Arrived here at 0500 for the admitting.

Got the prep work and donned the "no modesty for you" gown.

Everybody was awesome even the sadist with needles (ie, anesthesiologist) who did the nerve block. Great thing here, Nurse Ratched has the weekend off.

All has gone great. No longer feel as though I'm sitting on a baseball (try it sometime if that doesn't sound bad) but holy balls of fire from hell - having the densest bone in your body cut off then replaced with a piece of metal and closed with baling write HURTS!!! Especially as the nerve block wears off.

Six hours of walking in the door and three after the procedure was completed, I'm walking down the hall escorted by a 5'- nothing 100lb when soaking wet therapist (I'm 6'4" and currently 240lb)

The second venture out and I failed to keep below the pain threshold by asking for some pain med. This resulted in a dose of dilaudid to get the pain back to a manageable level.

If all goes right, I'll be discharged either tomorrow or Sunday.

For those of you in a quandary or nervous about having a hip replacement- do it and make sure yippy flow the cleaning procedures beginning five days before.

Hoping for speedy recovery and it sounds like you are well on the way. A friend of mine had the same operation after years of pain and he is so glad he had it done and his quality of life is much improved.

He is impressive with his good spirits and tact. I too hope you heal well and get comfort soon. I hope I never need such a procedure.

My therapist that’s working on my shoulder did tell me that the hip replacement was the lesser of the other two evils...knee and shoulder. Glad everything went well! Here’s to a speedy recovery!

Good for LS1. You got mobility back!!
My friend got his “bad” hip replaced and then found out how bad his “good” one was.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery bro. I hope I never need a hip replacement. I worry though as I have some serious hip injuries from earlier in life.

Godspeed

Good for you, I've got two of 'em and I recognize your baseball analogy, except you don't just sit on it, you lay on it, walk with it, sleep with it and you forgot to mention that the baseball has sharp edges.

In a matter of a day of so you are going to be feeling a WHOLE lot better.

Food for thought, do the rehab work, the therapy, don't skip out on any of it until you are done, until they insist you are done and then they get a restraining order to get you out of the office.
I have several acquaintences and friends that have total hip replacements and only two have had probs, both are women and both self report that they didn't do the whole PT program afterward.

Just for reference, my right was done in 2001 and the left in 2012. they are both great, the left is better as far as hip mobility and neither have given me problems.

So for what it's worth, rock on man, you're going to love it.

From my personal experience, rehabbing a total hip is the easiest to get the patient back to normal.

Walk walk walk. Strength and flex training can come rapidly after gait training is underway.
Sometimes, balance and proprioception training may be needed.

get well soon!

Wish you the best!! Full and speedy recovery !

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Wishing you a full and speedy recovery.

Having had my right hip replaced and both shoulders done, I can say that the hip is a walk in the park (no pun intended) compared to the pain level with shoulder surgery.

I had mine done at 8am and was home at 3pm the same day. Up & walking right after the anesthesia started wearing off. The therapist had me going up & down stairs with a cane and the delay in going home was that it took me a while to urinate. Once that was done, back to house, took some pain meds and went to sleep.

Physical therapy started on day 2 and I was off the walker and using a cane on day 3. I've got full mobility now and couldn't be happier. Done with therapy at 6 weeks right after the last follow-up with the surgeon. Therapy was easy compared to shoulder as well.

Best of luck for a speedy recovery.

Sounds like your in good spirits. Hope all goes well for you. Definitely stay ahead of the pain.

Had my left done in March. Glad I did it.
Had it via anterior incision. Glad I did that.
I was in and out in 36 hours.
No therapy required. Cast the walker in less than a week. Began riding the recumbent bike in less than two weeks....have to admit it was only for 15 minutes the first couple of days.
Good luck to you and keep your incision clean....no infections.

Does not sound like fun. I've not had a joint replaced but I'm no stranger to all of that doctor stuff. Ugh. I'm sure once you've worked through the recovery period, you'll feel and walk a whole lot better.

Jeez they just did a nerve block?!? You had to lay there while they used the power tools on you?!? I’d wanna be knocked the fuck out

Hope recovery goes well

Hope that you have a speedy recovery!

My good neighbor had a total hip replacement Oct. 14. She was out of the hospital in less than two days. She’s now walking with the aid of a walker. Amazing.

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Originally posted by TMats:
Jeez they just did a nerve block?!? You had to lay there while they used the power tools on you?!? I’d wanna be knocked the fuck out

Hope recovery goes well

Oh no, the last thing I remember was the nerve block needle and a "now lay your head here. " the next thing was "well good morning sunshine, can you tell me where you are and what your name is?"

My answer "I'm Donald Trump, what happened?" And the nurse was beaming ear to ear (Hello Nurse!!)

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:

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Originally posted by TMats:
Jeez they just did a nerve block?!? You had to lay there while they used the power tools on you?!? I’d wanna be knocked the fuck out

Hope recovery goes well

Oh no, the last thing I remember was the nerve block needle and a "now lay your head here. " the next thing was "well good morning sunshine, can you tell me where you are and what your name is?"

My answer "I'm Donald Trump, what happened?" And the nurse was beaming ear to ear (Hello Nurse!!)

That’s great!

Well congrats, Don! Hope your recovery is speedy and complete!

Eta: ballpark of your age and issues that led to the need for replacement?

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Originally posted by BigNC:
Well congrats, Don! Hope your recovery is speedy and complete!

Eta: ballpark of your age and issues that led to the need for replacement?

55 - 60 yrs old.

The culprit - there's a blood vessel which feeds the joint, mine got crushed somehow and stopped feeding my joint. Not due to contact or accident, just happens.

Very good to excellent up until the pain really started setting in them lifestyle became sedentary and the "beer low light" was constantly on.