12 days to go to my op for RTHR & needed some clothing suitable for hospital & after op. So I drove to my nearest big shopping centre with my daughter & she pushed me in the wheelchair as I can hardly get around the house walking. It was great to see the outside world after so long being tied to short distances from home. After reading all the posts of post op patients I have so much to look forward to after my recovery. I think I'm all sorted with loose clothing but pretty little dresses & pjs for hospital & home. Elastic laces & slip on slippers & shoes which I'm sure will look wonderful with the ted stockings Im supposed to wear for 6 weeks. 😱😱
Sounds as if you're all sorted then. I wore lots of leggings as it was winter here, I found any tighter fabric was uncomfortable.
You have so much to look forward to, I wish you well for your surgery and recovery !
HI Gossip sounds like you had the worst end of the stick preop that anyone could have had, I was nearly there like you myself, but as a bloke I pushed through it, and carried on, lifting my leg off of the pavement to get inot my car, auto luckily...I was in so much pain for months, now its all gone, in a few weeks...Chin up dear, it gets better...keep in touch here. Ian.
It's autumn here now georgie in Ireland but feels like winter. The dresses are long & floaty but pretty. It's a girly thing 😃. If I feel awful at least I might look ok. I did buy stretchy gym long shorts & nice tops too a few sizes bigger to allow for swelling. Can't wait to have it over me now. Pains gone beyond bearable. But terrified of the op & recovery too.
Ian I've being following your posts for last few months & Ur are such an inspiration to me along with a good few more on this forum. Without all your input I would've crumbled & given up. Luckily I drive a suv but manual & after a short drive I get very sore & stiff. Do u think it was Ur stubbornism that got you through both Ur ops? Because I'm as stubborn as hell normally & can't believe how debilitated I feel now.
You're gonna have a life again & it won't be long.
I can't say my new hip is as good as my old one (prior to it failing)
It is pretty damned good though. I am careful not to carry anything heavy on that side. Ask your doctor about weight limitations, as far as carrying things after your THR.
I went & took care of my mom, getting her into and out of a lift chair and wheel chair and took her weight on me and that hip, pulling her up. I did hurt my hip, I never told her of course. I was by my mom for 2 months having had my surgery 10 months prior to caring for her. I know that that was to much weight on the hip, I was hurting, but I did it anyway. When I got back to France after about a month it calmed back down. This is why I say to ask your surgeon about a weight limit, how much you can carry with your hand on that side.
Since I am back in France I do not carry anything really heavy on that side. My husband will carry the really heavy grocery bags for me. If he isn't around it's not a problem I just make two trips of lighter bags. I wish I could lift and carry like I used to, but being pain free and being able to walk is so worth it, I can live with that limitation.
Jodie Ur comment made me laugh if u don't mind. As my husband keeps telling me my handbag is too big & heavy. In saying that it saved my hip when I slipped on ice in February coming in the front step. I landed on my hip on my suitcase of a handbag. I bought a big light slouchy bag yesterday on sale in primark with lots of pockets for carrying all my bits & bobs up & downstairs with a crutch in hand. I pad, phone, Chargers,water, book, pills etc. for €3. Delighted with my bargain but now I need to edit my normal handbag of the things I can do without. There was no mention of weight limitations but I was always the one who would carry 5 loads upstairs rather than go up & down 5 times due to pain. Lesson learned over last 3/4 years now I just ask somebody else to do it for me. And if nobody's home IT can wait until they are. That was a hard one for me as I'm a neat freak. I hope I stick to my new motto after my op on 25th. Looking forward to my renewed life.