Sorry I've not done a recent report....my attention has been completely on English forums looking for info and advice on care of the elderly, as my FiL looks to be having further problems. For someone who'd not been on a forum before I joined BS just over a year ago, I've now become a forum junkie....see what you've done to me?! All your fault for showing me what a kind and supportive place they can be
Twelve week appt with the surgeon in 10 days....need to chase up the referral for the knee xray before I see him so that it can be discussed at the hip appointment and therefore I don't have to pay again. The knee has calmed down a lot....not so much pain now as an occasional ache, and when I walk too far it starts to feel heavy and as if it's been unscrewed then screwed back in slightly skew-whiff....I hate trying to explain how it feels, it's such a subjective thing you never know if the surgeon quite gets it from your stumbling description!
The hip still gets pretty stiff, but I have to remind myself that while the right is now 9 months old, lefty is still only 11 weeks and is still fairly early on.....I do find, tho, that the first one seems to have got more achy and whingey since the second op....putting it down to ramping back the exercise for the recovering side......should I push myself a bit more on the walking/flexibility exercises? How have others who have had both done fairly close found it?
The hockey puck thing is still there on both sides, but I have started sleeping for short periods on the first side....bit of gritted teeth for the first couple of minutes but then, as it relaxes it almost feels normal. I think maybe some of the weird sensation thing might be cos it hasn't had any pressure on it for so long, and it needs to 'de-sensitise'. Haven't tried lying on side no 2 yet tho. I find that, even tho I know it's unlikely, I'm still really conscious of the dislocation risk.....doesn't help that I was watching '24 hours in A&E' (we get the old series out here) the other day and they brought in a lady who had dislocated one of her artificial hips by squatting down in front of her kitchen cupboards and twisting a bit to get something from the back.....quite freaked me out and had me ramrod straight for at least an hour afterwards
So not really much to report on, apart from the usual recovery with associated strange aches and pains. I'm very much hoping the knee thing will turn out to be something like chondromalacia/patellofemoral syndrome which I believe other people have had, and will respond to quad strengthening etc. Can't wait to see the xrays and get some sort of clue.....look out Dr Google!
Hope everyone is doing well, I am hopelessly behind on all the postings, this forum is so active that once you miss a day or two it's impossible to catch up! Will indulge myself in some now before I go off to work, take care everyone