hip replaced too; hopefully that will be years away (I really can't cope with even thinking about that now, and it's not symptomatic, so unless AVN rears it's head any time soon I'll put it out of my mind for now... or rather for YEARS!) He was very happy with the scar, my muscle repair and abduction, he said the pain/discomfort in my groin may need something doing... but keep up the stretches etc and see if that works, and they wouldn't do a tendon release op or whatever until 12 months anyway - I'm thinking positive... it's improved since I've been doing more stretches so that may well be the answer
My driving restriction has been lifted, yay
Unfortunately as expected, the rest of my restrictions are still in place; the OS did emphasize what he said at our first meeting = once these restrictions are lifted he wants me to live my life WITHOUT restriction, as if I'd never had a hip replacement... as he said, we want to give you back the ability to live an unrestricted life, that's what we do all the work for! He did also say that the really critical period (for infection, dislocation and stem movement) has passed, so - as he's not a policeman! - if I DO "bend" restrictions he's not going to punish me... as always, it really is a case of being sensible. I will "bend" tonight and treat myself to laying on my side in bed while I do my Cryptic Crossword (a ritual I've only just this week been able to stay awake for
) but I will go to my back for sleeping, sigh
He pointed out a small area where ossification hasn't taken place on the cup rim, though he was generally very pleased with how well that's going, so he wants me to have another Xray at 12 weeks and another appointment with him... except he'll be in Vancouver so it will be his locum (which is a hoot, because HE is the locum for the OS that was going to do the surgery but wouldn't have been here for follow up because HE was going to Canada or the US on a Fellowship, geez)
We went for lunch and did some shopping after the Doc, then Physio appointment this afternoon; she was pretty happy too, rapt with how well I go up steps on my "bad" leg, detected a slight limp without my cane but said to just take it with me when out in shopping centres etc... I pointed out that's just where I'd been for two hours, and that when I'm "fresh" I don't limp. She's advised me to keep up the stretches, doesn't want me to concentrate on ROM exercises until 12 weeks, when the capsule will definitely be strong enough... I have another appointment at that time, so we'll go from there; that will probably be the last one I'll need.
Then we went to our weekly massage, aah, I really enjoyed that... and bought a new top on the way past the boutique the massage place has moved next too - that could prove expensive long term
As I
could, I drove -hubby would only allow from my Mum's to home (I can walk it in about ten minutes so you can guess how long I was driving, lol) - and said to hubby that the seat felt odd, and he said I can't believe how high this passenger seat is... then we realised we'd left my wedge cushion (the smaller one designed for the car) on the passenger seat
He's a foot taller than me anyway, his head was just about touching the roof... and we've got an SUV...we must have looked a right sight
Then we got home.... I took photos of my Xrays to post here
and sat down. legs up... hubby vacuumed and mopped and made dinner - well, heated up leftovers
but it was nice.
Now I'm on the couch, next I'll be doing some "Craft Blogging" then off to bed, to Cryptic Crossword and sleep - with any luck... Phew!
Hope you all had and or are having a good day
United Kingdom
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, called us and asked if it was a freak storm. We've lived here so long we'd forgotten how spectacular they are; torrential rain then nothing at all an hour or so later! Surprising fact (researched for said family's visit) is that Perth, Western Australia has 200mm MORE rain than London England per annum.. over the same number of days (well 108 vs 110)... of course the difference is we have 3200 hours of sunshine a year versus London's 1410, so "drizzle" isn't a word well known here, and I have to say I love that we get blue sky practically every day - living in Wales before coming here I remember grey skies very well
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