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Tomorrow at this time I’ll be under the knife - new left hip

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March 19, 2019, 05:11 PM

PeteF

Tomorrow at this time I’ll be under the knife - new left hip

As yoopersigs said.
I have a friend (60 ish) who had hip replaced. After 3 weeks he said he felt great, and shouldn't have waited in pain for 3 years.

March 19, 2019, 05:26 PM

wreckdiver

I pray that you have as great an outcome as I did with both of mine. Both times the pain was less the next day than it was before surgery.

I cannot stress enough how much your diligence in rehab counts, I exceeded what was expected of me, and it certainly paid off. Fun? NO, but I was back to light duty as a plumber in 2 weeks with the first, and 3 weeks with the second (a bit of swelling issues)

Remember this, they will give you your life back with effort!

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March 19, 2019, 05:56 PM

dsiets

quote:
Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
Soon you'll be good as new!

Better, Stronger, Faster,...

March 19, 2019, 06:07 PM

Graniteguy

Today's joint replacement technology is amazing.

My 62 year old neighbor had both hips replaced over a 9 month period.

4 months after his 2nd hip was replaced he hiked 11 miles with me with some significant elevation gains.

Good luck and hope you feel much better in a few weeks.

March 19, 2019, 06:09 PM

erj_pilot

Yikes!!! I'm sure all will go well. Just hope it's not me someday...

GET WELL SOON!!!

"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne

"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24

March 20, 2019, 07:33 AM

Bassamatic

Wishing the best with your surgery. Please keep us posted as to how it all went.

I'm interested in this as I have been have on again/ off again problems with my left hip.

.....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress.

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March 20, 2019, 09:59 AM

Z06

Hunthelp, by the time you read this your surgery will be in the rear view mirror. A little over 3 years ago I had the same anterior total hip replacement of my left hip. It has been nothing short of amazing. Time to get the right hip to match my bionic left one.

Best of luck with your rehab and rapid recovery.

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The trouble with trouble is; it always starts out as fun.

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March 20, 2019, 04:01 PM

mcrimm

My wife, now 70, fell 2 years ago in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She fell on a rock and broke her hip. The next day she had it surgically replaced by an excellent Mexican Orthopedic Doc.

A few months later she was fine and now 2 years later she forgets it happened. She did all of the rehab the Dr suggested.

Note: Do The Damn Rehab. Repeat after me.....

Mike

I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown
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When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham

March 20, 2019, 04:07 PM

myrottiety

quote:
PS...DO what the PT

quote:
Note: Do The Damn Rehab. Repeat after me.....

See the above. Do the PT!

Good luck. It's damn near routine now.

Train how you intend to Fight

Remember - Training is not sparring. Sparring is not fighting. Fighting is not combat.

March 20, 2019, 04:33 PM

Hunthelp

I’m alive.
I’ve walked some.
Switched from synthetic morphine to vicodin for pain.
Thanks for the prayers and well wishes.

"I don't shoot well, but I shoot often." - Pres. T. Roosevelt

March 20, 2019, 04:33 PM

PeteF

Important future safety tip. When explaining why the airport detector went off do not say "I'm packing a rod".

My grade school teacher's mother did that. They had no sense of humor.

March 22, 2019, 09:48 AM

Hunthelp

I got word Tuesday afternoon to report to the hospital at 5 a.m. (2 hours earlier) on Wednesday.
I got home yesterday at 3 p.m.
In and out in 33 hours.

"I don't shoot well, but I shoot often." - Pres. T. Roosevelt

March 22, 2019, 09:52 AM

xantom

Good luck! I had my right hip done in 2015 at 42. A combination of an ACL tear when I was 19, hip dysplasia, and construction work.

"We've done four already, but now we're steady..."

March 22, 2019, 11:46 AM

tacfoley

quote:
Originally posted by Hunthelp:
I’m alive.
I’ve walked some.
Switched from synthetic morphine to vicodin for pain.
Thanks for the prayers and well wishes.

YAY!!!!!!!!

_{[B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC}

March 22, 2019, 04:05 PM

just1tym

I'm sure it's quite nice to have this surgery in your rear view mirror, well done. I send in another prayer for a healthy and speedy recovery. I remember some recent surgery a few years back that required to keep me very stabilized and pain free, the nurse would jokingly come in and ask if I'm ready for one of her speciality cocktails. After administration of one, I had a very vivid hallucination that I thought I was back home and couldn't quite figure out when I painted my walls green