Hi
@Lilli215 and welcome to the recovery side! I feel your frustration with the lack of comfortable sleep, is there a recliner in your room, by chance? I had far better luck in sleeping that way for the first few weeks. Or maybe you can adjust your hospital bed to mimic a recliner?
That's pretty amazing about taking a ferry to go home,, right now that is most likely a pain in the butt for you, but it sounds very cool to me!
I see from your signature that this isn't your first joint replacement but would still love to leave you the Hip Recovery guidelines, maybe you will find some little nugget that helps.
Good luck with your homecoming on Sunday! May it be a nice sunny day.
Hip Recovery: The Guidelines
1. Don’t worry: Your body will heal all by itself. Relax, let it, don't try and hurry it, don’t worry about any symptoms now, they are almost certainly temporary
2.
Control discomfort:
3.
Do what you want to do BUT
a. If it hurts, don't do it and don't allow anyone - especially a physical therapist - to do it to you
b. If your leg swells more or gets stiffer in the 24 hours after doing it, don't do it again.
4.
PT or exercise can be useful BUT take note of these
5.
At week 4 and after you should follow this
6.
Access these pages on the website
Pain management and the pain chart
BIG TIP: Hips actually don't need any exercise to get better. They do a pretty good job of it all on their own if given half a chance. Trouble is, people
don't give them a chance and end up with all sorts of aches and pains and sore spots. All they need is the best therapy which is walking and even then
not to excess.
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