I’m watching French Open Semifinals tomorrow with some buds. I hope you’re out there living life!
@FluffyBob Have you already seen the French Open men’s finals? How are you? I’ve passed my 30-day surgery anniversary. It’s easy to walk, and I’m using beer for pain relief and a blood thinner. I still can’t stand up if I’m on the ground.
I’m mostly recovered from covid. Did not get terribly sick but was pretty tired out and not very productive. There’s no good time, but four weeks after surgery wasn’t the best. Getting back to my exercises.
I am fully mobile. Range of motion is amazing capared to before surgery. Still pretty weak and really need to keep up on the exercises. Not gonna be jogging anytime soon, but I can get up off the floor after doing the leg lifts on my back. You should ld bevable yo do it pretty soon I think.
Pretty busy with work, and been keeping a low profile on my downtime, because of this stupid illness, but hoping to start getting outside for some light hikes or rides. Flying out to Vancouver island next weekend for my sisters wedding. Hope to go for some walks along the beach and maybe get a swim in.
Enjoy Vancouver Island. Victoria is one of my favorite cities. Forget about work, enjoy your sister’s wedding!
I’m learning how to do that. It’s hard for me to lift up from a squatting position with my left leg (surgery side). My Physical Therapist is helping. Do you have a good PT? Physical Therapy has made a big difference for me.
I have a cruel PT lol.
I am just getting back into the exercises after being sick. They have me doing squats, crunches, bridges, various leg lifts and a bunch of resistance band exercises. Plus riding the stationary bike, still have not made it out on the real bike yet. The worst is standing on a squishy pad on one foot with the other knee raised and holding it for three minutes as I wobble around trying to keep my balance.
I don’t think I have ever worked through them all in one session.
My younger sister had both hips replaced and she said her PT instructor was especially diligent at strongly encouraging her. In fact, my sister said she muttered “fucker” after an especially tough session and the trainer laughed, saying that’s how he knew he was being effective.
I can finally get up off the floor (or ground). Get down on your knees, lean forward and move your center of gravity to your shoulders. Put your hands down in front of you for balance and step up.
@FluffyBob How are things? How about a quick update? Thanks
Just got back home, the island was a lot of fun. Went for some pretty long walks by the shore. Didn’t get in the water. Fair amount of walking in the airport. Security dudes have a different routine when you tell them you have artificial hips.
Did quite a bit of walking and started getting back into more of the exercises. Abs are a little sore so I guess is working. Hips are stiff and a little sore after all the activities.
How about you? Moving more?
I’m doing good, trying to catch up on yard work. Next week I have my last two physical therapy appointments and the 6-week visit with my surgeon.
Going camping at Blue River in Oregon in 3 weeks. Can’t wait!
@FluffyBob How are you doing? I heard there were a couple tornadoes in Alberta - I hope not near you.
Tornadoes in Canada?
Carstairs. About an hour from Calgary.
We get a lot of big thunder storms especially in late June and through July. A big banger just rolled through Calgary 30 minutes ago. The area around Calgary is notorius for hail damage, including the third most costly natural disaster in Canadian history in June 2020. Tornadoes are a risk of these weather systems.
Tornado warnings are a somewhat regular summer event in Alberta. Mostly we get minor funnels with not a lot of property damage. They are met with much curiosity and interest. This recent one up in Carstairs was very distuctive tornado far more violent than normal.
Last big one was the Pine Lake tornado which killed 12. A big one hit Edmonton in 1987 with 27 fatalities.
I was going to meet some friends at an outdoor concert tonight but it was cancelled for weather. Stampede starts tomorrow so there will be lots of ruckus the next week.
My plan is to get some new pedals for my bike tonight and get some rides in this weekend. Been doing 30 min sessions on the stationary bike. The camping spunds awesome EastUmpqua, hope you have a good tim!
Thanks for the updates @FluffyBob and @EastUmpqua. I have been following this
discussion as I may need both hips replaced in the near future. I was wondering how
much pain you had before the procedure? And how much do you have now?
For those of you who have had hip replacement in the past how long did it take to heal
completely? And how much pain did you have after healing completely?
I thank you and look forward to reading your answers.
I had fairly bad pain sometimes before the surgery, especially when I stacked firewood or walked very far. I waited longer that I should have partly because of Covid. I don’t normally have any pain now (it’s been almost 2 months), but sometimes my thigh get sore especially after lifting stuff.
I would say @FluffyBob would have better advice about getting a double hip replacement. I only had one replaced. I was able to take care of myself the next day after surgery (i.e. feed myself, use the washroom) using a walker. After two weeks I stopped pain meds and I could drive.
A question for both of you - why get both done at the same time? For me that wasn’t an option because I live alone. Just curious.
Thank you for your reply, EastUmpqua.
I didn’t realize that replacing one and then doing the other at a later date was
an option. It just seemed logical that if you had pain in both sides then they
would do both at the same time. I live alone also so perhaps doing them one
by one would be best.
I did the bilateral replacement because I wanted to get it all over with. I think it also helped get me through the waitlist. I took over the business last year, Im still learning how to run things, I wanted to minimize my down time. Still it was three weeks before I was really ready to go back to work, and it set me pretty far behind.
I don’t think I could have managed the first few days without help. Just swinging my legs over to get in and out of bed was very hard. At first my helpers were lifting my legs up by my ankles and swinging them over. Also I was supposed to keep them elevated on pillows and that was very hard on my own. I do not regret my choice, its good to have it all done, but it was hard.
I was in constant pain before the operation. Not too bad during the day while I was moving but could get bad enough at night to make sleep very difficult. I would get spikes of pain that were overwhelming. I also think that the degradation in my range of motion and mobility was accelerating. I wasn’t using a cane yet but I had started keeping one by the door and bringing it to the truck with me. I had had a couple falls already.
I asked my surgeon how long my other hip-joint might last. He guessed 4 or 5 years. I’m hoping for no second surgery. Mind over body. Physical Therapy, exercise. I have a feeling in 5 years I’ll need a new right hip.
I hope not, for your sake. Both my hips were equally bad so we knew they both had to go. It sounds like your recovery was wuicker than mine in general.
How are you doing for pain / stiffness? I am still a little sore especially if complete a really thorough session of all my physio exercises. Still stiff getting up from sitting etc. Therapist says its all muscle pain at this point.
Biked to the reservoir this morning - not far from my house really, maybe 3 km round trip. Was a little disappointed how tired I was. Ill keep at it until I can make the circuit around it.