My THR recovery diary

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  • cocoa
    cocoa Member Posts: 31

    well I go fir my pre assessment tomorro fingers crossed been trying to catch up on bits gardening and collecting necessities in . Eg long shoe horn , walking stick , high bathroom stool still a list to get thru but made a start ! Continuing with exercises is a static cycle good for hip exercise ?

    Cocoa

  • Jane18
    Jane18 Member Posts: 26

    Hi @cocoa, sounds as if you're doing all the right things. I exhausted myself with gardening and cleaning in the days before going in. I do recommend doing all the physio exercises beforehand to get used to them. I'm finding them more of a challenge now but the physio said just start with small moves and gradually increase. So be kind to yourself

    Jane

  • cocoa
    cocoa Member Posts: 31

    thx fir reply, yes I’m doing the exercises and have now stopped the gardening ( just the olive tree to re pot !) pre assessment went well apart from very high bp so got one week to reduce befire meds. I think it was when the nurse mentioned epidural that my b p shot up! WS told can have general anaesthetic it’s my decision will be able to decide pre op. ? Anyway tons if literature to read thru and have filled in all (un necessary?) forms to cover their backs and my outcome ! Just want to get it over with now and back to near normal as can

    There’s such a lot if people in worse state I sometimes feel fraud fir pushing my op !

    Cocoa

    we’ve got to all stick together

  • Jane18
    Jane18 Member Posts: 26

    They give you masses of literature on the various options to cover their backs I guess but also so you can feel fully informed. I went for the spinal injection in the end, which was done very quickly and glad I did as I could eat almost immediately after. They can give you sedation (happy juice) as well if you want, but I was fine taking my music in with me. I get white coat syndrome with BP which always hits the roof when I go in, so do my own readings which are OK. Good luck with the op. Recovery is slow, but small steps at a time and on my 2nd day at home doing much better already.

    Jane

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