@Jamesdean You are six or seven weeks out now, so that is about right for driving I think. Apparently I can drive now as I'm off the narcotics and was driving with right leg pre second op. I'm just too darned tired still, quite pathetic, but thats my main moan at the moment! I might think about driving around the end of week four, as this recovery seems to be going faster in terms of mobility. Don't go wild on those roads....but you will so be relieved to have the freedom to go out and about. Ah normal life stuff! Enjoy!
When does the OS think you should think about second surgery? Some folks are able to push it off for awhile, while others seem to find the first surgery ticks off the second hip good and proper and pushes up the whole process! I was so fed up with not being able to do anything activity wise, and enjoy living in the great outdoors, hiking and riding horses etc., couldn't sit comfortably to tutor my students etc. I had had it to the gills, and was ready for whatever I had to do to get it over and done with and wanted to get on with life. I swear if I had had to do another damp winter with the old hips, I would have been on some serious pain meds, as Tylenol and Meloxicam were not cutting it any more. I had really old fashioned GP who felt that if I had one tiny speck of joint space, I wasn't to be referred to an OS and had to suffer some more. I got into my OS via a locum doctor!! More than one road leads to Rome
OS looked at my xrays and said, you need to get these done! I asked him what was the bench mark for making the decision. He asked me if I could sleep at night for starters. We'd purchased three new mattresses in three years (pretty good quality too) because I couldn't sleep and was in agony each morning, hmm, that was a no brainer! Unfortunately my MIL had been unwell and was quite unstable medically, so I waited until all that calmed down. She lives in Bermuda and my hubby was traveling back and forth etc. Anyhow, I'm done and dusted as they say, and it is all about recovery now. Hope you can have some comfortable time before next hip. The extended recovery time is a bore and a half, but I found the nine weeks between to work for me. Come springtime I'll be back to
! If you have any questions about the double hippy surgery experience (not to be confused with the bilateral super stars!), there are enough of us here to give you a broad view of it all
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