THR my new life as a bionic person

Janlyn

@Nurina Well done, in persevering. I do get what your physio says but you're young and what's one to two years of work now to improve the rest of your life? And it't so uplifting to hear the joy in your voice regarding feeling great. So inspirational - well done!

Nurina

Thanks for your encouraging words @Fran54 and @Janlyn

Twig

@Janlyn @Nurina I have been following the experience of you both which has been so encouraging and helpful and thank you for sharing as others have said it’s really helpful to read real experiences. I am just coming up to 11 weeks post right THR and have an appointment with surgeon next week. I’m walking without crutches using poles if I walk outside for any distance doing my physio daily but still getting pain in groin my but and scar physio says it’s muscle and tendons the other big issue for me is my unoperated leg the knee is so painful I am considering asking GP to refer me to orthopaedic. Physio said maybe a good idea but went on to say often the good leg takes a bashing and post surgery can play up is this anything you have experienced and did it get better it’s so disheartening when my range of motion in what was my bad leg has come back.

thanks Twig

Nurina

@Twig Maybe your "new" leg hasn't gained enough strength and your unoperated leg is overworking to support everything. I think all of us have experienced pains in different old and new places during recovery. 11 weeks is very early days and your wound is still healing Groin and butt pain could be very similar to the pain before surgery. Back and knee pains are very common because you are changing your posture. Anyway, it's better if you ask for a professional opinion.

Twig

@Nurina thanks I will ask surgeon when I see him. It’s like you think things are settling and then you get another ache I am not a patient patient and I have read here the 3 Ps so I need to try and remember them and you are right it is early days it’s just such a roller coaster

thanks for your help

Janlyn

@Twig I agree with @Nurina. 11 weeks is very early and you still have a lot of healing to do. Your groin and butt pain sound very similar to mine. It took a long time to start to make a difference but from around September I found I had strength that I haven't had in years. I remember at around 11 weeks I felt I wasn't making as much progress as I should have been making, but another couple of months and I could really feel a difference.

I really think a physio or chiropractor could help to work out what is happening and help you reach your full potential. Many people told me that we continue to recover up to 18 months to 2 years post surgery. That we feel recovered but there is more potential to improve. I can say the 3 Ps were worth all the effort and have paid off. I hope you get some answers and some improvement soon.

Twig

thank you @Janlyn you are right about being at 11 weeks and feel not making progress it’s easy to forget how far I’ve come it was 11 weeks ago today! I think I have been so up and down one min elevated at the change the next feeling going backward with pain but it’s nothing like the pain before and I need to remember that. It’s my first day today of a phased return to work it will be interesting to see how I feel tonight!

Thanks once again

Janlyn

@Twig wishing you all the very best with your phased return to work. I hope it's been nice to get a little bit of normal back in your life, although I guess you will feel very tired for a while. It does get easier but often it's only looking back when you realise how much progress you've made. I remember my first tentative steps back into the real world - it's so much easier now.

Wishing you all the very best.