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I am so sore but grateful I had the surgery

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Gotta head to bed now.....sleep well tonight!!! (You ARE going to bed at some point, right????)
 
Sounds good, but im already thinking about if he gives me a hard time i dont like doing it but ill guilt him about why im a disabled veteran an trust me hes not going to want to hear it my experience in the navy was horrific and its not anything i will not soon forget, it was my own personal trauma that if i have to use Jamie i will i beleive some people are clueless and in the navy what i went throuh was the longest 16 months of my life.
 
Did your PT not show you how to roll onto your side ? We do an exercise on my side & he showed me how to use the position to side sleep . This is on your non- operated side . With the pillow between your legs roll like a log over to your side , make sure your leg is NOT crossing the median line . This works pretty good for me as I am a side sleeper who tosses & turns all night , so I know what you mean by torture laying on your back . I tried laying on my operated side but that lasted about a second definitely not ready for that yet . Things will get better when you get the staples out . Give yourself a few months to heal before getting your other hip done . You are weak now & need time to heal . I can't imagine having both hips done at once . I have a knee replacement as well as my new hip sometime I feel like I need a quart of oil .
 
My PTis a nice guy but he is very lax in what he has shown me so far, howevrr being a nice guy does me no good and doesnt help me with my recovery, anyway i hope things are gong well with you i have,nt seen you around in a while, thank you for thinking of me , i agree i am weak right now having both my hips done so close together might wipe me out, however im a veteran and it takes at least two months to even get on the schedule[/ i think by then i should be strong enough to go for it, i just want to have it done and be done with it and move on with my life i have to admit recovery has been pretty good to me im really fortunate, anyway buddy i hope to hear from you again soon, take care.B]
 
I wish i had this done sooner this surgery was a BIG STEP for me to follow throug and have it done and not back out my only regret is the crying blues i have had to deal with over the last 2 weeks, i read the reasons why this happens and its inevitable but its does'nt mean i have to like it, I HATE IT actually but i'll get through it like i have everything else in my life that was difficult.
 
Okay - sorry I posted it again ....
[Bonesmart.org] I am so sore but grateful I had the surgery
didn't mean to upset you.
 
@Jo you didnt upset me a all im jus having a bad night with my wife i said something to her out of frustration and now i feel bad, one of those situations open mouth insert foot.
 
Today i went for my post op follow up to have my staples removed and all went well i guess , i spoke with my surgeon about having my left hip done and he didnt say no but he did say at this dtage of the game you need to be fully mobile with your right hip and no limitations to be co nsidered for surgery because it makes no sense to do your left hip if you're syill having mobilit issues wiyh your right one, i had to agree with him, he made perfect sensr even thugh i didnt want to hear it, to seriously talk about having the left one done it needs to be at least 6 months so you can depend on your right hip to carry the wieght for your left, again he was absolutely correct, ifelt he was being totally straight up honest with me and you cant ask for any more then that right..?

I then spoke to him about sleeping on my side and he said a resounding NO, i hink sleeping on your side right now mr cooper is danderous because you run the risk of dislocation, and when you're sleeping you dont know what you're doing and if you dislocate that hip it will not be good.

So i approached another subject, i talked to him about driving and he said at least 6 weeks because its my driving leg otherwise if it was my left hip it would be sooner, i took it pretty goog considering i went in there with my mind made up of i would be driving ASAP or depending on how im feeling, oh well such is life, i hate knowing i can't drive for another 6 weeks but i know its for my own good and most importantly my own safety, thats of the utmost. I like someone who is honest and straight forward and you can't ask for any more then that, he was all of the above...i respect him for thgat i also gave him a nice thank you card, he sure did deserve it.

Last but not least i asked him if i could shower he said sure no problem i was pretty relieved because these sponge baths were getting old although the wife was giving me the sponge bath so they were not so bad afterall..lol...i go back to see my surgeon again June 11th.
 
I'd say your visit was very successful. Your surgeon is making perfect sense and looking out for you. Did he give you a prescription for some patience pills??? :th_heehee:
 
Ms Jamie you're a wiseguy ...lol....no he ran out of patience pills right before i walked in his office, he's going to mail me some, 1500mg 4X a day with unlimited re- fills, so i should be in good shape.

I agree he is looking out for mne and at this point im not gonna fight it, he was right and i know i just need to abide by the rules of my surgeon nd june 11th will be here before i now it.
 
I have a thought, i hear ALOT about dislocating your hip if you break the 90 degree angle, now getting in and out of my tub i'll admit is a task because you really need to be careful to not break the 90 degrees however even if iget in and out of my tub and do it wrong everytime does that mean i run the risk of dislocating my hip, now i know my hip is pretty fragile and is only 2 weeks old but if you think about it must take more than that to dislocate that hip, i guess what im saying is i think, and this is my opinion, the only way you're going to dislocate tha hip is by falling, i know a friend who has fallen three times since having her hip replacement and she didnt dislocate her hip, is it safe to say that if you break the 90 degree rule you are essentially for the sake of arguement that this hip is so fragile that you need to be that careful, it just doesn't make sense to me i mean if the hip is so fragile why bother doing the surgery afterall you have to be so vigilant that otherwise you will dislocate and be in a world of trouble and you're therefore unable to walk, i dont know just somethung to think about, help me understand because right now im a little bit confused.
 
Hi, I had my right hip replaced on 4/11 - the day after you. It's my understanding that you want to be careful with your new hip for 6 weeks. By then, the tissue surrounding the joint will be more healed and you won't have to be as careful. My surgeon told me to not be paranoid, but to use common sense about all the rules. I don't think that I would be climbing in and out of the tub so soon. :doggieshmooze:
 
I agree with you 100% but my arguement is why then if i shouldnt be climbing in and out of my tub shower/ tub why did my surgeon say it was ok, why does this have to be so complicated to simply want to take a lousy shower...???
 
Did your surgeon put the 90 degree restriction on you? Some do and some don't. But you need to follow what YOUR doctor tells you to do and not compare to anyone else. It's not that your "hip joint" is fragile....it's that the muscles and ligaments that hold the ball and socket joint in place are sometimes not strong enough to do their job for a few weeks.
 
I told him im following the hip precautions, if that answers your question, i mean he didnt verbally say i'm placing the 90 degree restriction on you all he did say was keep up the good work mr cooper, see you in 6 weeks. I hope this helps.
 
That's why I was asking. You see, not all surgeons ask their patients to follow that 90 degree rule for 6 weeks. If your surgeon didn't specifically say to stay within the 90 degrees, then you don't have that restriction. If that's the case, then you just need to be careful with your hip for a while as you're healing. If you make a movement and it begins to feel uncomfortable, then stop and don't do that movement just yet.

Not all surgeons practice that 90 degree limitation and if yours doesn't, then all you need to do is be sure you take things easy and follow his guidance.....which it sounds like you're doing!
 
Jamie its irritating because this prhocess is not supposed to be this complicated , it's supposed to be common sense like, is it not, or is it me and im making this bigger then it needs to be...??
 
You're making it more than it is, Rich. It's not complicated. You just need to do what your surgeon has recommended....

Maybe I'm not understanding what it is that's frustrating you.....can you explain more? I'll try to help.
 
Im just frustrated easily because i dont understand things like most people( i have/ADHD) and when i dont, i get frustrated, therefore that frustration possibly cause me to do something to my hip i'll end up regretting...does that make sense..??
 
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