Well my lovely hipster friends , i am finally having my total hip Replacemnt in 10 days ..had the phone call earlier ...Feeling nervous , as I'm having it on a Thursday do you think they will keep me in all weekend ?
I live alone so the longer the better i suppose ...if any one can advise me or even reassure me i will be grateful
Thank you all xx
Hi Mandy how much better will you feel when its done, no more permanent pain.
Yes I would imagine that because they know you are on your own you will stay in and if they decide to allow you out depending on your age and mobility and your general health they will send you for rehab.
I'm sure that they want just chuck you out LOL
You will be surprised how quick they get you moving.
Hi Mandy, it all depends on how you recover but most keep you a minimum of 3 days under the enhanced recovery programme. I was in 5 days as I got an infection. It wasnt in the wound but I needed iv antibs. However they wont let you out until everything is in place at home. Do you have someone who can stay with you initially. I assume that you have been advised on what equipment you will require at home and that this will be in place when you go home? Good luck.
Hello Mandy. I had my THR on Thursday 22 June. I, too, live alone. I didn't want anyone staying with me. Hospital mentioned rehab but I didn't want that. In the UK we are entitled to 6 weeks free care at home. The day after op, it was arranged for the Rapid Response team to start calling twice daily to help me wash and dress. I stayed in hospital until Monday. Carers were due in Monday evening. 8 days later, I'm still waiting for them to arrive!!! RAPID RESPONSE !!
I'm coping extremely well and had prepared
As much as I could before op. Friends call in throughout day and I haven't relied on them too much. You'll be fine. Are you in UK?? X
Oi Mandy. Tive minha cirurgia numa quinta-feira e fui liberada no sábado. Seria sexta-feira se eu não precisasse de uma transfusão de sangue no dia seguinte à cirurgia. Tive a abordagem anterior. Espero que eles considerem como você está e o suporte que você tem na alta, então minha sugestão é ficar no hospital o máximo de tempo possível, pois é difícil nos primeiros dias, mas isso logo passa. Boa sorte.
Hello Sara. How are you doing? I hope everything is progressing well. I'm doing fine. Have to stop myself from doing too much. Now that awful pain has gone, I'm beginning to feel like the old me again! Cut back too soon on pain relief because I didn't feel I needed it, but I did! Am learning to take things a bit slower and do as I was told! Scar healed lovely and am getting around in doors without crutches.
Hip aches at times but thatsbmy fault for overdoing things. Xx
Oi Carol. Ótimo saber que você está bem. Não tinha percebido que você estava sozinha, o que parece muito corajoso. Eu dependi do meu marido nos primeiros dias, especialmente porque ainda estava me sentindo fraca, mas isso já passou e voltei a ser independente. Também estou indo muito bem. Estou usando uma muleta, mas não estou realmente colocando peso nela, então minha fisioterapeuta disse que devo conseguir me livrar dela quando a ver novamente esta quinta-feira. Estou muito satisfeita com minha cicatriz também. Ela tem cerca de 10 cm e é muito arrumada. Também sinto dor no quadril se fizer muito, fiz uma caminhada de uma hora no sábado e algumas compras na cidade e depois percebi que tinha exagerado. Posso definitivamente ver que estou melhorando a cada dia, então essa é a coisa principal. Beijos
Hi Carol , thanks for the info ...glad your doing ok . Am in South Wales , and also having the op on Thursday ..i have to go in night before to be put on insulin pump , good thing about that is i should be first down on the Thursday .... I am used to strugglingaroind the house , just concerned about recovery as i am riddled with ostio arthritis and fibro ..
As i am going in on a cancellaion , i didnt go to the meeeting thing with all the healh professionals so i am going in cold turkey lol ....
You take care vare of your self x
Hi Sara , thanks for reply
i hope you are looking after your self , i have no idea what aproach i am having , am being done on a cancellation , so have had no info , though i am going in the day before op as i am isulin dependent so i should have more info then , x
Dear Carol
I live on my own in the UK and suffered an accident in the passenger ambulance whilst being brought home and found that any at home help was first very difficult to source and was means tested. I think if you had more than 16k in savings you had to pay which is what happened to me.
