How you doing mjking?

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  • mjking
    mjking Member Posts: 145
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Toni

    He was actually pretty good! The operated on hip is so much better than it was only a couple of weeks ago. The wound isn't even tender now & apart from stiffness when I first start walking after sitting, its pretty good.

    But the other hip is SO bad - constant pain in the hip. Regular pain in the groin. Outbursts of stabbing pain in the hip and knees!

    I'll have to go back to work before the 2nd op or my sick pay won't cover the time off for the second op.

    If I go back ist Nov I still have 2 mths sick on full pay. And 7 weeks annual leave still to take. I pretty much think 15 weeks would be enough time to recover from the op but need t check these rules with my HR.

    How are you doing?

    Mike :)
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Morning mike - I have only just spotted your question! How am I doing? Well, the social answer is fine! Real answer, seeing as we are here? Awful. I hope you continue to improve, you seem to be doing fine! DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • mjking
    mjking Member Posts: 145
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Sorry :( to hear that Daisy. Anything specific or just generally aweful?
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Just the arthritis. And the meds. And the lack of sleep. And the pain. And the weather. Apart from that, everything's dandy! :D
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,032
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Fine and Dandy DD :wink:

    Mike

    You must check out what you are entitled to with HR - a simple error could naff it all up :shock:

    Sounds so as though the other one needs doing ASAP!

    LOve

    Toni xx
  • mjking
    mjking Member Posts: 145
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thanks Toni :)

    Will do! Spoke with my boss today & we agreed I'll try to return to work 1/11/10, depending on my leg.

    She going to sort if for me to go p/t for a month.

    I'm going to go for the 2nd op as soon after Xmas as possible!

    How are you doing tonight?

    Mike
  • mjking
    mjking Member Posts: 145
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Speedy

    Just seen your last post to me! Sorry not to habe replied sooner but I didn't notice it.

    At the time - about 5 weeks ago - I had just resumed using one crutch on the operated on side.

    I continued with that pretty much all the time until about 2 weeks ago. Since then I've found I've had to use it on the unoperated side as the arthritis there seems to be getting worse.

    Having said that, its a little better this w/end.

    Anyway, back to work next Monday & hope to have 2nd op within 3-6 mths. :|

    How about you mate?

    Mike :)
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Well, good luck for next Monday - I think you will be pleased about that, won't you? I am sorry that the unoperated hip is so troublesome - is that just deterioration or the contrast the the new one? DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • mjking
    mjking Member Posts: 145
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Bit of both, DD!

    Yep, glad to be going back to work - had 4 mths off!

    How are you doing?

    Mike :)
  • speedalong
    speedalong Member Posts: 3,315
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Mike, good to see you posting.

    The other hip op is needed isn't it, hopefully time will fly.

    So you start work next Monday?! I go back to work next week too.

    Speedy
    I have had OA since mid twenties. It affects my hips and knees. I had a THR on the left aged 30 and now have a resurface-replacement on the right - done May 2010.

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