@EL11 You are doing so well to be on one crutch now! You are inspiring me
! I can feel the OA kicking up in my left hip, as I cut back on the narcodic meds during the day. So annoying. Did your surgeon say which was your nastiest hip, the first or second one? I would imagine you had the one that hurt the most removed first, but the strain the post op from the first puts on the second non operated hip...well I'm getting the idea now! I had a busy day at my check up visit and x-rays etc. yesterday. Had two tramacet at bedtime, and another with more Tylenol at three thirty AM, but sleep, for the first time post op, eludes me, even in the recliner.
I am weaning off the walker today, tomorrow, however long it takes, onto crutches. I'll intersperse with the cane, which as of yesterday afternoon, felt too wobbly and will play it by ear. Surgeon suggested going straight to cane..but I'm not feeling it yet! When did you come off the walker and onto crutches. I would imagine second time around gives one more confidence to get on with things.
I think I'm going to go back to my private phsyio for gait and "assistive aids" assessment. My husband says he thinks I just need to try the crutches and cane, and we have the information on how to use them...I just feel lacking in the confidence to do so. DH has more faith in me that I do myself it appears! I also have disc issues in my lower back, so keeping my core and back muscles strong is key. Have you had similar issues with wanting to keep your upper body strong, or is just dealing with getting through the two surgery deal back to back more than enough! Sounds like you have been having good phsyio help.
I am now waiting to hear back from OS's office about my second date. He prefers to do 8 - 10 weeks for post op, but is booking into December. His secretary is "talking to the hospital", whatever that means. I suspect it has something to do with finding an OR for me so he can do my second hip in November, instead of December. Apparently, and I'm not sure how true this is, but orthopedic surgeons are the most unemployed doctors in Canada, simply because there isn't enough OR space available...so the infastructure isn't meeting the demand, although the surgeons are available! However I do know as fact, with my husband's surgery a year ago, he had to wait a really long time, as the OR designation, for the area of surgery he needed, was limited. I digress!
Wishing you a great continued healing day!