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  • cocoa
    cocoa Member Posts: 50

    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: 60

    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: 50

    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: 60

    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

  • Zimmer
    Zimmer Member Posts: 75

    @cocoa I hope your op went well hon. Sending you 🫂 and good vibes xx

  • Janlyn
    Janlyn Member Posts: 660

    @JPT Fantastic to hear from you and how well you are doing. My life has got busy too and I try to pop in here but don't always manage it as often as I'd like to. I hope that's good, positive news for those following us?

    It's just over 18 months for me now and the improvements keep on coming. I was happy I was painfree and able to get out at two months. Thank goodness my physio told me I'd go on improving for a long time and to aim to be as fit as I was before.

    Every few months I felt I improved, now I feel I can't get any better but willing to be proved wrong. I've not started running again, but feel I could if I wanted to. I no longer wonder whether I'll walk too far and be unable to get back home. I realise sometimes I do need to sit down for five minutes rather than damage myself, but not very often.

    Hope this is all good news to those following us!

  • Jane18
    Jane18 Member Posts: 60

    @JPT and @Janlyn, it's so encouraging to hear of your progress. I am just after the 6-week stage since my op and I have noticed such a difference, both compared with the early stages of recovery but also relative to how I was before, when I could hardly walk and was in pain all the time, although I tried to ignore it. From reading your posts, I can see I have so much more to look forward to and must try not to be impatient. I knew last night I'd overdone it during the day, when I got a real ache in my hip and back and had difficulty sleeping again, after several blissful pain-free nights. So I must learn to pace myself more and take regular breaks. And prepare myself for all the activities I have planned for a few weeks' time.

    After all my initial anxieties and resistance to the hip replacement, I have become a true convert! And hope that everyone going through or about to go through the operation will have similar experiences.

    Jane

  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,474

    @Jane18

    "…After all my initial anxieties and resistance to the hip replacement, I have become a true convert! And hope that everyone going through or about to go through the operation will have similar experiences…"

    I wish everyone facing this surgery could read comments like this and the threads you guys write.

    Well done you are doing so well😊

    Toni x

  • Janlyn
    Janlyn Member Posts: 660

    @Jane18 I couldn't agree more - I think we all resisting replacement initially and agreed to it as a last resort, and then became converted.

    It just does really keep on giving - every time I feel I've made maximum progress I make a little more - you've so much to look forward to. 😊

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