ShellKay13
junior member
- Joined
- Jul 1, 2019
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- 52
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- United States
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- Female
Hi...I'm late in the game as I just found this forum I'm about a month out from a right anterior THR.
I guess I'm having a fairly normal recovery, but it feels so slow and painful, and so I'm so happy to be reading through everyone else's journeys so I don't feel alone. As I'm "only" 47 I feel think everyone (including me I guess!) expected me to just bounce right back. It seemed like everyone had a story of someone they knew who was back to work and an active lifestyle so quickly....I mean, they have hips "down pat" now. I know it doesn't help that my kids, 10 and 15, are on summer break and I feel like I'm cheating them out of good summer.
I don't have much pain now...I'm walking mainly with a cane still. I walk around the house without a cane, but then I'm walking like a peg-leg pirate! I'm just doing minimal PT exercises at home that I was given and those seem to be fine, but I'm in no hurry to start PT at a facility. I did PT before surgery and I felt like it just made it worse and I would need days to recover. I was happy when I finally got validation that I actually was bone-on-bone in one spot. I was active before, but during the very painful 6 months before surgery I gained about 20 lbs due to inactivity and depression from the pain. I'm anxious to be able to at least start walking again, and eventually get back to gym classes...that's my goal.
I'm wondering if anyone has advice on returning to a normal gait again? Does it just take more time, or do I really need more PT? I am focusing on always doing "heel-toe" but still feel like I need an eye patch and being yelling Arrrrrr!!! (or my son says I need to do the "Thriller" arms like Micael Jackson) Thus, I still use the cane a lot as my strides feel more normal when I do that. But man....my left palm of my hand is sooo sore!
Ok, I will return to reading everyone's updates! They help so much
I guess I'm having a fairly normal recovery, but it feels so slow and painful, and so I'm so happy to be reading through everyone else's journeys so I don't feel alone. As I'm "only" 47 I feel think everyone (including me I guess!) expected me to just bounce right back. It seemed like everyone had a story of someone they knew who was back to work and an active lifestyle so quickly....I mean, they have hips "down pat" now. I know it doesn't help that my kids, 10 and 15, are on summer break and I feel like I'm cheating them out of good summer.
I don't have much pain now...I'm walking mainly with a cane still. I walk around the house without a cane, but then I'm walking like a peg-leg pirate! I'm just doing minimal PT exercises at home that I was given and those seem to be fine, but I'm in no hurry to start PT at a facility. I did PT before surgery and I felt like it just made it worse and I would need days to recover. I was happy when I finally got validation that I actually was bone-on-bone in one spot. I was active before, but during the very painful 6 months before surgery I gained about 20 lbs due to inactivity and depression from the pain. I'm anxious to be able to at least start walking again, and eventually get back to gym classes...that's my goal.
I'm wondering if anyone has advice on returning to a normal gait again? Does it just take more time, or do I really need more PT? I am focusing on always doing "heel-toe" but still feel like I need an eye patch and being yelling Arrrrrr!!! (or my son says I need to do the "Thriller" arms like Micael Jackson) Thus, I still use the cane a lot as my strides feel more normal when I do that. But man....my left palm of my hand is sooo sore!
Ok, I will return to reading everyone's updates! They help so much