THR Sarak - There's Life After a Hip Replacement
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Hope it was good!
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SaraK
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What's worse than being woken (on one of the few days you can sleep in) by a telemarketer? Being woken by a robotic telemarketer so you can't even complain to them about waking you up! At least I got a back to sleep afterwards.
No apparent ill effects from my trip to the gym or working from home yesterday, so I guess I'll repeat it today.
No apparent ill effects from my trip to the gym or working from home yesterday, so I guess I'll repeat it today.
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Oh my Sara it sounds like you are doing so well! Did you just have surgery Saturday?!? Wow
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SaraK
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@BeBe Yes - surgery was just a few days ago. This is comparable to recovery from first. May be helped by my hips going south quickly so I didn't struggle with things for years like some. I also think the SuperPath approach is conducive to quicker recovery. Unlike some of the videos you'll see, though, I don't expect to be playing golf next week!
How is your recovery going?
How is your recovery going?
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Lost sleep over a worthless phone call 
I got a chuckle over your comment about the inability to complain to those robo calls.
Worse to me is when it's a human, you attempt to ask them to take you off their call list
and they rudely hang up on you mid sentence!
It makes a bad word come out of my mouth
But.... it's not GAAH!
Great to hear the extra activity hasn't had any ill effect. You're doing great! @SaraK
I got a chuckle over your comment about the inability to complain to those robo calls.
Worse to me is when it's a human, you attempt to ask them to take you off their call list
and they rudely hang up on you mid sentence!
It makes a bad word come out of my mouth
But.... it's not GAAH!Great to hear the extra activity hasn't had any ill effect. You're doing great! @SaraK
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SaraK
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I first started having pain in L hip in 2/16 but could no longer sleep in a bed by 3/16. I saw a few different doctors and had xray and MRI that didn't show anything other than maybe mild OA. Pain specialist told me nothing wrong with hip. Tried PT and PT and I were only ones saying something wrong. Saw new doc in 8/16 who agreed something wrong with hip but thought labral tear and/or impingement. Did steroid shot that relieved pain for 2 months but played havoc with diabetes. MRI arthrogram in 2/17 showed lAbral tears, impingement and insufficiency fracture that had collapsed and caused bone on bone. Didn't start having problems with R hip until 5 months ago but sleeping in recliner last 3 months and getting harder to walk. Progressing quickly - found lots of fun bone spurs and labral tearing and bone on bone. Knowing how quickly it could be better, I pulled the plug immediately!
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I know I'm doing well, but do they understand I've had major surgery and only scheduled to be out of the office for 1 week?!? It's very busy at my office right now, so I'm trying to help but -
- on Sunday - day after surgery, my boss sends me something and asks if I cabn review it by Tuesday
- I worked at least 3 hours yesterday and again today and have several more hours worth of stuff I need to have done by Monday and
- I get an irritated email from a colleague that is upset that I haven't responded to her email from this morning (which will require printing and reviewing a couple hundred pages of documents and I've already advised her on 3 times so far!
OK, rant over. Felt good to get that off my chest with people who would understand my side of it!
- on Sunday - day after surgery, my boss sends me something and asks if I cabn review it by Tuesday
- I worked at least 3 hours yesterday and again today and have several more hours worth of stuff I need to have done by Monday and
- I get an irritated email from a colleague that is upset that I haven't responded to her email from this morning (which will require printing and reviewing a couple hundred pages of documents and I've already advised her on 3 times so far!
OK, rant over. Felt good to get that off my chest with people who would understand my side of it!
danabanana
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Yikes!!! I'd be rightfully annoyed too!!! Can you set up an autoreply stating you're out of the office until such -in-such time due to Hip Replacement Surgery? Some people can be daft and often then need to have things spelled out for them....maybe include a YouTube link to your surgery in your signature. Hahahaha 
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The auto-reply is there and they KNOW I've had the surgery and am out this week. The link to the surgery might be an idea, though. Or I could offer to do the surgery on them free of charge!
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Ah so it's a case of Stupid! Gotcha. 
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I knew one of my fellow hippies would make me feel better. Thanks @danabanana
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Aw anytime!!! Like my grandpappy always says, ya can't fix stupid! 
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Are you kidding?!! @SaraK
Do they understand you had major surgery? Send them a photocopy of your incision.
It sounds as they they have no compassion and are missing a sensitivity chip
Tell them you're on heavy narcotics and unable to clearly process through a couple hundred
pages of docs without falling asleep.
Give us the address....we'll get after em
Do they understand you had major surgery? Send them a photocopy of your incision.
It sounds as they they have no compassion and are missing a sensitivity chip
Tell them you're on heavy narcotics and unable to clearly process through a couple hundred
pages of docs without falling asleep.
Give us the address....we'll get after em
