Hi everyone, I now have the date for my right hip replacement, 12th sept. Is there an average of how much walking can be done in the following days/weeks, also when would I be able to ride a push bike. I know it varies but need to get fit and lose a bit of weight I have put on/will put on due to in activity. Also hopping fior left replacement in Jan 2015, then hopefully will be able to walk long walks, ride my bike for miles, ride my motorbike without pain, play golf ( my mnate reckons I have never been able to play properly ) . Got to get back to being my usual crazy self, been told to slow down as I am 63 but can't as i feel like I'm only 25.
Hi Gary...I'm 63 too had my THR right one done nearly 7 months ago so going on my experience......walking short distances from day 2 with crutches!! Increasing crutch walking over about 4-6 weeks with one crutch indoors. From 6 weeks I was told by surgeon to ditch both crutches, could walk for maybe anhour but got back ache ..probably from limping for so long and muscles adjusting. I had physio and hydrotherapy sessions which really helped. I was using an exercise bike and a stepper from 6 weeks, gently at first but now back to where I was 10 years ago! Still occasional twinge but no limits!! Good luck with your op...anything else just ask! Where sre you?
It depends. It isn't a race but a process and the important thing is the direction not the speed. You will probably be on your feet the day after your op and be able to walk short distances around the ward. You will be encouraged to keep moving and you should try to increase your activity each day within the limits which reduce the chance of dislocation.
It is better to do two or three shorter sessions each day when you go home than one mega session which runs the risk of over-doing it. Remember that hills and steps take more effort than flat and when you go out you have to get back!
You will have the odd bad day, step back and re-build. Your body has been through a lot and it needs a bit of Tlc as well as determination. Concentrate on getting a 'good' gait - even paces, good rhythm, same time on each leg, good swing through and weight transfer through foot etc - rather than getting rid of crutches or sticks. Especially since you are waiting for a second THR you may not ditch the aids for longer distances outside before your next op - I didn't while waiting for my TKR on opposite leg. That's fine, the aids are there to aid your gait and give you confidence to use your new hip. I'm told that my new knee is doing fine so it worked for me.
Good luck
Hi Gary
Like you say everyone is different and heals at different rates.
They get you out of bed the first day you have the operation. Just take it as it comes.
I got rid of my stick at about 3 weeks and then the other one by the 6 weeks,
As for thge rest...cycling, golf I have no idea 
Sorry
Love
Eileen
Hi Gary, had my right hip done onthe21st august, had general and epidural ,surgeon explained that the epidural lasts longer than the general so when you come round after op epidural is still helping, found myself getting up and doing lots without help from nurses so was let home day early, first couple of days fine then seemed to lose energy wwent to doc's was told that probably anemic from loss of blood during op, taken two or three days to get back to feeling fit enough to do exercises,worse thing is sleeping, staying in one position all night is the killer wake up every couple hours, have to get up and walk a bit, stagger really as stiffened up, thenback to bed for another couple hours, make sure yoiu rest in afternoon and do the exercises they give you, i,m 64 somuch the same mate,Don,t try and do too much, only knocks you back.Good Luck.
Thanks to everyone that has replied, I hope this thing between my ears takes in what you have all said.
crissy, I am in Gillingham near Shaftesbury
Hi Gary.
I admire your optimism,but you may be surprised just how tough it is to get over what is major surgery..I certainly wasn't prepared for the difficulties involved.
Id be surprised if you can have another replacement only 4mnths after the first one,but you might heal quicker than others,and be ok.
I had my 1st THR six months ago and now need the other one replacing,and although my new hip is good now,I'm not ready to go through it again just yet,so I'm aiming for next February,which will be 12mnths from the 1st op.
Crissy I was told to ditch my crutches as well,but I didn't,and I still use a stick when walking long distances..As we always say on here your own body will tell you what you can or can't do..No point being a suffering hero.
I had a THR at the end of Feb and the rehab was brilliant. I had a TKR at the end of July and felt flattened for some weeks afterwards. I could have had it earlier but now I'm glad I didn't. Rehab is now going much better at 5 weeks but I still tire quite easily - I'm 68. My knee felt as if it was going to start a major strop as my activity level increased and this would have put me right back which is why I didn't want to leave it much longer..
I had to work very hard on my abductors after the THR, couldn't do some of the exercises for 2-3 weeks after the TKR on the other leg and I'm just beginning to feel that my pelvis is balanced up again and my legs feel the same length. (One of the physios checked it with a tape measure and the legs were fairly well matched but they felt wildly off,) I suspect that some of the exercises are going to be lifelong - oh well!
