Is it NORMAL to think three weeks in .. What the hell have I done ? I mean I don't regret it really but at this stage the benefits so do not outweigh a former state . I know it sounds churlish and impatient ... Just wondered if this is a normal phase .? I mean I was in pain before but this pain outweighs it by a ton .. Really wish I could bend and pick something up properly I am a useless patient and feel so frustrated ... Anyone relate to this ? Not really feeling sorry for myself more missing a state where I could walk and bend and was in pain sometimes ...hey ho !!!
It was for me hazel think we all get down at some point .we think we are not progressing as well as we think we should I'm 12 post op and doing wonders hang in there and take it one day at a time .best thing I ever did. Hugs x
Oh yes!! I said it many times but now at 3 months post op my new hip is walking better than my other.You will get over all the ups and downs and it will be worth it
Best Wishes
Janet
Dear Hazel
Most people go through that stage I think it was week 4 for me when I just sat crying not because I was in pain... think lack of sleep and not being able to do things I wanted.
It will pass do not rush things... every week you will find you achieve something different.... believe me nothing like sitting and seeing things that need doing.. husband tried his hardest but he could not understand why I wanted this done that done.
If you go through different post you will see we all had a bad day or two...xx
Hugs Elaine
Hazel don't be discouraged, I had my Hip done end of July and I am finally feeling much better. I did end up with a knee infection which set me back alot, physio and all I had to stop, it took almost 5 weeks off my rehab. But today I can say knee infection cleared up and my hip is better then ever. Going 3 weeks in, in unbearable pain I know. Don't give up and don't have regrets it will get better. You have to give yourself 6 - 8 weeks to really feel the benefits. You are expecting too much too soon. Hang in there it will get better. Chins up girl...
Hugs to you
June
Hi Hazel it will be worth it be patient ,I cryed for
England at this stage ,be kind to yourself.xxx
OH YES I AM I AM WITH YOU! everyday I think this. I am 15 days post op. I keep telling myself it was the right thing and the right time but I feel SOOOOOOO much more pain now than before. I know it's army in the recovery phase but ugh! I had a childhood abnormality I'd learned to live with on the hip and I'm earing I'll have a new kind of pain to live with. My Dr and therapist say it'll get better.....
Let me preface this by saying that everyone I've asked that's had it done or knows someone that's had it done says that it's been great.
It's hard to for me to say if I really regret it as I was quite sore and it was very difficult for me to walk when I hard my first hip replacement but almost 14 months after my first replacement and 7 month after my second, I'm still in considerable amount of pain and while it's less than I was before, it's not even close to where I'd like to be. I'm wondering if rather than geting both THRs, I would have been better exploring injections, medicine, etc. As mentioned, I am better than I was but I've also missed over 6 months of work (3 months each operation + I've only been working part-time for the past several months) and I've got a small (probably less than 10mm / 1/2"
leg length differential which I didn't have prior to the 2nd operation. So I just haven't seen (yet?) the results I was hoping for and expecting.
Hi Hazel I'm 4 weeks in and posted on here like yourself and advice is give it time. Now I am reducing my analgesia. Walking with1 crutch and have been out as a passenger for the 1st with my daughter. I had nasty muscle pain but have maintained my exercises and strength in operated leg is slowly improving. Arthritic pain has gone. I'm finding my handy Andy so helpful and use it onestop. It is frustrating not to bend or lie on side but I'm paranoid re popping the hip so taking notice of all precautions. It will improve. Keep up with your recovery. X
Liebe Hazel, mir geht es genauso. Ich denke, ich habe es nicht in Ordnung oder nicht. Sollte ich es versuchen? Ich vermisse meinen Spaziergang, meinen besseren Schlaf. Es ist 4 Uhr australische Zeit und ich kann immer noch nicht schlafen. Bisher habe ich mehr Schmerzen, mein Bein ist länger und manche Nächte habe ich Krämpfe. Leider kann ich es nicht zurücknehmen, auch wenn ich mir wünschen könnte, einige Zeit zurückzudrehen. Ich hoffe einfach, dass es eines Tages besser wird. Madla
So wahr, aber gib nicht auf. Es wird besser. Ich bin 14 Tage postoperativ und fühle mich großartig. Diese ersten paar Wochen waren allerdings schwer. Nimm es einen Tag nach dem anderen. Xx
Hazel... Du hast Schmerzen und Angst, aber es wird besser werden, ja, es ist schwierig und es dauert, bis es heilt, und es ist gut, dass du es getan hast, es wird dir dein Leben zurückgeben.
