mdakota
senior
hi everyone. i havent been on in a while but i have some questions.
i went to my two week check up and the surgeon went over my surgery.
Jo i've searched the internet from top to bottom so you may be the only one i know that can answer some of this.
My first replacement june 22nd which was supposed to be the bad leg wasnt. when he went in this time on aug 17th here is what he found. my femur which is normally rotated 20 degrees because of the underlying hip dysplasia was rotated 45 degrees. he said the normally vertical muscles were horizontal. they were all detached and reinserted. there was no anterior acetabulum and the femoral head was collapsed. he had to build a shelf in the acetabulum to insert the cup.
ok. there is the history now here are my questions.
this surgery was alot different therefore the recovery is alot different. with the muscle insertions. i'm 3 weeks out today i'm still unable to do a leg raise and the leg is very weak. the right i could do that the third day after surgery. what time period should i be thinking about realistically for the muscle strength to come back? i'm in phisio 3 times a week and do my at home exercises.
when i went to pt i found i was the talk of the place the surgeon had a dinner the friday before i started and all the physical therapists were briefed on my surgery. i'm being taken care of by the head therapist due to the extensive work and reconstruction.
i'm still not weight bearing and due to the right being done just a few weeks earlier i'm taking it easy. ( hard to believe but i'm being very good).
eventhough i'm not weightbearing at this time is the 12 mark still something i should be looking at as far as being healed enough to walk on my own?
jo, in your experience have you seen many cases that have gone to this extreme?
now i have to tell yall. this had been a very long recovery for me. the limitations after the second surgery give me good and bad days. i still will never regret my decision to have them both done nor the fact they were done so close together. i dont have hip pain. without putting weight on it i havent even taken a pain pill in three days. i get really excited when i think about the day when i wake up and realize i'm just walking no pain and without thought. here is somthing really cool. the external rotation which i formerly had 30 degrees on the right is now almost 80 degrees. my right had zero. it now gets about 40. 11 weeks out from my right i have 120 degree flexion and i actually go long periods without even thinking about it being replaced, i can tell you six weeks ago i didnt think that day would be for a long time.
love to hear from yall
monique
i went to my two week check up and the surgeon went over my surgery.
Jo i've searched the internet from top to bottom so you may be the only one i know that can answer some of this.
My first replacement june 22nd which was supposed to be the bad leg wasnt. when he went in this time on aug 17th here is what he found. my femur which is normally rotated 20 degrees because of the underlying hip dysplasia was rotated 45 degrees. he said the normally vertical muscles were horizontal. they were all detached and reinserted. there was no anterior acetabulum and the femoral head was collapsed. he had to build a shelf in the acetabulum to insert the cup.
ok. there is the history now here are my questions.
this surgery was alot different therefore the recovery is alot different. with the muscle insertions. i'm 3 weeks out today i'm still unable to do a leg raise and the leg is very weak. the right i could do that the third day after surgery. what time period should i be thinking about realistically for the muscle strength to come back? i'm in phisio 3 times a week and do my at home exercises.
when i went to pt i found i was the talk of the place the surgeon had a dinner the friday before i started and all the physical therapists were briefed on my surgery. i'm being taken care of by the head therapist due to the extensive work and reconstruction.
i'm still not weight bearing and due to the right being done just a few weeks earlier i'm taking it easy. ( hard to believe but i'm being very good).
eventhough i'm not weightbearing at this time is the 12 mark still something i should be looking at as far as being healed enough to walk on my own?
jo, in your experience have you seen many cases that have gone to this extreme?
now i have to tell yall. this had been a very long recovery for me. the limitations after the second surgery give me good and bad days. i still will never regret my decision to have them both done nor the fact they were done so close together. i dont have hip pain. without putting weight on it i havent even taken a pain pill in three days. i get really excited when i think about the day when i wake up and realize i'm just walking no pain and without thought. here is somthing really cool. the external rotation which i formerly had 30 degrees on the right is now almost 80 degrees. my right had zero. it now gets about 40. 11 weeks out from my right i have 120 degree flexion and i actually go long periods without even thinking about it being replaced, i can tell you six weeks ago i didnt think that day would be for a long time.
love to hear from yall
monique