OK I'm not sure that this thread will be allowed to run, if it is it will be doing better than any of us at the moment, but here goes.
If it raises a laugh or even makes you smile that would be good, they say that laughter is the best medicine to make us feel better and I agree.
So if it can stay then I think a thread that you can post funny anecdotes of some part of your pre op process or your recovery then cheer us up and get scribbling, I'm sure there are loads out there.
Nothing too painful :-)
Ok here's one. I changed my bedding yesterday and noticed that our elderly cat immediately thought that was a good place to sleep. I was in another room when I heard the unmistakable sound of her preparing to throw up and I RAN to try and get her off the bed in time! I'm 4 weeks post op today and running was really really not a good idea! It didn't even work and I had to do another round of laundry. Sigh.
No harm done from my attempted sprint so can see the funny side of it now. Amazing how instinct takes over 
Well although I shouldn't say it but it made me laugh, dread to think what would have happened if you hadn't heard her eeeek bedtime would not have been pleasant LOL
Oooo yes ... Awok from the sedative to see the surgical team looking at me . The surgeon in blue in his scrubs . Me woozily asked .. Are you Peter Evans ?
No he replied I am Peter Lewis
Me- oh yes Peter Evans did my wrist not my hip . Anyway your a special
Man ... (Effects of drugs)
Him smiling .. Thank you ...😏
I had pre op last week where I was informed I'm obese!!! I'm a size 12 - 14 and tall - cheeky buggers I didn't know whether to laugh or cry! Funny!!
Did not realise how good a normal poo with no raised seat would feel isnt heaven
Wow! I wish those were my stats. I have lost 20 lbs in the past two to three months, which I figure isn't bad right now. My bilateral THR is 12/22 so I think I saw a turtle fly past me recently 😂 My pre-op is scheduled for next Monday. It should be a blast. Several years ago I had a pre-op for a bladder lift. I asked the nurse interviewing me if I needed to remove the polish from my toes since it would be a slow, difficult process. She told me that it would be easier if I lost weight and proceeded to suggest juicing as a diet. I really wanted to ask why I know several people far more obese than I am who can sit Indian fashion in the floor. Yes I am obese, no I could become a twig with a lot of starving and I would look like I am doing a pretzel imitation in an attempt, probably unsuccessful, to reach my feet. Sheesh Sorry for the long ramble. At least now I can refrain from saying this to the nurse. If not for the wonders of a pedicure, I would be the one trying to figure out how to screw my feet off to set them in front of me to remove the polish or try to been a contortionist and failing miserably.
Does throwing us over a persistently annoying hospital physio count?
i kept saying I felt sick and she kept pushing me to 'walk through it' then without warning I chucked up all over her shoes!
Six months on and and still finding sitting a pain in the bum, excuse the pun! But I can do so much more without pain, so mustn't grumble.
kate x
Oh Rita
i would love a pedicure! I too can't reach my foot to get the polish off from my last one 3 months ago! I never realised how supply I used to be until now.
I've asked my husband, but ever getting him to take the old varnish off fills him with horror and I've got lovely feet will have to wait till my daughter comes home for Christmas.
Fortunately I can manage a pedicure every couple of months since I don't have a relative I could ask and to get my husband to polishe my toes would result in the masterpiece of a two year old at best lol. Patience or precision are not traits my dear husband has.
Hi I remember coming round in recovery and asking my nurse if everything was alright ,or had I
died ,no your fine Anna, what a winkle,and yes
Kate I still have rock in bum nearly 5months heho
Love to all. 😷 😱 🙌 🎄
Kate ... Book yourself a home one ! A lovely lady came to the house and shaved, moisturised, exfoliated , painted and top coated all for £20 ! It was amazing !
Do you know here is a funny thing... I am a good 2.5 stones overweight and thus waiting for the obese/ diet before surgery/ health of new hip talk and so far it has never happened ! Not once ! I am fairly tall so maybe I carry it well but nobody said anything .nor in any other hip appointments . I see the surgeon Tuesday so he may break my bubble and say oi fatty drop a few pounds !!
It's perhaps cheating because I already posted this one before as a tip - dropped the grabber on the floor... how do you get the grabber off the floor when you can't bend down to get anything and are supposed to be picking things up with the grabber? I spent 20 minutes trying to toss it up, shuffle it up, push it around etc... then I bent over and picked the damned thing up!
Well I have just read them and had a good laugh.
Mine isn't so funny, went to a particular outlet today to buy a sit on your chair cycle because physio said there great for improving muscle tone.
I think great twice a day 5/10 mins soon have the thigh's of a goddess,
Hubby gets it out the box looking puzzled.
Do you get the peddles with it he says????
No peddles in the box, maybe someone is trying to tell me something.
I'm still waiting for that one, the low seat, not the poo :-)
I so wish when then say tell me if it hurts,
And we do and they say, no really hurts.
I could do just that
Oh god I'm obese as well then, actually ask me do I care, do I ####
No she said your in heaven with your new hip, no more pain
I agree I have laughed through most of my pain and people think I'm crazy!! but I Laugh to Keep from Crying to keep my spirits up to fight through the pain I'm 11 weeks out I stop smoking to have the surgery then I started smoking again and I believe I set my healing back because it's more uncomfortable now steal I laugh