three weeks post-op left THR....no problems apart from the same as everyone else...lack of decent sleep etc......I am still injecting myself with Clexane every night to prevent a DVT, and have about 8 more to go ...yippee! Just wondered if most people are doing the same or........? Still wearing the delightful white stockings, too...but still, a small price to pay I know!
Hope the sun is shining where you are
Barbara
Hi Barbara
I'm past that stage now but the thought of the injections filled me with horror but when it came to it......it wasnt bad at all.
BUT THOSE PASSION KILLERS
Sorry....dont know what happened to that message.....it just WENT....
Like I was saying.......PASSION KILLERS.....they were dreadful. I hated them but as you aid its a small price to pay.
The sun is shining here.....Not sure where you are but its 7.30am North East here and the its looks a great day
Love
Eileen UK
Hi Barbara
Yep I am 8 weeks post op on Tuesday. But my lack of sleep started about 3 years ago due to the pain and other ops not just this one. I am on asprin not the injections. I was wearing the TED stockings but they caused me a lot of problems also. I went to A & E about a week ago with swollen legs and they gave me an anti colaguilant and that caused more problems because it turns out I maybe allergic to which ever one they gave me and I am not supposed to have it because of my asthma either so they really messed up doing that to me.
I have been lucky no white stockings or injections just a tablet every day to prevent dvt the only thing I am suffering with lack of sleep, swollen leg and aching thigh round the scar and my left hip deciding it wants to join in with all the fun lol
Lovely and sunny here in beautiful cromer
I'm not wearing the white stockings..... but I am injecting clexane morning and night I have 24 more injections to go and my belly is black and blue. I think giving yourself those injections is worse than the operation itself..... Will be glad when they are finished...... 
Lovely and sunny here in Kings Lynn too Are you ok Lynne?
I am well bit better sleep last night saw Dr have been put on some temporary sleeping pills she has only given me 14 days worth the only I have noticed is my left hip occasionally aches so will speak to Mr Nolan about that when I see him and last night slept on back with no pillow in between legs, wish the weather would get hotter then I would get sunlounger out and get a tan lol 😀
Good morning from Holland, Barbara - sun is shining and air is crisp again after the sweltering heat of yesterday -
oh, those dreaded injections ... I had them for 6 weeks and was so happy it was over - bruises covered my ample belly too - especially because I was not told not to rub after the injection .. which I did because it burned .... no white stockings ... and just like Marilyn's, my other hip (Left one) decided it wants the same attention - no wonder that progression is very slow if at all -- moving forward as best as I can ..... big hug - once those injections are done, you will like us and say : it was not so bad after all ... warm hug
Finished now but had the jabs for 35 days post op, did my own in hospital as well under supervision. No passion killers though. The end of the jabs was a big landmark for me. Onwards and upwards
I'm injecting once a day. And for a needle-phobic I'm doing OK with them. 13 more to go. Anyone find that occasionally they sting? Lovely sunny breezy day here in the Fens! X
Thanks Eileen.....I'm in the North West....sunny but blowing a gale!
Barbara x
Sorry about the problems you've had, Hailea...makes me appreciate I have had an easy ride...so far......long may it continue! I hope things are settling down now for you....
best wishes
Barbara
Glad you're getting the sunshine, too...makes everything seem a bit more bearable...hope your aches and swelling are soon a thing of the past
Barbara
My sympathies ...that's still quite a lot of jabs to go! Funnily enough, when I inject the left side I don't feel a thing and it doesn't leave a mark, but when it's the right I certainly feel it and it leaves a mark......I'm tempted to stick to the left, but was instructed to do alternate sides....so I do as I'm told!
keep up the good work!
barbara x
Goedmorgen Renee.....hehe....one of my projects when I was laid up was to learn Dutch so I can correspond with a photography friend in the Netherlands online.......am enjoying it very much, although a little moelijk at times!
it really isn't so bad, is it, when you think what our bodies have been through? And always nice to know other people who are in front in the recovery stakes are doing well and still keeping a good sense of humour (essential, I think!)
dank u well
tot ziens,
or should that be 'doie ' ??
Barbara x
Ooooo, that's a lot! But you lived to tell the tale and encourage others, so have a virtual biscuit from me!
best wishes,
Barbara
If you're needle-phobic then you are doing amazingly well! I am used to giving myself the odd injection for migraine, but at least these Clexane syringes have retracting needles....aren't they clever things, too? No needle stick injuries for staff or patients...a brilliant idea on somebody's part!
glad you're having a sunny day in the Fens...makes everything seem better!
best wishes
Barbara
As a patient awaiting my THR these posts are keeping me more positive as I'm terrified of the thoughts of the op & recovery. I don't know much about what's ahead of me so I'm learning lots by these replies & posts. Thank you