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Your email made me laugh. I still cannot put a sock on and I kept thinking of you being able to do so, thinking this is not fair! I, however made a cake two weeks ago so really it is "swings and roundabouts" (

(Try Nigella lawson's Clementine Almond Cake found on the internet - easy and delicious)
 
Hey I cant either and getting so other hip wont allow me to the other one. Sooo glad for my sock aid best £5 ever spent.

Legin THR Sep 14
 
@Legin I agree the sock aid is brilliant. I think it is the only aid that I felt was really useful. @wowfabgroovy said it was put in the bin which goes to show how different we all are!

@NuMe2014 I would love you to send me some virtual apple and cinnamon cake .... mmmm! Good that you have had your first trip out - what a milestone that must have been. So we are plodding forward - in our sixth week.
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@copsham you must have mistaken me with someone else regarding me being able to put on a sock on my most recent operated leg....I wish! I think I did mention that just before Christmas I could get my sock on my first hip replacement leg( that was around 16 weeks post op!)
I still use my sock aid and long shoe horn.... they have been 2 of my best friends for a couple of years now!


RTHR - Sept. 8 2014
LTHR - Jan. 19 2015
 
Three cheers for the shoe horn, the sock aid, and the long handled grabber! I use the grabber to reposition the bedcovers so that I won't be tempted to over reach and break the old 90 degree rule-- works like a charm.
 
I love my grabbers(I have 4 of them)! I have one on each level of my house! They are truly my very best friend during recovery, it is amazing what one can do with them!


RTHR - Sept. 8 2014
LTHR - Jan. 19 2015
 
@NuMe2014 I'm with you -- I've got three grabbers. I keep one in the bathroom, one in the bedroom, and one in the t.v. room. H-m-m-m I bet I could use one in the kitchen, too, and that would make four! These little devices have saved me from breaking the 90 Degree Restriction as well as the No Twisting Restriction. Hats off to the grabbers!
 
Post - Op 5 Weeks
Slow and steady....! Yay for an uneventful recovery so far! I continue to make progress, my mind wants it to be faster, but my body says it is in no big hurry to rush things. Patience is a hard process but a very good way to learn to accept and adapt.
I continue with taking Tylenol 1000mg 3 times a day. I don't have much pain but as I increase my activity I know I still need the medication.
I can stand for extended periods of time now( 1 - 1 1/2 hours). My gait is coming along nicely as long as I continue to use my cane. As each day goes by I notice less of a leg length difference, my body is slowly starting to get realigned! Last week physio gave me a balancing exercise to do, stand on one leg for 30 secs. and then the other. I can do this with my first RHR but when I tried to do this with my most recent one I was having pain so I stopped it after 2 days. I tried it again today and no pain, so the moral of the story is listen to your body! It knows when the time is right to do new things!!!
Next week I have my 6 week checkup with my surgeon, I am excited to see my X-Rays.
Brenda
 
Love your positive feedback. It is parallel to mine (except I have a superficial infection in wound). My problem is that listening to my body does not always work. My body does not always tell me but makes me suffer the next day!
Two days ago I went for a long walk - well long for me - about 2 km. I felt such a sense of achievement and I felt great. But yesterday it really hurt and I went back to the beginning when I was sleeping every two hours! Oh well it seems better today so no major damage done.

The balancing you spoke about seems really crucial. I haven't mastered it yet and I think it is the reason I am wobbly when I come down stairs. I love your learning about patience but like you my head runs further forward than my body.

I have my six week check up tomorrow. The mechanics of the hip seem wonderful. It is just the patience and the infection that are challenging me at the moment.

I look forward to you next instalment!
Karen
 
Omg twins double trouble chortle you both are brilliant open clear posts nice one or is it two, omg confudled now

Legin THR Sep 14
 
@copsham, A 2km walk.... I can only dream about that! I think that is amazing! I know from reading one of your posts that it was not a planned walk( correct ?) but still you did it! Walking is the best way to strengthen the muscles, and this is where I am behind this time compared to my first surgery. With my first one last fall I could get outside everyday, 2-3 times and walk, just short distance at first and then build up from there. This time I just cannot do this, with it being winter time here. Walking around the house in circles just does not compare to outside and walking a nice long straight away! I've been walking outside a total of4 times with this surgery.
We live in a very small rural area and I really have no access to a facility close by to do any good indoor walking! Spring cannot come soon enough.... It is at least 4 - 5 weeks away yet!
 
