Sequin98's Pre-op Journey

[Josephine]

Doen't matter a jot which approach is used. It only matters for about 6 weeks and after that, it's no longer and issue! Of much more importance is that you get a spiffingly good surgeon!

Choosing a surgeon and a prosthesis

 

[sequin98]

Makes me want to get the left side done shortly after, in case this OS that I am using for my right retires...

 

[dlp]

Makes me want to get the left side done shortly after, in case this OS that I am using for my right retires...

I'm seeing the same surgeon since I had great results, so I totally get your concern. Don't be afraid to ask them if they still intend to be practicing for a while.

 

[sequin98]

I intend to wear it every day!!!

 

[anny]

love it @sequin98!........"I intend to wear it every day!!!"..... hope you got 2 though

 

[Mojo333]

Love it...

 

[hikejunkie]

I. Want. One.

 

[Bevlah]

I want to sit like the model........

 

[Layla]

That's awesome and you soon will be Killin' It! Order up....
@sequin98

 

[sequin98]

I want to sit like the model........

That will happen in time,right???

 

[Mojo333]

Doing it right now...but not on the floor

 

[anny]

various pictures are flitting thro my mind, Mojo

 

[Layla]

Just did it.....on the floor!
Been going to try that but kept forgetting. Yay!
Hip goals....

 

[sequin98]

Whoo hooo!!! I can do it now...so what, a year post op I should be able to do it?

 

[Mojo333]

Doing it right now...but not on the floor

I was sitting on the bed..
Sure you will @sequin98 .
I think I may have been able to do prior to my BTHR, with clenched teeth and tears running down my face. Kind of like just trying to sleep comfortably.
Thankful you still have good flexibility and your hip issues haven't kept you from doing some of the things many of us found impossible to manage.

 

[Bevlah]

Ladies you are all showing off now......

 

[sequin98]

Showing off indeed! Dragging a kayak into the lake despite balance issues...ok to love kayaking that much....

 

[newhip126]

@sequin98

I can sit Indian style. It’s been 14 months since my hip surgery. Woohoo!!

 

[SaraK]

I could sit cross-legged within a few months after first THR - now just waiting to be able to do it again! Just need this darn muscle/tendon to fix itself.

 

[anny]

Hmmm.....I've never been able to sit cross-legged properly....even as a child I was the one sitting on the floor in Assembly with my ankles crossed and my knees pointing upwards, being told to put my knees flat like everyone else There's never been any suggestion of a skeletal problem such as Protrusio or impingement, so guess I just was particularly unfit/inflexible

@Josephine is this common in children? I'm talking about primary school age, 5 or 6