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My 88 year old Mom is booked in for a total hip replacement early next month. There were a few concerns at her pre-op. She had a clot in her leg a few years ago, but has been off blood thinners for four years. She had low sodium levels a couple of times in the last couple of years, but it's now stable. Because it has been put off for so long and the fact that it is bone on bone it means she struggles around the house with a rollator, leaning more and more on it as the weeks go by due to the severe pain. That also came up as a concern in how she would recover afterwards, due to not being able to walk unaided for quite a while. Her other hip is fine. She really wants to keep active and do as much as she can, but it is really restrictive now. All of this has her very nervous (she suffers from anxiety and is on medication) to the point where we are unsure if she will make a decision to have it. We are also very nervous, as on one hand we feel it could give her a new lease of life, but on the other we have the same concerns of recommending something to her that may not go too well. Our hope for her would be that she could live without pain and have at least enough mobility to get around her house with her rollator. The alternative is her going off her feet, ending up in a care home and still be lying in pain.
Has anyone got elderly relatives or friends that have gone through total hip replacement. I would love to hear the experience.
I would also welcome any advice on the op and recovery. Her house is all on the same level, so the plan would be that she would return home two days after surgery and begin physio a couple of weeks later. An alternative is to go to a care home for a week or two. But I think she would prefer to be at home if it was feasible.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks for letting me join the forum and post.
My 88 year old Mom is booked in for a total hip replacement early next month. There were a few concerns at her pre-op. She had a clot in her leg a few years ago, but has been off blood thinners for four years. She had low sodium levels a couple of times in the last couple of years, but it's now stable. Because it has been put off for so long and the fact that it is bone on bone it means she struggles around the house with a rollator, leaning more and more on it as the weeks go by due to the severe pain. That also came up as a concern in how she would recover afterwards, due to not being able to walk unaided for quite a while. Her other hip is fine. She really wants to keep active and do as much as she can, but it is really restrictive now. All of this has her very nervous (she suffers from anxiety and is on medication) to the point where we are unsure if she will make a decision to have it. We are also very nervous, as on one hand we feel it could give her a new lease of life, but on the other we have the same concerns of recommending something to her that may not go too well. Our hope for her would be that she could live without pain and have at least enough mobility to get around her house with her rollator. The alternative is her going off her feet, ending up in a care home and still be lying in pain.
Has anyone got elderly relatives or friends that have gone through total hip replacement. I would love to hear the experience.
I would also welcome any advice on the op and recovery. Her house is all on the same level, so the plan would be that she would return home two days after surgery and begin physio a couple of weeks later. An alternative is to go to a care home for a week or two. But I think she would prefer to be at home if it was feasible.
Thanks in advance.