Hi fellow hippies, in the nicest possible way, I hoped it would not have to come back to this site!!! But, after 5 1/2 months, here I am..............
So, if I may ask, what is prompting your return? Hopefully just to say hello, but if not...
Welcome back joy!
Hi Joy,
I hope you're okay?
xxx
This op knocked the stuffing out of me, and trusts me, I'm not wuss!!
Hair is still in shock, falling out/breaking off, so fringe is non existent.
Just started intence physio as muscles collapsed.
Still not sleeping properly, and woke up yesterday, in agony!!!!
I know these problems are unusual, according to surgeon, just would rather go back to this time last year!!!!!
Rant over!!
Joy, sorry to hear all of that. Feel free to rant, as I've done my share of ranting and don't want to feel alone! We are all affected in our own unique ways by THR. I thank my lucky stars every day that I am retired and don't have to return to work, or that I don't have small children or other strenuous obligations. It's been all I can do to take care of myself. I am 68 and had my THR seven months ago. Have a complication and now need another surgery. I am quietly freaking out about it.
Is there anything you've been doing that you can cut back on, to get more rest and give your body more healing power? I know that "intense physio" would have me in shut-down mode.
Oh no, that's not so good.
I know what you mean about going back, I wish I could too, but there is no way back for me now thanks to the surgeon's work.
Is it the new hip that is playing up?
Graham - 🚀💃
I work nights, looking after children, stairs are still the bain of my life now, going up!!
Whole thing has effected a knee that wasn't good before, now awaiting mri results, I do believe at 55, I'm falling to pieces! !!!
It's like a nagging tooth ache graham, always there, but they tell me all is fine!!!!
Sorry to hear about your troubles Annie!! I hope everything goes well for you this time!!
I remember you Joy. I went off the site for a few weeks but am back at the same stage you are..I came back witgh a physio concern..why have you come back? Have you problems or worries? You will recall how great this site is in helping all sorts of worries. Also to have a laugh with each other.as we are tonight.
Waiting to see your concerns for us to try to help.
Ali.
At the moment, the whole experience to me, is rubbish!!!
lol
Xx
oh, not thatone back again - how long does the pain go on for ? Do we ever heal properly?
Graham - 🚀💃
Oh that is awful. You have been unlucky..I mean I am not hundred percent but don't have to look after anyone except me...and I do think that non hippies have no real idea of how big this operation was...I didn't relaise ..and would support massively anyone I now knew was having the op. Not to put any pre op hippies off. Is today particulaly bad? What help from medics are yu getting?
Keep your chin up..you have more to deal with than most.
ALi
I really don't know.
X
I had same conversation with physio, he said he sees many people who say the same as me, stuffing knocked out.
He said no one knows , or understands the enormity of this op, unless had it.
So sorry to hear this , I do hope they sort it out for you xx
Ty, and me.
X
Joy, that sounds like HARD work, and intense physio, too! Wish you could slack off a bit while you heal. Many of us have had negative effects in our "good" legs when they get leaned on so hard after the operation on our "bad" legs. The whole reason I found out that I needed a THR in the first place was because I fell and hurt my knee (on good leg) a year ago, and I had to use the other leg to compensate, and then I discovered what bad shape that hip was in.
And after the THR, then I started getting pains in my ankle and knee on the other side as that side overcompensated. Everything is connected to everything else, and is affected when something goes wonky.
Hope they find out some answers from the MRI. I do think our bodies can't take the punishment they used to take as we age. Hope you find some relief!
Lol, our bodies have to work sooooo hard, maybe, as the generations have gone on, we have become weaker?
My grandparents worked relentlessly, until they died.
Maybe I am just a wuss,
They never complained, or were ever I'll! !
Time for reflection, I think!!!
lol Xx