I posted here 6 years ago and got very good advice. For reasons I am not sorry over I only had my operation 10 month ago, it was actually amazing to me, never 1 bit of pain, never! When I was wheeled back in to my ward I tried lifting my leg and was stunned that I could do so and more, without pain.
I did experience some difficulty with poor balance, that was in fact one of my problems with my legs and lower body that I had hoped to cure.
I am now say 100% recovered from the op which I regard as totally successful, it feels like a new bearing inside the hip. I am once again climbing down/up mountains to go fishing, started doing that around month 5.
Despite my operation being very successful, I am somewhat unhappy that it has not resolved or reduced my problems of constant arthritis pain in my lower back, legs, knees, calves and poor balance. At the time I told the Orthopod that I could not specifically point out where the pain was or originated from, and thought my right knee was the main suspect, which I now know for a fact is correct. At the time of my consultation I indicated to the Dr that it would probably be necessary to “fix” all 4 joints (hips & knees) He was of the opinion that we first do the left hip as that one showed the most wear.
So I now have the situation that my actual problem has not been resolved or even the pain has not decreased more then perhaps 5% and my balance is worse then before the opp.
More decisions,… I must say I found the strict long recovery period a nuisance and very irritating and do not particularly feel like having another operation and going through all that again and maybe gain another only 5% in pain reduction.
I have also been warned that knee replacements may not always provide the pain free outcomes expected, so, there is also a risk!
Do I really want to replace all the major joints in my lower body, I somehow do not think so, unless my pain and or discomfort aggravates.
A final question, Is it OK to jump downwards about 80 cm on to solid ground landing on both legs simultaneously?