Had a great weekend did quite a lot of housework on Tuesday then Wednesday came down with a bug, okish now but feel so weak and very low and weepy. Almost six weeks post op don't want to feel like this about time I was feeling 'normal'. Help again please .
Hello Sue, Sorry to hear your not feeling very well at the moment. I'm just over 2 weeks post op, and think I am also coming down with something not very nice. My husband has been quite poorly with a flu bug and sore throat, so there's every chance I could be catching it also. It's such a roller coaster ride, as the other members have mentioned, you feel ok, and think yay i'm over the worst, and then the next day its like, nope think again. I've found from listening to a lot of other people on the 12th week post op, that you can take quite a huge step back, it's probably due to overdoing it, and your body reminding you to be a little more gentle for the time being. I woke up this morning with so many aches and pains, considering I had quite a pain free day yesterday, it was quite a shock to the system. It seems that there are a lot of people on this forum who have taken so much longer to recover than (it says on the tin), so try not to worry too much, I know it's hard, and am struggling with the realisation myself. Hope you have a better day today. Warmest wishes Julia. xx
Thank you Julia I think too much about how I am feeling and analyse everything. Trying to garden at the moment to shake it off!!
Awww Sue,
that sucks, doesn't it ? I know it is hardly any comfort when I tell you (and many others here) that it is such an emotional roller coaster as well as a physical one -
it will be for a bit longer - for no reason, out of the blue, one can feel sad or depressed, feel sorry for self, get angry, frustrated, beat self up for feeling the way we feel --
the highs and lows, darling ...
what I do is to acknowledge that I feel that way (again and again and again)-
I hope you enjoy your time in the garden !!!!!
big warm hug
renee
Thank you Renee yes it was nice in the garden but it started my other hip up!!!
Sorry you are having a rough time of it. I have been lucky to miss any of the bugs floating around.
But I certainly recognise the general fatigue and weediness that comes around six weeks and periodically after. I think we associate the six week check-up with a sign off and expect that is over now and we are fixed. Not quite so! All the under the skin healing is still going on and frankly will be for months to come as there are layers of connective tissues that have been badly traumatised.
I am quite weeks and still recognise some days when muscles, etc are going through another healing or adjustment stage. Not to mention the knees and hips adjusting to me hip, posture and gait. It is a slow and repetitive process.
And the there is my other hip. It has been doing yeomen's duty during my recovery while waiting for its own surgery. recently it has been signaling that well ... enough is enough and time to see my surgeon. unfortunately I don't see him until later in July.
I have heard it many times and many ways .. It is really important to truly listen to our bodies and periodically rest - despite tasks staring us in the face - or we risk more pain and weakening of our joints and immunity which took quite a hit through this operation.
Enjoy your garden - yes. It feels so good but please pace yourself a little for a while.
Hugs
L
What a great reply thank you.
Worried it sunder too preachy when I reread it and ... badly embarrassed by all the typos or changes by predictive text.
Wee naps are one of the great pleasures of life and ... really should be prescribed by our surgeons who (in my opinion) don't do enough to really prepare us for the length and difficulty of recovery from this op.
Wishing you a better stretch.
L
Hi SUe,
Your body is still using so much energy to heal after your operation that if a bug comes along and takes another chunk you're bound to feel rubbish. I think you need to rest up a bit and conserve your energy for healing. I think what you're feeling is normal and it will pass.
I hope you feel better soon.
Hugs, Cels Xx
Thanks Cels, just been for a walk along the prom probably finished me off for the day Sue x
Sue,
It's that famous roller coaster ride.
One minute up, the next down again.
You will feel better in a day or so - that's the way this recovery seems to go.
Best wishes
Graham
Hi Sue
This is just a blip in your recovery and noone likes to get a bug and be knocked back on top of all the recovery your are still going through. Yes at 6 weeks everyone thinks they should be better by now but not so. Peaks and troughs but the peaks will get more frequent and the troughs less so. I hope the nice weather has cheered you up a bit. Treat yourself to some nice choccies and some R and R.
Alsion x
Nice answer Alison
Cels is so right Sue - hope you are feeling better today xxxx
Love your reply Linda. That's me to a T as well and I'm 5 months down the line first hip awaiting 2nd hip in August.
Gwen xx
I think we need to stay in touch. I am hoping for an August/September date for hip #2.
Let us resolve to using all our learnings from hip #1 to be: patient about recovery, use all the fabulous lessons/tips learned here and listen well and truly to our bodies!
Let me know when you start phase two, but good wishes for a very good surgeon and smooth recovery.
Linda
from Canada with hugs
Thank you Linda for a lovely response, you brought tears to my eyes.
I have a wonderful lady surgeon, Dr Lautrideau, and everyone we come into contact through in the medical field is well acquainted with her work and has nothing but praise for her. I am so lucky!
I shall start all the necessary tests for my next hip in July and am making the most of the summer getting the first one strong with walks along the beaches here on the west coast of France.
When you you expect to get your date?
Gwen xx
Hi Gwen,
Gosh I love that coast. Where are you based?
I see my surgeon again on Jul 13th and expect to learn my date soon after.
He had me tentatively booked for early September. He wants to ensure that my left is strong enough for the next operation as I have quite severe osteoporosis (I was surprised that so few of us have it according to responses I got to a posting a while back). I am doing fairly well although still have the normal assortment of aches and pains. However I am now attributing most of them to the 'hip in waiting)!
The areas I most need to improve are upper body strength and my walking is not yet very stable on uneven ground (beaches must be great for this). However I feel more confident each day that passes lately.
Amitiés
Linda
Hi linda,
It really is beautiful here, we are between La Rochelle and Royan on a little peninsula.
We are surrounded on 3 sides by glorious sandy beaches and we walk every day with our little dog. A couple of years ago I was quite happily climbing dunes and walking for miles. All that gradually came to a painful halt though. The health care is superb and I cannot fault it.
I'm sorry to hear that you have osteoporosis, that must make this sort of operation a bit more difficult.
My main concern is my heart and I'm undergoing procedures to strengthen it enough to undergo the operation on my 2nd hip.
Do you live in a French speaking part of Canada, I see you have a French keyboard?
Amities
Gwen
Please let me know how your heart procedure goes ... will be thinking of you.
I haven't been to that region of France (mainly the north, NW coast, Paris and surroundings of course and a fabulous holiday along the Canal de Midi a few years back with two days in the amazing town of Carcassonne.
My Mom and her family were French Canadians and my Dad was English-speaking from out west. I was born in Montreal which is very bilingual although we spent several years in New Jersey while growing up. My Grandpapa was absolutely horrified when my Jersey accent when speaking in French! II have lived in Ottawa for 40 + years during which I used both languages throughout my work career and with friends. This gave me to work with Francophone countries when my work focused on global health and capacity issues.
I have smattering of other languages gleaned from work and travel to other countries. I wish I had more - it permits exchanges that have enriched my life.
Keeping you in my thoughts and I really hope all turns out for you.
Regards,
L