What can you not do anymore???????

[new yorker]

Hello to all, I am 37 and found out about 8 years ago I needed double THR. I put it off for that long and just lived with the pain. I was told it was something that I was born with and would have noticted it in my early to mid 40's but and injury when I was about 29 brought it on sooner. I am a construction worker and pretty active, always doing stuff around the yard and house. This is where it gets scary for me, I can still do all of this stuff but with alot of pain. If and when I get the THR can I still do the stuff I am doing now?:pzld::pzld::pzld: That is one thing stoping me at this point , but I really cant deal with the pain much longer

 

[Texas]

Hi and Welcome, If its hurting you now it can only get worse............Dont live like that just get it over with and live your life noon wants to live like that.whatever you decided we are behind ya............It will only get worse..........Post anytime and good luck............

 

[kangaroo]

My doctor has said that I will not dislocate! and to do anything I want and to go hard at it and get on with life!
Rachel
ps I'm 43 had thr in April and have 5 kids!

 

[new yorker]

Do you notice certain things that you cant do that you did before THR

 

[Judles]

Hi New Yorker! I'm one, too...where are you from??? Because you're younger, you'll b able to probably do everything you want...but within reason@ Are you a runner? You might be able to? Tennis player? Doubles is alot more hip friendly!.... skateboarding...possible but scarey! Skatingm...should be ok...but ya hav to watch falling! Same with skiing!
Usually, if you've participated in the sport before, it should be ok...within reason and moderation! Now YOU have to figure THAT out! Good luck but don't go wild!!:thmb:

 

[new yorker]

I am from Long Island, NY. I am a construction worker, house framing, siding, decking. I am wondering if I can go back to this kind of work after double THR and if so, when? Iam not really into playing sports but I am always on the move doing something..

 

[Texas]

yea another long Island I was born there ...How cool Judles !!!!!!!!!!!!! Judles rocks her hip hasn't stopped her one bit.................) you will be fine...........Judles is always on the move as well.............)

 

[mdakota]

there is one thing i cant do at all anymore, i cant replicate the intense pain i was in before surgery. i'm 15 weeks out from my right and 7 out from my left. i can put my shoes on again, i can stand straight again, i can stand for long periods of time in one spot. all of which i couldnt do before surgery without horrible pain. check out my blog especially the first posts. i worked up to surgery, when i went home, nothing. work took all i had. i stopped alot of what i was doing gradually because of pain alot i didnt even realize until it was gone. broken link removed: https://cobalthip.blogspot.com/2009/07/50-mile-bike-ride.html this is not my blog but one of us. you should check it out. i'm 36 and am a dialysis nurse on my feet 98 percent of the time with 12-14 hour shifts. i will be going back. hope this helps

 

[Judles]

See????:thmb::thmb:
:gphg:

 

[mdakota]

there are the questions what approach, anterior or posterior are they doing simultaneous or separate. all of that has to be answered to really tell about how long you will be out. i had mine 8 weeks apart so i'm out for 5 months. there are people who had simultaneous bilat and went back after 8 - 12 weeks. with hard labor even with simultaneous i would think 12 weeks and they were done anterior.

 

[shugaplum]

I was a professional dancer and my doctor has full confidence that I'll be dancing again...If I can kick my face again anything is possible!

 

[Jamie]

Hi, New Yorker! Welcome to BoneSmart. You'll have a chance to talk with many folks here on the forum who are near your age and have active lives now that they have new hips. This is life changing surgery for almost everyone who has it.

I think mdakota said it beautifully. No more pain! The bigger question is not what you WON'T be able to do that you could before THR....it's what things WILL you be able to do after the surgery and recovery period. That should be a long list.

This is a great group of folks who are more than willing to support you through the whole process. Our forum nurse and Mother Hen is Josephine...she can answer any of the technical medical questions you might have. Good luck to you as you go forward and plan for your new life.

 

[rxdawg44]

I am 2 weeks out from Rt THR. Although I have surgical pain I don't have the pain I did 2 weeks and 1 day ago, I went to my 2 boys football games last Saturday and it was the 1st time I have not gone home sore and in pain for a long time.

 

[TBONE]

Hi new yorker. When I first had my BTHR and for about 4 months thereafter, I noticed that my legs felt heavier and less responsive. Even just trying to simulate a jog felt a bit odd. Then it changed. As I recovered, I gradually lost that heavy non-responsive feeling. I can now jog, run, play basketball, etc. I do not do this, however, because these activities are high impact and will shorten the life of my joints, which I had replaced at 51 y.o. but I can do anything else better than before surgery because I am not in pain and I am more flexible.

