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7 months today! Just snatching a few moments from a busy day to update, so apologies for not checking in on anyone else’s thread. Thinking of you though, and hoping you are all doing well.
After about 3 months I stopped comparing my two hip recoveries because Hip 2 seemed to be doing worse, with a mega setback. But I recently happened to be looking through the thread and found that I had forgotten that Hip 1 also had a mega setback , some time after month 4. So it turns out Hip 2 is still the winner: it even had its setback earlier!
So let me compare where they are now. What I said back in July 2019:
I can, as before, walk well on level ground. I can also do hills. Lack of fitness is the biggest limitation to walking up hills, but I knew going into the second replacement that I was less fit than immediately before Hip 1. And having Covid about a month ago also made a dint in my progress. So getting puffed is understandable and will improve. Going down hills seems ok at the time but comes with after effects, as described in next paragraph.
I have been doing stairs alternating both up and down for some time. My right knee has been heroic throughout, my left a bit whiny. However, today I have pain in the right knee. It is in the kneecap when going up or down stairs. It feels like kneeling on a sharp object but with a bit of cushion in between, ie sharp soreness but not agony. I remember this as an intermittent problem from my 30s onwards. I am pretty sure I know the cause. We had a house guest (an old friend, fantastic to see her after a couple of years break) and took her walking on the Malvern hills, further than I knew was wise. But well worth it for the wonderful views. I knew my knees would complain afterwards. But I was surprised to get the grumbles from the right knee. I guess on reflection it makes sense, because I was relying on it all the time in order to spare the left.
The good news is that left knee only has a very mild case of the same discomfort. So I am using it as good leg for a change. It is probably good to balance out the workload anyway.
ROM same on both sides.
Stiffness all over? Still ticking that box. I accept that is how I am. I try to keep in slow gentle motion as much of the time as possible. Motion is the lotion, as someone on this forum said.
Life is even better!
After about 3 months I stopped comparing my two hip recoveries because Hip 2 seemed to be doing worse, with a mega setback. But I recently happened to be looking through the thread and found that I had forgotten that Hip 1 also had a mega setback , some time after month 4. So it turns out Hip 2 is still the winner: it even had its setback earlier!
So let me compare where they are now. What I said back in July 2019:
I never got the clicking sensation with Hip 2. I forget when it disappeared for Hip 1, but both hips are good now.
I can, as before, walk well on level ground. I can also do hills. Lack of fitness is the biggest limitation to walking up hills, but I knew going into the second replacement that I was less fit than immediately before Hip 1. And having Covid about a month ago also made a dint in my progress. So getting puffed is understandable and will improve. Going down hills seems ok at the time but comes with after effects, as described in next paragraph.
I have been doing stairs alternating both up and down for some time. My right knee has been heroic throughout, my left a bit whiny. However, today I have pain in the right knee. It is in the kneecap when going up or down stairs. It feels like kneeling on a sharp object but with a bit of cushion in between, ie sharp soreness but not agony. I remember this as an intermittent problem from my 30s onwards. I am pretty sure I know the cause. We had a house guest (an old friend, fantastic to see her after a couple of years break) and took her walking on the Malvern hills, further than I knew was wise. But well worth it for the wonderful views. I knew my knees would complain afterwards. But I was surprised to get the grumbles from the right knee. I guess on reflection it makes sense, because I was relying on it all the time in order to spare the left.
The good news is that left knee only has a very mild case of the same discomfort. So I am using it as good leg for a change. It is probably good to balance out the workload anyway.
ROM same on both sides.
Stiffness all over? Still ticking that box. I accept that is how I am. I try to keep in slow gentle motion as much of the time as possible. Motion is the lotion, as someone on this forum said.
Life is even better!
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