Cptn.Jeff
new member
Well it’s been 6 mouths sense my last Total Hip Replacement and it is time for my next and last one.
I have been getting ready once again for my surgery that will be on February 7 first thing in the morning. I have to be there at 5:00 PM and the surgery is at 7.
I have already given my 2 units of blood for my surgery, the last time they only used 1 unit and they gave that to me the morning I was going home.
My first THR is doing great. It’s like the hip is on ball bearings and feels better than I can ever remembering it feeling….
I have a ceramic ball and the socket is made of a cross lock palamar material. The way they did my surgery is called a press fit, they press every thing in and let the bone grow around the prosthetic to hold it in and this will last longer than the cement type. The down fall of this way is that you can not bear any weight on you leg for 6 weeks while the bones heal and hold the every thing together.
My hips did not grow correctly when I was a child so they had to move the placement of my socket, now I will walk and even run better than I have ever done in my entire life. That will help when I need to run down my new 8 month old baby boy..LOL
I will try and let you know how every thing went and how my recovery is going when I get home from the hospital.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask and I will get back to you or Josephine will answer them, she has been a great help for me and will be for you too. “ Thanks Josephine”
God willing I will write more after my surgery.
Jeff Haley
I have been getting ready once again for my surgery that will be on February 7 first thing in the morning. I have to be there at 5:00 PM and the surgery is at 7.
I have already given my 2 units of blood for my surgery, the last time they only used 1 unit and they gave that to me the morning I was going home.
My first THR is doing great. It’s like the hip is on ball bearings and feels better than I can ever remembering it feeling….
I have a ceramic ball and the socket is made of a cross lock palamar material. The way they did my surgery is called a press fit, they press every thing in and let the bone grow around the prosthetic to hold it in and this will last longer than the cement type. The down fall of this way is that you can not bear any weight on you leg for 6 weeks while the bones heal and hold the every thing together.
My hips did not grow correctly when I was a child so they had to move the placement of my socket, now I will walk and even run better than I have ever done in my entire life. That will help when I need to run down my new 8 month old baby boy..LOL
I will try and let you know how every thing went and how my recovery is going when I get home from the hospital.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask and I will get back to you or Josephine will answer them, she has been a great help for me and will be for you too. “ Thanks Josephine”
God willing I will write more after my surgery.
Jeff Haley