Ja, ich hatte Angst, als ich wusste, dass es kein Zurück mehr gab... es sind jetzt 18 Monate her und ich heile immer noch auf unterschiedliche Weise... Kopf hoch!! Hab keine Angst... vielleicht hilft ein Beruhigungsmittel, halte auch die Schmerzmittel durch....
Ian +++
This will pass! At 15 days post op, I had a lot of emotional troubles.. crying for no reason and a lot of anxiety. I went off pain meds after 10 days, so I think it was my body's way of responding to the trauma. It lasted for about 4-5 days.. then I really started hitting my stride and recovering! At 5 weeks I felt like a new person! Now, at 9 weeks I have absolutely no pain and just itching at the incision area. You will not regret it!
Hi Jane how you doing. I've just passed 5 weeks and lots of muscle pain in groin femur and op site. Can be stiff when I first get up. Getting out and about as a passenger a lot more and walking outside. Still using two sticks.
I did get sick of the no showering and have now managed to manoeuvre this one. Can walk around the house unaided now. Couple of paracetamol now and again.
If I have overdone it I know about it next day. Now managing to sleep on operated side so sleeping better.
Mind you it is a roller coaster ride and looking back week 2/3 was probably my worst so know how poor Hazel feels. Good to know by weeks 6-8 things improve.
Hope you are good. Dying to drive and get back to work. I'm a hopeless patient.
Hi Hazel,
Ich bin auf derselben Wellenlänge wie du.. Ich bereue es, meinen 2-jährigen Jungen nicht in meinen Armen halten zu können.. mit ihm spielen.. lohnt es sich? Ich bin 5 Wochen post-op und 33 Jahre alt.. Liebe mit meinem Mann machen.. Ich wünschte, jemand hätte mir gesagt, es nicht zu tun.. ich weine jedes Mal, wenn ich allein bin..
Nicht einfach..
Entschuldigung, dass ich negativ bin.
Hi,
I so understand where you are coming from.At one stage I felt I had exchanged one painful hip for pain in back,hip,heels.I was very pessimistic.Now 3 months on my new hip is giving me no pain and the other problems have gone.Dont give up.It gets better given time
Janet
Hi Hazel. Week 3 was my meltdown as well. Like you so tired. I'm week 5 and have found the muscle pain I groin femur and op site can be quite achy. I can also get quite stiff. However this pain is the healing from what has been a brutal op.
We all get impatient and fed up. Cross with people who are trying to help.
I have found recovery a real roller coaster ride. 3 steps forward 2 back. I've been bored. Fed up of the house. I want to be driving and back to work again.
My surgeon had it right. 8 weeks to Drive and 8-10 for back to work. I remember thinking I would be recovered long before this. But no he was right.
A big healing hug and hang onto. "This to will pass"
We all get dispondant during the recovery - but for me the second worst time was when I was told that my replacement had gone wrong and I needed a revision operation to correct it.
The worst time? That was when the revision operation failed to correct the original problem.
Hopefully my new surgeon & hospital will be able to sort me out - hopefully I will know what he wants to do with me in a couple of weeks time.
Graham
Hazel hat sich damals und fühlt sich immer noch so! Manchmal mache ich andere dafür verantwortlich, dass sie mir geraten haben, die Operation durchzuführen. Ich hatte 3 Wochen später eine Dislokation und musste eine Revisionsoperation durchführen lassen! Von entmutigt und frustriert kann man da gar nicht reden. 6 Wochen ohne Belastung. Was ich jetzt erlebe, fühlt sich anders an als vor der Operation. Es gefällt mir nicht und manchmal ist es schwer, damit umzugehen. Aber vor der Operation hatte ich Schmerzen. Es gab Zeiten, in denen ich kaum durch das Haus laufen konnte. Jetzt kann ich mich ohne diese Schmerzen bewegen. Im Moment habe ich Muskelkater, Nervenschmerzen, Überempfindlichkeit, alles Teil des Heilungsprozesses. Die zweite Operation hat mich sehr zurückgeworfen, Depressionen und Weinen sind fast täglich. Aber jetzt mit ambulanter Therapie hoffe ich, dass alles besser wird. Dir wird es auch besser gehen! Denk positiv und sieh alle Erfolge als einen neuen Anfang! Es wird manchmal schwer sein, aber du wirst Ergebnisse sehen und dich besser fühlen! Sei gut zu dir selbst!! Ich bete dafür, dass es dir besser geht! 💕LD
Hi. We're getting there. At what stage did you do THE LIE ON SIDE? Heard so many scary stories. 😬