THR FINALLY!!! Cynthia777's Recovery Journey

[Squirrellymom]

@Cynthia777 I just took this cute little metal 6" long hemming ruler and measured my anterior scar and it is exactly top to bottom - 4-1/2 inches long and fading fast. --julie

 

[Cynthia777]

I guess I'm going to have to break down and measure mine now @Squirrellymom!

 

[Cynthia777]

@Squirrellymom
Okay, using my hubby's tape measure, it's slightly over 3 inches long...can this be correct? I'll Heape to find my measuring tape and remeasure, but it isn't very long. I think it must be like what Jaycey said about the collapsed femoral head being smaller to remove?

 

[Squirrellymom]

Wow @Cynthia777 that is really small. I don't know what "average" is. Now I want a small one. Hum, I wonder if it has anything to do with the size of the surgeons hands. --julie

 

[Cynthia777]

That's so funny @Squirrellymom because I kept checking how big each surgeons hands were when I consulted with five of them!!!! I've never watched an actual THR online, as I think it would be kind of creepy. Without seeing the surgery, I'm able to fool myself into thinking my real hip is still there!

 

[Simplieme]

Well!!! Mine is almost 10 inches !!!!! I had to get it measured for me though cos I still couldn't look lol.

I'm excited for tomorrow because I have my first post op appointment with my OS. I get an x Ray first, so I will get to see my new hip!! I have been making a list of questions to ask him, but now I will be distracted because I will be checking out the size of his hands Thanks Julie x

 

[Cynthia777]

Make sure you take a picture of your X-ray. The tech let me take a picture of the X-ray he pulls up on the monitor. You never know when you might need to post it on bonesmart. I can't wait to hear how your appointment goes @Simplieme!

 

[Cynthia777]

Btw....my OS has huge hands! Lol!

 

[SweetPea69]

@Cynthia777 @Simplieme @Squirrellymom
How funny about the OS hands! I haven't measures my incision but was looking in the full length mirror tonight & measuring with my finger tip (about 1 inch) & it's at least 10 inches but I think closer to 12 inches. I'll ask hubby to measure sometime tomorrow. My surgeon is maybe 5ft 7 inches. I'll have to look at his hands next time I go.

I want a "do over"! (NO! NOT REALLY!)

 

[Cynthia777]

@SweetPea69, I think many members Sara are that long. I'm thinking part of the reason I had so little pain was because the incision's so small. Plus it's right on the front of my hip, so I never had to sit or lay on it. I think it's the one advantage of the anterior method.

 

[Arlene56]

@SweetPea69 @Cynthia777 @Simplieme
My surgeons hands are large and he has a very large plump nose as well.

 

[Cynthia777]

@Arlene56
My OS was a hubba hubba hunk of a man and I just cringe when I think about what I must have looked like on the Hana operating table he uses for the anterior approach!
Here's a pic of the table....

 

[Arlene56]

@Cynthia777 Yikes. Wow. Don't know how to react to this picture. It's amazing what they can do.
The OBGYN who delivered our son in TX was sooo very handsome. He had a nice soothing voice as well.

 

[Hipster Girl]

That HANA table fascinates me. I wonder in that photo which is the soon-to-be operated hip??

 

[Cynthia777]

@Hipster Girl
I was wondering the same thing. My guess is the right hip.

 

[Cynthia777]

I shared this on @Zelda's thread, but thought I'd add it to my thread because I thought it was pretty funny.

 

[gullimac]

My money is on the right hip too. The way they have her foot positioned to externally rotate the leg and really expose the hip.

BTW I really like the smurf outfit the put her in for the picture .

 

[Cynthia777]

@gullimac
You were supposed to remind me...three weeks from today!

 

[gullimac]

Indeed @Cynthia777 ! And maybe even a bit as well.

 

[dexner]

@Simplieme you mentioned a list of questions for your post-op exam. Mine is in 4 hours and I'm just starting my list. I'd be interested in questions that others are asking, to get me started. Thanks!