Just over 2 weeks oPost THR and although I've been moving about inside, I hadn't been out and was definitely suffering with cabin fever.
Decided I would tackle the 28 stairs that would enable my escape and I managed without any problem!
Will now start doing this each day to build up my strength! X
Carol, Uau! Muito bem para você.. apenas 2 semanas pós-operatório.. incrível. Qual tipo de abordagem você teve, anterior ou posterior? Vou fazer a cirurgia no meio de setembro. Moro sozinha e tenho que subir 30 degraus até meu apartamento. Com certeza, estou pensando que vou ter que ir para reabilitação depois do hospital. Como você conseguiu subir as escadas inicialmente?? Melhores votos para sua rápida recuperação.
Bem feito, Carol. Fugindo para a liberdade
Hi Merilee. I live in UK and it's very dfficult to get anterior surgery. I had minimally invasive posterior., I too, live alone, in an appt, and getting up the stairs initiall was fine. It was a bit easier than before surgery, because the awful pain had gone. Hospital tried to persuade me to go into a care facility, but I refused. I have been able to cope fine. I have family and friends that have called in but I've asked them not to stay too long. You have a few months before your op so stay as active as you can, and prepare your home so that it will be easier for you. Boredom has been my greatest problem! X
Hi Merilee,
Good Luck with your upcoming surgery! I'm about 8 weeks post-op. The 1st week, I slept downstairs so as to not have to deal with the stairs. Your PT will show you how to deal with stairs. This is what they told me, and I still use this method if I'm feeling tired or lazy: use your good leg climbing the stairs and lead with
the operated (bad) leg when going down, making your good leg do all the work! Stairs are still not my favorite thing!
Dear Carol
Excellent progress! You have not mentioned if you are walking without aids but if not do be careful that you are not walking in an unbalanced way due to a lack of muscle strength.
I think I pushed myself too hard by day ten of being weight bearing and decided to go back to one crutch for a few days. The break allowed my muscles to improve dramatically and at twenty days full weight bearing I'm walking normally for at least a mile and without any discomfort. If I've been sitting down for some time it takes me a few seconds to get going but expect this to pass in a few days.
Hope this helps someone.
Cheers
Richard
PS If there is anyone here who lives on the Isle of Wight in the UK how about a meet up? Just message me if you are interested. If you are based in Portsmouth I will be over there for the day on July 30th visiting the old docks.
Oi! Eu gostaria que eu pudesse! Tenho 30 degraus e um pequeno quarto de um quarto em um andar. Subir essas escadas agora provavelmente não vai acontecer, então planejo me reabilitar até poder subir até meu apartamento. Parece que você está melhorando a cada dia. Ótimo trabalho!
Carol, oi novamente! Eu também estou tendo mini/posterior... Eu moro em Boston, MA. E muitos dos médicos fazem ambos. Conversando com meu cirurgião, decidimos que o mini/posterior era melhor para mim... ele já fez muitos desses procedimentos e diz que a recuperação é a mesma. Vou para a reabilitação por causa das escadas. Xoxo
Enjoy your new found freedom and mobility. You're doing great.
Oi Carol, parece que você está indo bem e espero que seu primeiro passeio tenha corrido bem. Como você, tenho muitas escadas e estou temendo isso. Tenho minha cirurgia amanhã, dia 11, e agora trabalharei para subir as escadas assim que chegar em casa. Espero que você continue a melhorar X
Hello Ann. Good luck with your op tomorrow. I'm sure everything will go well for you and you'll be pleased with the results. Being pain free is amazing.
Stairs are a nuisance. They look so daunting but really were no more if a problem than trying to struggle with the pain. Keep me posted on how you're doing x
Obrigado, Carol, não tenho certeza sobre sua idade, mas eu tenho 62 anos e estou acima do peso. Além disso, preciso trocar os dois quadris, o segundo será daqui a 4 a 6 meses. Espero sinceramente sentir algum benefício, por menor que seja, e retomar a vida normal. Se nada mais, aquelas escadas vão mantê-la em forma. X
Great news Carol, you are doing so well on your own. I think you'll feel so much better now that you can get out!
All the best, Judith
Ps, think I had the same approach as you. Where did you get it done in the end?
Hi Judith. Have a way to go before I actually go anywhere on my own. I make s point of going up and down the stairs to build my strength, as I can't drive yet and cannot think about getting a bus I still feel stranded but.. I will get there.
I had minimally invasive surgery at Benenden Hospital in Kent. Cannot believe how small scar is and didn't have any pain or bruising. Surgeon knew his stuff!!! X
Hi Ann. Hope you're ok. I, too, will need left hip done. Apparently it was worse than the right one but have no pain with it. I think you'll be surprised at how well you will feel once you've had your op. I have been going up and down the stairs daily now to build up my strength. You take care. X
Well it's great that you can do the stairs ok. I think I had my first bus ride on my crutches on day 19, and then I felt a huge sense of freedom. People were very helpful. (I have a bus stop not too far away, and the buses are frequent.) Good luck!
Hoje estive de ônibus, três semanas após a operação, e as pessoas são tão prestativas.
Como você diz, o senso de liberdade é tão bom. Tente, Carol.