Well, three months out from a left THR and I feel great and very very lucky. The only downside is that now the left hip has been dealt to, the right one is starting to hurt a bit more.
My sister, Kris, had the same surgery (we are both in our 40s and have hip dysplasia), same leg on the same day (but in Perth, Australia) and she had a THR on her right hip last week. Unfortunately, there was a resulting leg length discrepancy of over 1 cm that her surgeon wasn’t happy with so she will go into surgery again this morning to try and correct that. I fly out there on Friday to help out for a while – she has two young children (a nearly-six year old and an 18 month old).
I am really looking forward to seeing my sister for the first time in three years. I am not looking forward to the 7.5 hour flight in sardine class.
So the next time I post here it will probably be with an Aussie accent rather than a Kiwi one ;)
Cheers,
Monica
My sister, Kris, had the same surgery (we are both in our 40s and have hip dysplasia), same leg on the same day (but in Perth, Australia) and she had a THR on her right hip last week. Unfortunately, there was a resulting leg length discrepancy of over 1 cm that her surgeon wasn’t happy with so she will go into surgery again this morning to try and correct that. I fly out there on Friday to help out for a while – she has two young children (a nearly-six year old and an 18 month old).
I am really looking forward to seeing my sister for the first time in three years. I am not looking forward to the 7.5 hour flight in sardine class.
So the next time I post here it will probably be with an Aussie accent rather than a Kiwi one ;)
Cheers,
Monica