Hey people
Just me again, beginning to feel ridiculously anxious, tearful and sick pre admission is on the 26th and the THR is taking place on the 5th December. No words for how I am feeling : (
Lilylou
hiya, no need to worry, i had my hip replacement end of june this year , 9 months after having a total knee resurfacing on the same side. i can tell you that having my hip replaced has given me back such a big part of my Life! when you wake up from your operation of course you will ache …BUT that awful digging groin pain will be gone ! i found the recovery a walk in the park compared to my knee operation-- it was difficult for me sleeping or should i say trying to sleep on my back but i soon got used to it …im 56 and work full time and am enjoying swimming breast stroke, walking 8+ miles by the river and NOT limping …relax , you will be fine
Hiya. Please don’t worry. I am only 2 days post op for hip replacement and it wasn’t as bad as I thought. Like you I was very worried. My BP was high and couldn’t relax.! But hospital amazing and staff so good. Yes there is pain afterwards, and the road is probably going to be slow recovering but definately glad I had it done. I hope all goes very well for you. Let us know afterwards. Take care.
Thankyou im just totally and utterly petrified! Did you have a spinal? How long before you could do normal things?
oh ny 2 days!! Please keep me posted as to how you go i hope its a quick recovery. Did you have a spinal? It probably didnt help when my son told me he did think briefly what if i died…
Everyone is different for recovery, thats what I have learnt, don’t judge your recovery with anyone else. Listen to your body afterwards, take the pain relief and get up on crutches as soon as you are able. Yes I had spinal which is much better than GA. You will be fine, easy for people to say but you will be. I have no doubt there will be frustrations along the way but all worth it if you have been in pain before the op.
HI there. i am now 2 weeks post op. i had the spinal which i found much better than a general. i was very nervous and struggled to relax but the staff at the hospital were great and put me more at ease. i had a sedative and slept through most of it. woke with smiles due to the relief. when the spinal wears off there is pain, its a big op. i accepted all pain meds i could tolerate. now, iam weaning off and going longer between doses. i can walk well with crutches and noticed yesterday that i can almost fully weight bear on operated leg. however, i have physio next week, so will take advice. im not a maverick when it comes to health. i feel it was worth it sofar and i feel i am doing really well. the first few days after were the toughest but its only a short time. all the best.
Well done Lilylou! Sounds lije you’re well on your way to recovery. Keep it up and take care.
HI,
totally understand your nervous and anxious. Im 3 weeks post op and I cant believe how far ive come. The first two weeks were very tough but yesterday i walked 4000 steps with one crutch. Everyone has a different recovery time, take all meds offered , do the exercises and rest - listen to your body. Keep positive and good luck. 
HI lilylou
I wrote a very similar post a few weeks ago. i was very nervous and scared too. I had my op on 5th Nov and was so worried. worried it wouldnt work, worried i was too young for a hip replacement, worried about it all.
I had it last week and i am glad i did. the op went went well, i am sore but its not the pain i was in before. i feel this pain getting better every day. i can move more every day. whereas before i was on a decreasing spiral of pain and movement i feel its the opposite.
you will be fine!!!
one thing i wished i had done now tho was to get a pedicure/podiatrist appt as the hard skin on my feet is sore! if you can do that it will help.
good luck xxxx
I was exactly the same Lilylou. I suffered with my hip for almost eight years as I was terrified of the op, having never been in hospital, strangely on the day I was pretty calm.
The operation itself was nothing, did not feel anything, it was over very quickly and I have never had any pain at all since the hip op.
By Christmas you will be pottering around quite happily as it is only the first week or so that is a little awkward. Just do your exercises and walk as much as possible.
You will not need it, but good luck for the 5th.
It’s very normal to feel anxious before any operation, but afterwards you’ll wonder what all the worry was about.
Calm down, take a deep breath - we’ve all been there before.
It was after the op that i hit panic mode. Normal I know but heck tried hard to think rationally. Got to get back to work soon so of course worried that I wouldn’t be able to as I’m self supporting . Feeling better about it all now but still have my moments.
Dear Lilylou1,
Good Afternoon,
I can understand your being anxious in regards to your upcoming THR on December 5th. As I felt exactly the same way before my RT THR on September 12th that I actually had so much anxiety and depression that my Primary Care Physician placed me on an anti depressant which helped me very much, I think it was the waiting that got to me as I saw my surgeon in July and had to wait until September for my surgery and I almost didn’t want to proceed with the surgery due to the fear of the unknown, but I had such positive feedback from many members on this website that it really helped me.
