Very Disappointed

[davismanLV]

Well, we ended up going to Casa di Amore a couple of weeks ago and everyone there was sick. So then we came down with it and it was COVID. Miserable week, but fine now. Sorry your surgery got postponed but I certainly understand why. Take care and try to stay away from humans..... they're infectious!!

 

[RBSinTo]

Good luck Richard! I had mine done in March of 2020, the second to last person in and out of the OR at St Vincent's in Worcester before they closed surgery down due to COVID...my roomate was the last operation! Didn't know that was going to happen at the time, just got "lucky."

They are right, after you are back in your room, a sweet young thing will arrive take you for a walk, and though you will feel "stiff," it will be fine. Eventually you will walk up and down the hallways, and then even stairs. Cannot ever say I ever had "pain," just sore to really sore. And so my suggestion will be, when they send you home with a bunch of drugs, take what they tell you to! Don't be a hero saying "I don't need that stuff," because you will, and if you don't do as prescribed for during the first week, you'll have to the second. Plus you will be miserable.

I was very fortunate to have been able to schedule my life to get the replacement done on my terms, before things got too bad. My sister had hers done a few weeks before me, after she proverbally had gone off the cliff and could barely walk. Wishing you all the best. They say four to six weeks and you are like new, well don't think "new," but you'll not need a walker or maybe even a cane, depends on how they do the replacement. Don't watch the operation on YouTube, it may scare you away! (I didn't but think all my friends did!).

Bill,
My pain pre-op. pain was severe, and it was only through sheer stubborness, that I continued to play hockey (basically on one leg for the last year or two), and post-op., the surgeon told me my hip joint had no cartileage, and my pain was caused by bone rubbing on bone).
I don't remember the joint being sore after the surgery, except for the very first few days. And the pain was never severe enough for me to take any of the Thermonuclear-grade pain killers that had been prescribed.
I was walking with a cane in about two weeks, without in about three, and driving again in about five. The longest aspect of my recovery was the nine months it took until I was able to play hockey again.
And I continue to play goal to this day without any ill effects.
And yes, I wish I'd had the surgery sooner.
RBSinTo

 

[Cougar]

We went to Alpena to stay at a Motel because of the early check in time and the fact I live quite a distance away....

We also rented a place close to the hospital where Mrs. Cougar's hip replacement surgery was performed. It worked out great. I hope you're having the front (anterior) method like my wife had -- minimal recovery time. Pretty amazing procedure! Get well so you can... get more well!

 

[Rich Cohen]

Hey Rich,
Everybody here at LTG is wishing you the very best for your hip surgery. I know we're all thinking about you and sending our best well wishes.

 

[GAD]

The dissapointment for that level of physical and psychological preparedness is rough. Hang in there!

 

[GAD]

Also, I fixed the typo in the thread title.

 

[RBSinTo]

Also, I fixed the typo in the thread title.

GAD,
I'm vetry disappointed that you fixed the typo.
RBSinTo

 

[fronobulax]

GAD,
I'm vetry disappointed that you fixed the typo.
RBSinTo

I, on the other hand am OK with the fix because I misread the typo as "vestry" and kept thinking there was some kind of issue with a church.

 

[hearth_man]

Richard, very sorry to hear about your delay and holding pattern. My wife had two knee replacements this past year. She kept trying to put it off but the pain and lack of mobility became too much, just as you said. She was also dreading the surgery.

Hope you don't have to wait too long before getting back on the schedule.

 

[adorshki]

Methinks you'd appreciate a bit of virtual aromatherapy.

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[chazmo]

Hope things can move forward quickly for you, Richard. Thinking good thoughts.

 

[Bill Ashton]

We also rented a place close to the hospital where Mrs. Cougar's hip replacement surgery was performed. It worked out great. I hope you're having the front (anterior) method like my wife had -- minimal recovery time. Pretty amazing procedure! Get well so you can... get more well!

Ah yes, from my vantage point it depends on which procedure they use...Default can also back us up here If they do the "anterior" method, your actual downtime is much less, but I found you sort of linger on and it was maybe six months before I felt I was "done." My sister had the "posterior" method, seemed her post op recovery was a little longer, but when she was done she was done. In either case, the intense pain that you are getting from the degraded hip is virtually immediately resolved. I was "sore" for a lot longer than my sister, but I could walk better than two miles and never have a twinge, and even today while my left hip is not a problem, my right (replaced) is just a whole lot better (for a 70-year-old-geezer).

I find that across the country in-hospital time vs physical-therapy time varies greatly. I had at least four weeks in-home...had at least that much off site, after I was allowed to drive But I was only in-hospital 36 hours or less. For some regions, they keep you in hospital longer, but you do all the PT (exercises) on your own at home. Regardless, do the exercises they show you, and you will be great!