Cheers Richard
Hi , i am ghoing in from a cancellation , so have got no info ..i have things in place though as i am disabled so pretty much ok here apart from making sure i can get things easy when i come out ....x
Hi , thanks fopr reply ....I am not good with my mobility ostio most ofmy body ...so i am concerned on my recovery .....
nothing like being home though ....I didnt go to the group thing so have no idea whats ahead lol x
Hi Mandy/Caroil, the ward should be set up that the physios and OT see you every day. As you are cancellations they will sort out any equipment you require before you leave. Don't worry aboput anything, If you don't want the sedation ask the anesatist to give you a generral. I had epidural and general, my surgeon said you dont want to be awake whilst Im banging and sawing! Ask the anestatist
Mandy, eu vivo sozinho, exceto pela enfermeira que vem trocar meu curativo. Tenho ficado sozinho, tive visitantes um dia que ficaram enquanto eu tomava banho e lavava meu cabelo. Eles também me ajudaram com algumas tarefas e ficaram me fazendo companhia por um tempo, o que foi uma grande mudança.
Só faça o que puder, não se preocupe.
That must have been scary, fancy having an accident on way home from hospital!
We are all entitled to 6 weeks care with the Reablement scheme. It's not means tested.
Getting it is another matter!
I was looking forward to the Rapid Response team. Expecting. Batman and Robin !! Wishing you speedy recovery
Awe thanks Ann....To be honest i predetermined to be on my own apart from when needing help .....How often do the nurse see to dressings ? And how are you recovering ...hope you are doing really well x
Dear Carol
All I can say is that I followed all leads over the course of several days and I was informed that care at home was means tested so ended up with paying for about three weeks of 3/4 hour support each evening costing me about £300.00.
I would have loved to have been able to have achieved a better outcome.
Cheers Richard
hi mandy,
wonderful and helpful responses
I had my 2nd THR on a Thursday and was discharged on Monday per my request because I live alone too .. so 4 nights ...
PT in the hospital will teach you how to get out and in to bed, walk steps/stairs and some exercises - 7
but ask, okay ? not all hospitals have the same procedure -
may I ask what kind of disability you have ? how are you moving around ?
good to hear that you bhave everything in place ... I am assuming the raised toilet seat, grabbers, maybe sock-aid , raised bed, chair and plenty of DVD's and food ...
come back here anytime and let us know how you are getting on ...
big warm hug
renee
Enfermeira veio uma semana após a operação e só tive que remover sozinho uma semana depois, que é esta quinta-feira, não preciso trocar, tenho pontos descartáveis.
Encontrei uma maneira de cobrir o curativo com papel toalha, saco de lixo e fita adesiva. Parecia estranho, mas funcionou. Estou me saindo bem na maioria das coisas, mas estou entediado porque o tempo está restringindo minhas caminhadas.
Hi Mandy. I'm replying because I was just discharged today and I thought it might be interesting to provide a (NZ) perspective while the details are fresh in my mind.
My THR was in fact a reworking of a femoral neck fracture repair 18 months ago which never knit properly. I was admitted 6:30 am last Friday, went to theatre 8:30, out of surgery at lunchtime, physio on Saturday (out of bed, 5 metres on walking frame), Sunday (20 metres on crutches, up and down mock stairs), Monday (100 metres on crutches, more stair work), Tuesday (today - Exercycle), discharged at 11 am. Obviously everone's mileage will vary, but in general here they push you as hard as they can without compromising your safety - to free up the bed, but mainly because they don't want you to lose condition by lying around in bed. They made it very clear that you don't get to go home with their blessing until you have ticked the boxes, including pain under control, home help and mobility aids sorted, independent tolieting, safe getting about, bowels and bladder working again, ongoing physio in place. I'm sure that's the same for everywhere.
You mentioned you live alone. I would strongly recommend that you have someone with you for the first day or so and that they are familiar with all the do's and don'ts of a THR rehabilitation, especially sitting and lying, getting down and up, toiletting, in a way that doesn't put you at risk of dislocation.
The very best wishes for your op.