First (and last?) physio 😎

Bones, joints and muscles
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Just been for my first physio appointment at 4 weeks after revision.

When I said to the physio that I was doing 4 to 5 miles walking he said "a week?", and was surprised when I said "no, every day".

He checked out my range of movement and strength and could not believe that I had the revision 4 weeks ago today.

He's given me a few extra 'special' exercises with a large 'rubber band', and cleared me to rejoin my gym, which is fantastic news.  He agreed that golf will have to wait another six months because of the twisting involved, so I'll restart that in the new year.

All in all, I am making such wonderful progress, and he agreed that it is all down to regular cycling and my hard work in the gym before the ceramic in my hip joint broke.

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Oh yes, and I have had the last blood thinning injections today, and ripped off those awful compression stockings too! cheesygrin

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I am so pleased that you are doing so well. I have followed your progress and you are so positive. You are an inspiration to everyone in this group. Thank you so much.

Best wishes

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Dear Graham

That is tremendous news. Yes I'm absolutely certain that being fit and also very positive outlook has a huge bearing on the speed and the success of one's recovery. Best wishes. Richard

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So pleased you are doing so well !!

You deserve it for all you have been through and your continued support of this forum.

Despite your own problems you have helped countless others with their worries.

It shows that keeping as fit as  pos.is worthwhile under any circumstances.

Good on you and well done!

Very best regards

Joy

 

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I'm very happy for you..may you continue with your success and be an inspiration for us all

Connie

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Graham

Great news and well done! Hope your golf won't have suffered through the period of inactivity. One of my friends who has had both hips done, back surgery and a heart attack played a few holes at a short course after recovering and hit a hole in one on the first!

Mike

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I was fortunate and didn't have to wear those stockings for too long after surgery. They are far worse than the regular compression socks. We often wear the compression sleeves (the no foot ones)  if doing a lot walking while traveling. Those don't bother me at all like the hospital issued ones did.

Gym will be great so you can choose what you want to do.

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Mike,  It'll take more than a new hip to improve my golf, to play as badly as I do takes real talent!

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Most important is that you enjoy playing the game and will do it without pain.

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Graham

That makes two of us. I played on Monday. Dreadful score but an enjoyable day with old friends.

Mike

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Good for you

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Absolutely fantastic. Four weeks seem to have flown by for me, I bet they haven’t for you. I have one of those rubber band things in a rather fetchsome burgundy! Given me by the physio.

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Actually,I don't know where the 4 weeks have gone

My band is a very pretty shade of green, cheap, easy to use and very effective

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I think I prefer green to burgundy!

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Great news. You certainly deserve it.

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I am surprised that the procedures are much different in some areas. I am taking 325 mg. buffered aspirin for the blood thinning,for blood clots. And didn't have to wear the compression stockings at all this time. I did on the previous total hip replacement 14 years ago,but not this time. I had my total hip replacement done in Marquette, Michigan. 

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It amazes me too - so many differences between countries, hospitals and surgeons.

I am just glad to be rid of the stockings again.

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Hi Rocket - I haven't been on for a while. Where can I find out what happened with your hip?? Did you have a revision? I hope all is well with you?

Big hugs as always Rose 

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.   Where do we start ....

At the start of July, whilst out shopping, pushing an empty shopping trolley (thank goodness), my dodgy hip shattered, it just exploded internally and all the ceramic went into the thigh muscles.

Went to local A&E, and some hours later was admitted for bed rest to immobilize me. I had to stay on my back 24 hours a day, not allowed out of bed, for a week!

I insisted on going to RNOH Stanmore, so they decided to send me home to wait for a bed. My hip was basically a metal stem rattling and squeaking around in the metal shell with NO BEARING SURFACE !

A week later, I was into RNOH, and on 25th had the operation. BUT .... I had blood problems, it wasn't coagulating properly, so I couldn't have a spinal anaesthetic due to the risk of a bleed into the spinal cavity which could have left me paralysed. So I had a general anaesthetic. 

Operation was 2 hours, and I now have original 9 inch posterior scar, and a new 12 inch inverted L lateral scar.

At once I knew this was going to be a different recovery, 40 hours after the operation, I did the stairs test and passed and the physios had passed me as fit for discharge in 2 days!  I stayed for the weekend, and went home on 30th.

I have had an incredible recovery, so fast, on day 7 post-op I walked 1 mile outside with 2 sticks to my GP surgery.   I am regularly doing 4-5 miles a day with NO STICKS now.  The physio has cleared me to go back to the gym already, and I am waiting for 6 weeks post-op to be able to drive.