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THR Sarak - There's Life After a Hip Replacement

So sorry @SaraK That's a bummer!
Your recovery has been stellar it seems.
I'm happy to hear it's feeling better today and hopefully even more so tomorrow.
Hope the rest of your week is great!
 
As one of my friends likes to say - "every straight line has a curve in the middle." Ironic, though, that I started having a problem the one week I didn't go to the gym (because of my cold)!
 
Darned colds. Right now I am sitting here hoping the runny nose and the fact that I couldn’t get warm is not one of the colds coming on. Going to get hit even more vit c and zinc and early to bed. Figure if it is one I can knock it out before February 5.
 
Oh, @MammaT - no getting sick now! Yes, you've got 2 weeks to get over one, but best to nip it in the bud! Do you use Flonase or Mucinex? Both of those help me quite a bit.
 
Hey @SaraK
A special notice just for you in case you haven't heard :wink:

Please register for Joint Replacement Awareness Day to be held on April 14, 2018.
It's a free event for those who have experienced Joint Replacement, as well as those
contemplating or awaiting a joint replacement.
The event will be informative and interesting. Please find more detail in the JRAD
banner at the top of the page.

Also, please consider a donation as we depend on members for their generous support in order to fund our operations. Here is a direct link to our donation page.
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Please find a link below my signature to register for the JRAD event.
Thanks for your consideration.
 
Feeling pleasantly tired and planning to put my feet up and rest the remainder of the day. Under the category of better to ask forgiveness than permission, it's been a busy weekend. The sciatic/piriformis pain subsided early in the week so I decided to go for it this weekend.

Not as exotic as ice fishing or going to the deer camp like @Berber7227 . I worked out with my trainer yesterday. Last night was dancing to one of my favorite bands and today was a 4.5 Mile hike on a level paved trail along the river.

I took the cane with me on the hike since I didn't have a walking stick and hadn't walked that far in years! It was also there and back on the same trail so I knew I could stop midway if I needed to and let the group come back to me but didn't have to. Gorgeous day and 55 degrees so it felt good to be outside.

The main thing that hurts right now is the blister on my foot from wearing a new pair of shoes dancing last night. I'm planning on ice and elevating, though, just as a precaution.

Have a great rest to the weekend fellow hippies! It's a big week this week for some of my favorite folks out there. I'll be thinking of each of you as your surgery approaches! Hugs!
 
So happy to see you reaping the rewards from your surgery.
New hips have also made the difference in having a good life, for me.
Really happy you are able to go DO!
 
Hi Sara
Sounds like someone had a fun filled exciting weekend. That's what it's all about.
Icing as a precaution is wise. Hope you're feeling tip-top tomorrow.
A great week to you!
@SaraK
 
Hey @SaraK! Way to kick that sciatic/piriformis pain in the butt!! Workout dancing hiking!
Living my life vicariously through you for a few more weeks!:upright::hiking::happyfeet:
 
SaraK said:
@MammaT - My "devotion to exercise" is fairly recent. I was somewhat of a couch potato before I started having problems with first hip. Then onset was severe pain (at one point, I couldn't rotate that leg at all without pain so severe I felt like I would pass out). I found out later it was a femoral head "insufficiency fracture" but wasn't seen on x-ray or diagnosed for a year. After the worst pain improved, it just gradually got worse and worse (as the collapsed area of bone was scraping away the cartilage) and I started doing less and less. My doctor was always on my case about needing to exercise and couldn't understand that I couldn't without making the pain too intense. She thought it was just bursitis but I knew it wasn't because there was no external pain. Along the way, she sent me to PT and I lucked into someone good. At one point, he was the one advocating for me and indicating in his report that there appeared to be a problem with the joint.

When I finally found out what was wrong and got the THR, I went back to him for PT. Between PT the summer before and after the THR, and discovering a mild heart condition during my post op testing (to go along with my mild case of diabetes), I knew I had to get serious about "maintenance" of my body if I wanted to stick around long term.

So, when PT done after first THR, I joined a gym and started working with a trainer. I also joint a group that goes out dancing to rehab the hip and get some fun exercise. I lost 20 pounds and got into OK shape. I tried to keep going as much as I could when the second hip started barking. At pre op for that hip, my doc made huge adjustments in Ned because of how well I'd done.

So, short story long, that's the reason I've pushed myself so hard after surgery. As long as it wasn't causing pain and setting me back, I'm determined to get back where I was as quickly as possible to not give back too much ground from a health standpoint.
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I am 64 and round. Your determination pushes me. After the round of pain and finally the new hip, my goal is to walk our dog in the spring. I am tired of sitting on the sidelines. Keep me in your thoughts. I am. 11 days post op and it feels better than before. Hooray.
 
@Walkinginthesand - I saw my new hip as a way to start over and take control of my life and my health. It sounds like you're looking at it the same way. Your screenname is part of what started me down the path to surgery - we went on vacation at the beach but I could barely y make it to the beach and couldn't walk along it!
 
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