I just wanted to let you know what a wonderful outcome that I did have with no major problems. I had the anterior approach to THR and was given a spinal along with other medication to totally knock me out and the next thing I knew I was waking up in recovery without any pain.
The only pain that I did experience was later that evening and was given some pain medication. Physical therapy had me up and walking with the walker the next day and I came home the day after that.
Home Physical therapy was started that Monday for three weeks and then Outpatient PT.
I did experience some swelling and stiffness however I did used ice packs to reduce the minimal amount of swelling that did have and for the stiffness I massaged that part of me leg and applied heat.
I made certain to do my exercises every day and also walked of course slowly and for short distances at first gradually increasing the amount that I was walking.
I now just using the cane to walk as I am still limping slightly but I know that in time that will cease since it does take time to strengthen the muscles.
So please try not to worry as I know that it is easier said than done and that everyone’s recovery is different.
I hope that my experience helps in some way to alleviate your fears.
Please let me know the outcome of your surgery on December 5th once you are able to.
Regards,
Sue
Hello everyone, I want to let you know I have read every reply and am really grateful for you taking the time to reply to me…im not normally a ninny…I am away for work for a week which should help pass some time but as you can all probably relate to this I seem to be thinking about this constantly and then I feel tearful (I am careful not to show it)…I can’t believe that the time has almost come to have this done it seems to have come so quickly and yet slowly all at the same time! My Doctor gave me some medication for anxiety (I have never in my life had medication for anxiety) and I think it just made me sleepy thats it…so hmmmmmmm…if I told you all what I did for a job you would laugh possibly so I will keep that quiet.
Anyway thank you for the encouragement.
My specialist is talking about putting in mesh for the graft to adhere to does anyone know anything about that?? Also I am really nervous about the spinal hurting. Thanks all xx
Lilylou, they numb the area before inserting the needle so you do not feel anything, I was surprised I did not feel it also, a couple of hours before my op I was given tablets by the anesthetist which I think were sedatives. Promise you will be fine.
Yes spinal was fine and didn’t really hurt. It took effect very quickly and I had a sedative too and it was all over and I didn’t remember anything
I had a spinal and I opted for no sedation so I knew what was going on. It did mean I could talk to the surgeon during the op. I think most people go for sedation though. I am so impressed with spinals, I feel they are much better than generals if you can have one.
There are two methods of fixing the prosthesis cemented and uncemented. The cemented uses a type of epoxy glue while the uncemented uses a mesh so the bone can naturally adhere to the prosthesis. They seem to use the uncemented variety for the younger, fitter person. Although I had uncemented and it is nice I that I was considered to fit into that category!
hi lily,
i know exactly what your saying, i,m about 9 hours now post op , my op was a conversion from an arthrodesiss to a thr, which is abit involved than a thr. As in they had to remove 8 large pins an 3 broken screws from a previous op 33 years ago, before the surgeon could even start with the thr. I actually seriously considered 3 times about pulling out. that’s how panic stricken i was. Pre admission is just a series of questions about previous medical history etc, allergies an so on. I live in the country so mine was done over the phone. One of the best things i did was to research the best surgeon an the best hospital to perform the op. One of the worse things i did was to look to deep into it an believe what has happened to other people, problems etc , will happen to you. We all recover differently. I bet i,m a bigger scaredy cat then you, an now i am lying in the hospital bed writing this realizing i nearly worried myself to a crumbling mess over nothing. These doctors , surgeons an nurses are highly trained professional dedicated caring people who do there ultimate best.Everything has changed immensely in the medical field over the recent years. And for the spinal, i tried my hardest to get out of of it for a general, what a huge mistake that would’ve been. I woke up after surgery an felt like i could of got up and went home straight away. unbelievable compared to a general. My anesthest called the night before an discussed his procedure, his advice was to , go with the flow, an that is going to stick with me for along time down the track. Best advice ever. he said you,ll feel a very cold wipe to clean your lower back then like 2 bee stings that last about a second each. put it this way i,d have a hip replacement anyday compared to going to a dentist. (figure of speech). I always seem to think the worse case scenario for some reason , i,m not sure if that’s the way my brain is programmed but i wish it would stop it ha ha
All the best lily an you,ll be surprised. i,ll keep an eye out , love to read your post on this forum once you have had the op. rgds ian.