Hi folks,
Im Back!
To sum up THR I'd have to say ....What was I worried about?
Tuesday: I went in on the morning of April 28th, surgery at 8 am and a spinal anaesthetic.....still vomitted!. ...had morphine drip through an electronic, self controlled button ....hardly needed it....very little pain. OS came in to boast about his surgery ...I vomitted ha ha!
Wednesday: Tried to get up....fainted (low blood pressure), a few hours later tried to get up.....fainted. Gave up on getting up that day as the blood pressure was on the floor.... Only paracetemol for pain
Thursday: Blood pressure up a little....tried to get up.....fainted.....
Friday: Got up and my head stayed level...at long last. Now i was up and running....walking frame and then crutches.....no hassles at all....I felt good and reasonably human despite the head being a bit light.....
Sunday: Transferred to rehab....fabulous....i started on Pt on Monday (day 6) and hydro on day 7.....hydro was terrific, despite the pool being tiny...for a small amount of time I felt free of the crutches impediment.
2 weeks of rehab later Im home and a little overwhelmed, but Its good to be back....
My overwhelming summary is that an anterior hip replacement is easy, practically no pain (im on only paracetemol as needed!....and no Im not being stoic!) and whilst i have a way to go with reaching the magic 90 degrees this is a function of having tight muscles due to the extra length in the prosthesis....OS increased my leg length by 3 cm, which means that i am now level! ....a very strange feeling and makes it impossible to limp in the old way....
Now I've just got to get on with it. The only unexplained question is ...did anyone else have muscle weakness in the hand which holds the stick? My left hand (RTHR) has lost strength,particularly the little fingers, and some finger actions are lacking control (such as the letters a and s on the computer)...I'm putting it down to the stick but i wonder if it could also be because of canulas etc as well ....
So to all of those who were wondering how I am going.....Im off and running...Ill be doing the Sydney Marathon before you know it!
With love
Rachel
Im Back!
To sum up THR I'd have to say ....What was I worried about?
Tuesday: I went in on the morning of April 28th, surgery at 8 am and a spinal anaesthetic.....still vomitted!. ...had morphine drip through an electronic, self controlled button ....hardly needed it....very little pain. OS came in to boast about his surgery ...I vomitted ha ha!
Wednesday: Tried to get up....fainted (low blood pressure), a few hours later tried to get up.....fainted. Gave up on getting up that day as the blood pressure was on the floor.... Only paracetemol for pain
Thursday: Blood pressure up a little....tried to get up.....fainted.....
Friday: Got up and my head stayed level...at long last. Now i was up and running....walking frame and then crutches.....no hassles at all....I felt good and reasonably human despite the head being a bit light.....
Sunday: Transferred to rehab....fabulous....i started on Pt on Monday (day 6) and hydro on day 7.....hydro was terrific, despite the pool being tiny...for a small amount of time I felt free of the crutches impediment.
2 weeks of rehab later Im home and a little overwhelmed, but Its good to be back....
My overwhelming summary is that an anterior hip replacement is easy, practically no pain (im on only paracetemol as needed!....and no Im not being stoic!) and whilst i have a way to go with reaching the magic 90 degrees this is a function of having tight muscles due to the extra length in the prosthesis....OS increased my leg length by 3 cm, which means that i am now level! ....a very strange feeling and makes it impossible to limp in the old way....
Now I've just got to get on with it. The only unexplained question is ...did anyone else have muscle weakness in the hand which holds the stick? My left hand (RTHR) has lost strength,particularly the little fingers, and some finger actions are lacking control (such as the letters a and s on the computer)...I'm putting it down to the stick but i wonder if it could also be because of canulas etc as well ....
So to all of those who were wondering how I am going.....Im off and running...Ill be doing the Sydney Marathon before you know it!
With love
Rachel