Well that's me back from my 7 week post hip op check.
In and out in 5 minutes!
Was expecting a bit more of a check up than I got,. Presumed it would be the surgeon who did my op but no ,his under person.
No xray ,no please hop on the bed and see how your hip moves, no how you managing the exercises,do you want to go to some physio just are you in much pain, just can I see your scar . Can you wriggle your toes !!! Yes all good that's it !!!
At least I saw my X-rays on his computer screen from day after op.
Apparently I have had a lateral non cemented hip . Looks like it's just held in with 3 screws. He said it will take 6-12 months to fully grow around and support the hip so be very careful . Still no twisting , bending over 90 degrees and lay seat back in the car and slide in carefully,until he sees me at 6 months.
So still can't bend to put on my own socks, or even bend enough to put food in the oven .
He said as I am in my mid 50 s I would probably need another by my 70 s so uncemented is easier to do again.
(if I live that long )
Anyone else here had a non cemented ( just pinned in) hip and if so how you found it.
Back to living my limited life for a bit longer ,good job I like to 😀
Love to hear from anyone.
Best wishes suzie
Mine is non cemented. The implant is slightly porous so the bone is able to grow into as well as around it. This helps to make it very stable, eventually
Hi, your 6 week appointment sounds a bit like mine, in and out v quickly, didn't see my surgeon, though I did have an x-ray. ( Which I didn't see!) My hip is uncemented, I was 57 when I had it done, 5 months ago. It's meant to be good if you're active, and relatively youngish. Bumped into my surgeon last week, and we were chatting. He said the hip should last a lifetime,, but I'm a bit sceptical, I thought they lasted15/20 years max.
I ennis trading your commentary.
Mine is also not cemented. I'm 2 an half yrs post op.
Works fine no problems. Needy to your recovery
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Not needy but best to your recovery
Hi Suzie
Glad all went so well for you- this seems to be the norm that were basically on our own post op. You were lucky to actually see someone at the 7 week stage as ive got to wait to 12 weeks before my follow up appointment on Feb 1st. (BUPA uk)
It would have been good to have reassurance that all was going well at 6/7week stage, but luckily im feeling great most days & all seems to be going well.
I cant comment on the type of THR though as im a cemented one, didnt have a choice so hope that was the right decision!
Margaret
Hi Suziemo, I am almost 15 months post op, at my 6 week checkup, I saw the surgeon who performed op, he checked scar, how I was walking, how hip moved and my balance standing on one leg, He showed me the xray. Mine was uncemented posterior approach, no pins holding anything in, told me I was doing very well, said it will last a lifetime and I am in my 50's. Uncemented is better as you say if we are in the younger age range and need a revision done at a later stage. he told me i could then shower, as my shower at that time was over the bath, and reduced some restrictions. It took me 5 months till I could put my socks/tights on without the soxon aid, now i can do most things. You will need carseat leaning back for a while, I cannot have mine up at 90 degrees as it twinges the hip. The physio I saw at 4 weeks wa rubbish but I did get a 6 week lower limb gym class out of them which was brilliant. When I saw sugeon at 9 months because of bursitus he xrayed me again and was really pleased how the bone had grown and was securing it. Good luck
Wow you had a much better after care than me.
Was it NHS or private and which hospital , in uk ?
If it's not cemented or pinned what's holding it in.?
And a 6 week lower limb gym glass ,that's brilliant
would have been good to chat to the man who did the op . Can't help feel disssapointed with aftercare.
Pleased to hear your doing well 😀
With best wishes
suzie
Hips put in fifteen to twenty years ago may need replacement now, but a new hip with new technology and materials may last a lot longer, we will not know for fifteen to twenty years of course.
Hi Suzie. I too am 7 weeks post op and I had an uncemented RTHR. Nothing holding it in. They say bone will grow nicely around it.
I wasn't happy that couldn't see my surgeon until 3 months after op so they gave me an appt with another surgeon at 5 weeks to check me out. He did an X-ray and said everything was fine. I have felt a bit abandoned as I constantly have queries as I have gone along. Good job there is this group as have found out a lot on here. I am only 53 and I am told they tend to do uncemented on younger (!!) patients.
Nice to hear from someone else at the same stage as me. I now drive again and walk with a stick. Worried that I should be doing better but everyone's journey is different.
Hope your recovery continues to go well xx
Hi there wonderful isn't it I like you was full of
questions for my surgeon, I was as quick as you
all I got to see was his nurse furious no x ray no
nothing ,tomorrow I have my 6 month check up
only it's only 5months guess what it's a
telephone consultation furious again will let you
no how get on .Big hug xx😱
Hi, I'm 54 and had the cup cemented in as far as I know. I didn't get a review until 10 weeks after tge op with the arthroplasty nurse who was pretty thorough but didn't do another x-ray. I"m seeing physio in Jan as still limping a bit. I can drive etc etc and touch my lower leg but get twinges if I forget and go further. Just ordered some foam for the settee as its too low and is a struggle to get up off. Lxxx
I had an x-ray and scar checked at 2 weeks post op. Went again at 6 weeks and Dr didn't check anything! Just said you're doing well and you'll keep improving! Didn't check my hip movement, didn't check me walking - nothing! Said I'll see you one 1 year. I still have therapy and she is awesome. Don't know what I'd do without therapy. Frustrating! We still need to hear we are are target and all is well......not just bad news.
Hi Suzi
That could be me! 7 weeks, no up on
The bed, just looked at scar, looked at X Ray , un cemented, said would need another as am in mid 50's . I even said if I live that long . Out in 5 mins!
Cannot bend to our six on or oven or washer . Still lots of pain ...
Hey, I wouldn't worry - my surgeon kicked me out at two weeks post op and said "see you in a year"! To be fair, I was fine with it as my hip has been a dream all the way through (five weeks tomorrow), and I do have an emergency number, but like he said - he's done his job.
I had uncemented for the same reason - late fifties but may live long enough to need another. Wow, that is a thought I don't want to start having! Not the surgery again - the how long I will live. Thank you very much but I intend to live for ever...
I am quite lucky in that I have my own, very experienced and overly qualified physiotherapist, and I have been following her slightly more liberating advice, which works well for me. The chances of never bending, for me, are nil - I have always been ultimately flexible. Even with both severe OA and osteonecrosis (and a broken ankle, but that's another story) I could touch the floor from standing with no warm up. With palms flat! So I admit that my brain has told my body to do it before the "don't do it" engaged a few times. And my physio said that slow and if pain free, then fine. She's not gone as far as no restrictions, but she did say that if it helped, modern research is showing that dislocations are more often simply bad luck than a result of any specific movements, and within reason there's not a lot that you can do to dislocate a good surgery. Obviously, running a marathon or taking up jive isn't included in that! Not that I'll be taking up either because the dodgy ankle is next for the knife, but at least I have started to return to some yoga, a few aerobics, the exercise bike, and next week I'll be allowed the treadmill albeit probably limited due to the ankle.
I'm sure your life isn't "limited" but it sure is a good excuse not to be having to cook Christmas dinner this year! I just find it a shame that nobody advises we shouldn't iron. I am sure ironing ought to be on the restricted list for at least a year.
Auntie beanie .. I had the same as you . At what stage were you pain free??
Ps I did get to see the surgeon though !
5 minutes after all of the pain and recovery you have put in...chuckle chuckle....that means you are doing well!
My 6 week review (at 8 weeks) was pretty similar, though I did see the surgeon. Any pain? No.
Managing alright? Yes
Oh good.
We then went on to discuss my other hip (which is due to be operated on at some point).
The whole appointment took little more than 5 minutes and certainly less than 10.