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Hi @Ruth123 and belated happy birthdays! I just turned 71 and can honestly tell you that I'm jealous of your recovery!
Your trip to Spain, coming where it did in your recovery timeline, would have sidelined me for months!
Regarding your new pain, I am no doctor, but if I were having pain like yours now, I would figure I had climbed way too many stairs. I did the same thing early in my first recovery. I had anterior, so my pain was concentrated in the hip crease anyway. We vacationed (a 500+ mile drive that took forever because we stopped every 90-100 miles and walked around for half an hour to help my hip) when I was about 4 months out. I'd been doing my version of really well, but also lived in a single-story house so had no stair climbing practise. Vacation house has two 16-step flights and I hiked up them cheerfully and energetically when we arrived. When I got to the top I realized that was a big mistake. I had plenty of pain all over the hip. I wasn't walking much more than 2 miles several times a week at that point, but my limit suddenly became one mile and not all at once. That took a few months to resolve. I'm hoping your surgeon can reassure you!
My opinion is that all of my usual aches and pains would be there even if I had 2 perfect biological hips. I figure if something is wrong with the implant itself, I would be in no doubt whatsoever.
Keep calm this coming week, and keep resting!
Your trip to Spain, coming where it did in your recovery timeline, would have sidelined me for months!Regarding your new pain, I am no doctor, but if I were having pain like yours now, I would figure I had climbed way too many stairs. I did the same thing early in my first recovery. I had anterior, so my pain was concentrated in the hip crease anyway. We vacationed (a 500+ mile drive that took forever because we stopped every 90-100 miles and walked around for half an hour to help my hip) when I was about 4 months out. I'd been doing my version of really well, but also lived in a single-story house so had no stair climbing practise. Vacation house has two 16-step flights and I hiked up them cheerfully and energetically when we arrived. When I got to the top I realized that was a big mistake. I had plenty of pain all over the hip. I wasn't walking much more than 2 miles several times a week at that point, but my limit suddenly became one mile and not all at once. That took a few months to resolve. I'm hoping your surgeon can reassure you!
My opinion is that all of my usual aches and pains would be there even if I had 2 perfect biological hips. I figure if something is wrong with the implant itself, I would be in no doubt whatsoever.
Keep calm this coming week, and keep resting!