 

[Josephine]

We get asked this question a lot, my friend. And the answer, as you have seen, is always the same. People are often mistake the description of the early restrictions of movement is for life, meaning they are going to be some kind of cripple for the rest of their lives. It just ain't so. The entire purpose of it is to let people reclaim their lives in full! Otherwise there's just no point to it.

I worked with the surgeon who started the hip replacement science and it was his burning passion to enable people to continue to live as they wanted to whatever that entailed. That flag has been passed down the generations and now we have an enormous, dedicated generation of surgeons world-wide whose desire and passion is the same. One of that surgeon's early patients, done about 1958, was a steeple jack and roofer and one of this commissions was to look after the roofing on Norwich Cathedral! He climbed this roof and spire on a regular basis once he had his hip done!

End of it is, as the others have said, you will be able to continue with your construction work - eventually. Maybe 6 months on as you'll need to take the first few months gently to regain the physical strength and flexibility you have lost over this period of disability.

Incidentally, have you heard of hip resurfacing? It might be a good alternative and there are many good reports of it. There is an extra bit of range of movement and some evidence that, as it conserves bone, makes your inevitable revision around 60-65 that bit easier. Mud Pro has a HR, I hope he'll come and have a word. Otherwise you could go to SurfaceHippyforum and read the article comparing THR and HR. It might be for you, it might not but it's worth looking into.

 

[JudyS]

Hi New Yorker,
I am 52 and had my right hip replaced last summer. It is great, I love it . I cant tell it is there actaullly. At 3 months all restrictions were lifted. It has a llot more range of motion than ever and of course no more pain and giving out on me.
Only running is banned, although it is totally possible and comfortable.
GEt yourself to a great surgeon(most important part). You will be so happy and pain free.
judy

 

[new yorker]

there are the questions what approach, anterior or posterior are they doing simultaneous or separate. all of that has to be answered to really tell about how long you will be out. i had mine 8 weeks apart so i'm out for 5 months. there are people who had simultaneous bilat and went back after 8 - 12 weeks. with hard labor even with simultaneous i would think 12 weeks and they were done anterior.

My doc wanted to do them both in a one to two week peiriod.

 

[new yorker]

We get asked this question a lot, my friend. And the answer, as you have seen, is always the same. People are often mistake the description of the early restrictions of movement is for life, meaning they are going to be some kind of cripple for the rest of their lives. It just ain't so. The entire purpose of it is to let people reclaim their lives in full! Otherwise there's just no point to it.

I worked with the surgeon who started the hip replacement science and it was his burning passion to enable people to continue to live as they wanted to whatever that entailed. That flag has been passed down the generations and now we have an enormous, dedicated generation of surgeons world-wide whose desire and passion is the same. One of that surgeon's early patients, done about 1958, was a steeple jack and roofer and one of this commissions was to look after the roofing on Norwich Cathedral! He climbed this roof and spire on a regular basis once he had his hip done!

End of it is, as the others have said, you will be able to continue with your construction work - eventually. Maybe 6 months on as you'll need to take the first few months gently to regain the physical strength and flexibility you have lost over this period of disability.

Incidentally, have you heard of hip resurfacing? It might be a good alternative and there are many good reports of it. There is an extra bit of range of movement and some evidence that, as it conserves bone, makes your inevitable revision around 60-65 that bit easier. Mud Pro has a HR, I hope he'll come and have a word. Otherwise you could go to SurfaceHippyforum and read the article comparing THR and HR. It might be for you, it might not but it's worth looking into.

Thank you josephine, I just found this site on google and started reading some post and now I signed up and added it to my favorites. I am going to look into the HR. Thank you all very much.:thmb:

 

[UTdave]

Do you notice certain things that you cant do that you did before THR

Hey,

I'm a 34 yo. BTHR from Oct to Feb of this past year. We likely have the same diagnosis.

I, too, can no longer complain of not sleeping because of pain, being grumpy because of pain, needing my toenails clipped by my wife, shoes tied by my wife, etc.

As for activities. I wasn't even sure I would go back for the annual Whistler, BC bike trip after surgery, but I did 7 months after my last surgery. . .

https://www.pinkbike.com/video/102558/

(I show up at the 0:12 and 1:48 mark.)

Actually, riding felt much safer than it did before surgery because I wasn't a hunchback helplessly hoping for the best as a prisoner in my own body.

Good luck!

Dave

 

[PRGal]

Hey New Yorker!
Simply put (and judging by your routine activity description)--it's pretty likely there won't be anything you can't do post THR! Not the day or the week after, of course, but given a reasonable recovery time--you're home free. My new hip is almost a year old and I don't even know it's there! BELIEVE! :thmb: