I'm sorry if you felt my post was intended to chastise you -- it was not. I've been through what you are experiencing now and just wanted to share some of what I learned here.
Fair enough, I guess I was being too sensitive about it. I'm definitely cutting back on activity as directed by my dr's office and recommended by all here. Sorry!
I wonder if the PT you've been doing might not be more of an issue for you than the walking? My surgeon tells me that often they don't even prescribe PT for hips, walking, chairs, cars, all that is PT enough for a while.
Maybe so! I skipped it yesterday and will do again today. Still having some hip pain in the weight-bearing phase of my stride. New cane should show up from Amazon so at least I can get around the house as needed.
When I got to my second hip I wasn't looking for new and exciting exercises or any fast track. I learned from my first and I took it real easy and just walked. I learned not to walk for distance or speed, never counted steps or measured distance. I walked slowly with purpose.
OK yes, that's what I am trying to do - but I'm back to where I feel like I can only walk around the house as needed. I just feeling so limited to not be able to go out to the barn and visit horses, walk around even the yard in the beautiful spring weather. Can't a gal feel a little sorry for herself?
Apparently I am just not a very patient patient. I do appreciate your sharing your experience and will try to revise my inner dialogue to accept things as they are.
I have a question- you said your dr told you that you are at a greater risk for dislocation due to your physiology. May I ask more specifically that physiology is?
@Valentine , sure, no problem. I have levoscoliosus, which is curvature to the left of the lower part of my spine. Dr. says this makes my lumbar and sacroiliac areas much stiffer than normal, so my pelvis doesn't tilt as freely as it should. Therefore when the hip is flexed, it's more likely to pop out than a normal person. To be honest I never really noticed this about myself, I've always been pretty flexible - but he showed me in an xray they took before surgery specifically because they knew about the scoliosis. He seemed more concerned about it before surgery than after, and it was a primary reason he went for an anterior approach rather than posterior (he does both.) His plan before surgery was to implant the largest cup and ball possible, and if that didn't work out as planned he had a dual-motion implant available, but Plan A worked out so he was very pleased with that afterwards. I asked him 'how much more likely, like 10% more likely, 10 times more likely, 100 times more likely?' knowing there wasn't a precise answer but wanting some idea, he chose the 10x more likely option.
I ride and compete horses and Dr. wants me to wait 5 months before even getting back on, in order to allow all the ligaments, tendons and the joint capsule to heal up and really tighten around the joint. It was the combination of my back issues and my commitment to an active sport that worried him, but he's committed to bringing patients back to their prior level of activity as much as possible. At my age the clock is ticking on this sport anyway, hence my impatience.
Early days after surgery it all felt really loose and wobbly but lately that feeling has dissipated; things feel very tight and secure around the joint. so that's very positive. I have a lot to be positive about and thanks all for reminding me of that.