@Legin, I wish I had your indoor bike! Back in the late 80's I had one and used it lots. When I go to physio next week I know they will start me on the bike there. With my first hip when physio started me on the bike I was skeptical at first but soon realized what an awesome way to gently work those hip muscles!
I like some of your play lists, except for the Jazz! I like almost, all kinds of music except rap and jazz! Depends on the mood....when I used to commute to and from work, some ACDC to wake me up, Pachelbel to relax, and some country to sing along to( for my ears only, I am soooo tone deaf!) .
 
Love :loveshwr: Love :roseshwr: Love :yes!: your latest Progress Report! I'm so happy for you :happydance:. You are my total inspiration for the Slow and Steady Approach to rehab. Thanks so much for including that bit about pulling back on the one leg balance exercise and then trying it again when you felt ready (and that worked for you!). Believe me, I'll keep that nugget of wisdom in mind as I proceed. Keep those reports coming!
 
NuMe2014 said:
@copsham, A 2km walk.... I can only dream about that! I think that is amazing! I know from reading one of your posts that it was not a planned walk( correct ?) but still you did it! Walking is the best way to strengthen the muscles, and this is where I am behind this time compared to my first surgery. With my first one last fall I could get outside everyday, 2-3 times and walk, just short distance at first and then build up from there. This time I just cannot do this, with it being winter time here. Walking around the house in circles just does not compare to outside and walking a nice long straight away! I've been walking outside a total of4 times with this surgery.
We live in a very small rural area and I really have no access to a facility close by to do any good indoor walking! Spring cannot come soon enough.... It is at least 4 - 5 weeks away yet!
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I have started going out for a walk around the block on crutches off course and have managed twice around the block today, OS warned me about going on a bike to soon in case it caused problems and told me just to focus on walks.

Billy
 
Hi @NuMe2014,
I think we are both very clear that the slow and steady approach is definitely the right approach. I am amazed how one day I cannot do something and feel I never will and then a few days later everything falls in to place.

I wasn't sure how to stop the pain meds, tried to stop too soon, but a week later without thinking I stopped them.
I was walking precariously wanting it too improve, got pain from the exercises, stopped the exercises and one day I started normal walking with out thinking,
Same with putting socks on - it just happened one day without thinking.
2km walk just happened but I did suffer the next Day though.

It is a shame that the weather is so against your walking outside. I tried walking round the living room but there really is a limit to the times you can do that! Roll on Spring. X

@forbesy I hope you can enjoy your walks outside and develop slowly but surely!
 
@forbesy, you are doing so well at just a little over a week post- op! A question for you since this was a revision surgery for you and your muscles would have been strong just before your unfortunate hardware failure, are you finding it any easier to move around post op as compared to when you would have had your initial hip replacement?
Regarding the exercise bike I know if I had one I would not be using it yet, with my first hip replacement physio did not start me on the one in their department until I was 6 weeks post op and then only for 5 minutes, just to stretch the muscles! Just wishful thinking on my part!
 
Hi MuMe

I am pleasantly surprised at how quickly I am recovering but have to admit I am doing everything by the book, when they talked about cutting my bone to get it back out, nerve damage and a lot of blood loss shivers went up and down my spine and thought [ well that's it I am snookered ]
I have a good recovery rate and with having decent legs that are in decent shape this has helped me recover quite well. What I did find quite strange was that the wife had noticed a difference in my movement about a month before I was taken in and thought I was walking funny :skep:
 
I learned today that at 5 1/2 weeks post op, riding in a vehicle for 2 1/2 hours ( one way) is not a wise thing to do! Muscles and soft tissue..... are not happy! But on a positive note, the hip replacement from last Sept. did not complain one little bit!
 
@NuMe2014 did you stop and take any breaks along the way? Wow, I'm sorry to hear you stirred things up with the ride. On the other hand, that's great news about your other hip. Do you think you are headed to the enchanted land of The Forgotten Hip? Hope so.
 
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