11 days post op. Doing ok overall. Like everyone there is a new pain challenge every day as the healing process kicks in.
However there is no avoiding the nights ! Can't get comfortable most of the time. Wake up read. Lie in the dark. Have a trip to the loo for a stretch. Such a relief when the dawn breaks.
This is just a winge as I know it's all part of the process.
Good healing and best wishes folks.
Sorry about the restless nights! I am having those myself, although I haven't had my THR as of yet. I go to my surgeon on 10/19 to set a date for surgery. I'm finding now that I have more nights of not sleeping than those where I do. Hopefully you are able to sleep some during the day at least. Rest and sleep are the best things for healing. Good luck and take care!
Hi Sandra
Are you still stuck lying on your back?
I found a big U maternity support pillow a big help. I put one arm between my legs and it enabled me to sleep on my side again.
I did go and go sleeping tablets from the Doctor too. Without sleep I am just to grumpy to be around.
I slept most nights right through prior to THR. Have to sleep on my back but with the healing process and what feels like toothache in my femure nights can be wearing.
Our only consolation is that this to will pass. We should have a moan forum for all the awake hippies during the night ha ha
Sorry about your restless nights. From my reading here, that is often normal and will improve with time. I'm still on the OA side of being a hippie so I'm afraid I have no suggestions for you. I currently do all the things you mentioned in the course trying to sleep with OA hip pain. I just had my hopefully last bilateral hip injections so it's a little bit improved for a few weeks although not "fixed." My bilateral hip replacement is scheduled for December 19th. I wish you continued improvement and hope that sometime in the not too far off future you will have a night where you can wake up refreshed and be shocked that you slept so long.
Hugs and blessings
Rita
Hi Sandra, three weeks today THR , walking around painless with 1 crutch.. all going well until the nightime , getting the restless leg syndrome , and seem to be going to the loo more than I use too, which then makes me tired during the day.. think its a case of being in too much of a hurry , but thanks I have had a whinge too..
Hi Sandra,
Poor you thats rotten not sleeping at night, maybe look at your pain releif, check you are taken the right dose at night? Check with your specialit or Dr. You are very early days, you need your sleep to heal. Make sure you get plenty of rest/sleep during the day too. Sending you healing vibes 
For restless legs I was recommended Tonic Water with Quinine in it. It seemed to make a difference for me, but I'm not sure if the effect was real, or in my head.
Thanks girls for the sympathy. Hopefully be like child birth. We will forget it ever happened when we are running around like fillies.
Good luck got you THR in December. Just before Xmas. If you have a good surgeon you will be fine.
I am hopefully off to Australia for a month in February. Pain free I hope. I watched the op on you tube before I had it. I had a spinal block and general anethetic. If I had to have another I would have block and sedation.
The healing that has to happen just all takes time and if you try to speed up the process it has yu wiped out the next day. Your body will tell you when you need to go to bed. And lots of the time bed is a release.
Again thanks girls.
Hi Sandra day 10 for me and can so relate to bedtime im sleeping with a larg pillow under my leg supporting the whole of the leg and found this has helped with the restless leg syndrome, Just had the nurse and she has told me i no longer have to wear the support stockings as long as im mobile every hr she she said i can put them on at bedtime but its up to me which surprised me as the nurse i had on saturday said i was only allowed to remove them for half an hour per day and had to remain wearing them for 4 weeks tad confused here x
Hi Tracy. I'm a day ahead of myself lol day 10 not 11. Ted Stockngs. I was told in hosp 6 weeks.
Husband changes them every morning. I was a nurse many years ago and you get conflicting advice off every one. I'm just going to follow what physio told me. One consultation is that they seem to stop the hair growing. Ha ha.
I can also weight bare however will continue to use both crutches until physio tells me diffferent. Hope you are feeling more cheerful in yourself. If you lived near me we could go night clubbing. One way of filling in the dark hours lol
Take care. Great place to have a sound off xxx
You sound like me Michelle that's why I love this forum. I am having such a hard time with sleep. I take ibuprofen before bed and I can get comfy but by about 4am I am in pain I get up at 530 I feel better once I'm up icing and having my tea. I go for a consult and hopefully set a date. I'm sick of this. Let me know your date! All the best to you❤️
I had to go back to the Drs to get the stronger pain meds which allowed me to sleep for about 6 hrs at night.... but then I would go back to bed around 9.30am and sleep again for another 2 hrs.. and cat nap in my chair in the afternoons.
I am now allowed to sleep on my sides, however right hip is still painfull due to getting Bursitis but left on okay.
I am now 7 weeks post op just about... and find the nights are the worse especially when I have been foolish in over doing it.
GOod luck in getting some decent sleep but it will pass.. make sure you rest during the day.
Ahh, the loo stretch. Know this all too well as I used to do it all the time when I couldn't get comfortable. I constantly couldn't get comfy in the laying back position, I always had the twitches in my operated leg, which annoyingly only came at night. There were occasions where I had to remove myself from the marital bed and move into the spare room In tears it was that bad.
Good luck it does get better .
Thanks for the advice, should I ad Gin as well 
Do you have You tube ?I put healing meditations into the search engine and have come up.They help me stay positive and I do believe that as we do them it changes our body chemistry and promotes healing.it really helps.This to shall pass
After another long night. Awake every two hours. Not in pain just awake. What a great idea. I have loads of streamed meditations and am a great spiritual believer in that thoughts are living things.
The more we are positive the better things get. Thanks for the wake up call.
This too will pass. You know I lost a dear friend to terminal cancer earlier this year. She put in some terrible nights. So I always try to think how very lucky I am that this is a temporary state. Thank you again. There are always people worse off. Xxx
Hi Sandra, thinking of you...I'm 11 weeks post op, but I can remember those rubbish nights. I used to go to sleep fine, and wake up thinking it was nearly morning, just to find that it was only midnight! Not good! I used to have a stroll around on my squeaky crutches to loosen up. Like you, I used to be so glad when morning came. Hang on in there, the sleeping does get better gradually, You have a good positive attitude. When I was feeling really grumpy, I used to think about my friend with ms, who won't be getting better, and never moans. Wishing you all the best.
Awww thanks Judith. Last night every two hours. I read. I chatted to people from US who were having a much worse time than me.
I lost a friend earlier this year to terminal cancer. She put in some terrible nights and I consider myself very lucky that this is temporary.
Thanks again.
So true!! When people are like oh no you have to have a hip replacement I feel so bad for you (I hate that). I always say, I'm very blessed that I have something that can be fixed. So many out there don't. I'm scared but I consider myself lucky and I pray for the people that have much bigger problems than me.