Glad to hear your recovering Ross.
Im in a bit of a catch22 situation ATM..
I need my other hip replacing ASAP,and as I think you once said it's just started to impact slightly on my operated hip which has been great til now.. Getting my name on the waiting list in the next few weeks..Unfortunately my wife has just had some surgery and she will be on crutches for a month or so..Our roles are now reversed,and I'm now the carer, and tbh it's surprised me how hard it is..ha.
Well neither of you sounds in great condition so the strain of being a carer will really tell on the pair of you. I know that I will almost certainly need the other hip doing in due course and my 'good knee' is feeling quite clunky so it looks as if I will become increasingly bionic. I'm hoping for a gap before I have to go through all this again. It has gone well but it does take some hard work and determination and I would like to build up some mental resources for the next round.
I'll have the next ones done earlier in the deterioration because I feel I need to protect these first replacements - my ambition is to die with them still functioning well but no earlier than the average age at death.
Hope you and your wife recover well and have many years of happy functioning together.
Washing,cooking,cleaning..I'm a real house husband now ha..but it's ten times better than being immobile..
Youve been through the wringer all right,hope you have a good outcome.
Great point about building up mental strength before the next op,which is extremely draining mentally iirc.
One question you could answer...Having had one op,does it make the second one any easier??
I had a total left hip replacement on juine 3. Was walking from bed to bathroom 2 hours after waking from the operation. four days later i was home and was taking 1/2 mile walks with a rollatror three times a day. Two weeks after the operation i was back to ridding my recumbent trike. At 6 weeks i was back to hiking 4 + miles off trail. Did a rather difficult 6 mile bushwhack this past weekend. I get the right hip replaced on September 9 and if all goes like the left, I expect to be snowshoeing before Thanksgiving.
Yes and no. If you go into the same hospital you know a lot of the staff and the way it runs is familiar. The first op went like a dream, the second was tougher. I was as sick as a dog on the day after and was on anti-emetics for the the whole stay with constipation as a result of drugs and not eating. Walking after TKR is different from THR. You are more conscious of the op because the knee feels tight and one of your rehab tasks is to get it to bend while one of your concerns after THR is not to bend too much.
You are more familiar with the techniques of crutch walking & stair climbing so teaching your body to move feels less awkward. If your first op went OK then you have the c
onfidence that you will get through the second one but you have to be careful that you don't get overconfident and crash because it's more difficult than you expected.
It is likely to be different, according to other patients this is typical. Rehab is more frustrating. You went from pain & immobility to, in my case, moderate function with much less pain, then the restricted mobility comes in again. Because my knee still feels tight walking is no longer the pure pleasure it felt after getting rid of my hip problems. But it is getting there and it is only 5 weeks post-op.
Hope this hasn't put you off
Great news how you have progressed, I hope that I'll be able to do the same but we will see, at least now I know what is possible and what realistic times i can expect. Really pleased that you are having your right hip done on 9th Sept, again that has given me hope that I will be fit enough to have my left hip done in january. Hope all goes well for you.
Thanks Ross..
Nothing can put me off now...tbh the pain I'm getting feels like I've got a fractured femur..obviously I Havnt or I wouldn't be able to walk..so RTHR can't come soon enough but I'll have to wait a while..
With these joint problems it seems when once one joints replaced the problem just moves to another..Wrightington specialize in replacing every joint in the body..as you say you'll be bionic man soon ha.
You've had a tough time by the sound of it..hope you continue to improve..
6mnths from now it will all seem like a bad dream..best of luck.
Good luck to you too. I expect that I'll need at least one and possibly 2 more joints replaced but I hope for a year or two without hospital admissions. I fancy a holiday and I'm trying to decide whether to stick with Europe or go back to S African gamewatching. I'll leave it for another few weeks before I make up my mind but pastures new are beckoning.
With all your prosthetics can't see you getting through airport control 
It's possible. There was a lady in her 80s on my last gamewatching hol who had 3 joints replaced (and was scrambling into gamecars and heading off on game walks in the bush!) and another of similar age to me with 2 bionic knees. I shall just have to wear loose clothing and flash my scars in security.
Be on TOP of the Vit D levels and you could have a much much better and faster recovery. Our bones need the best Vit D support we can give thyem.