So now whenever I get a pain in this thigh I get worried that the same thing is happening again.

I was just wondering if anyone has any information about how long their recovery was from a total hip replacement

My PT says everyone is different but I would like to hear from some of you.

Thanks for any information you might have------I'm due back at the surgeons on Nov. 6 for a check-up.

Thanks-----Florence

Carla

Hugs to you!
Betty

You can also do a search for doctor posters. I have copies of different posters, another has the nerves. If you need help, email me from my member page. Hubby had an accident last week was in Abington Trauma Hospital, I have him home now. Not a lot of time to surf. He was delivering cars to Sussman Mazda & fell from the top deck, fractures in his face & skull & right shoulder, but he's doing good.

Good luck. I'm sorry to hear you are still in pain. You've had much better luck then me. Since you do suffer from back problems, my guess is it could be disk related but could be too early to tell. Do bring it up.

I didn't have pain so much as weakness of the operated leg at six weeks...I'd done right side compensating to avoid pain for so long my left leg had become remarkably weak - that took weeks and weeks of PT to resolve (and I was 52 yrs old). If it even was resolved, I still find myself with all my weight on my right leg from time to time :)

Are you cemented? And when do you have the thigh pain, is it troublesome when you are at rest or only when using your legs? I dug out some info collected a few years ago and found -

"thigh pain from a cementless femur component is quite frequent during the first two postoperative years, although the X-ray shows well healed shaft of the total hip prosthesis."

My own hip is cementless so I didn't have much on cemented parts, but this is a major procedure either way and 6 weeks is soon to have very high expectations for yourself. Please hang in there and don't worry, I only wish you were seeing your doctor and putting your mind at ease this week instead of next. ((((Hugs))))

I guess I'm just expecting too much ---too soon----Of course the experience I had with the first hip makes me a little more apprehensive.

My PT was here today----and he said it is too soon to become worried-----He said 6 weeks is early--
He has cut back on some of the exercises-----just doing the isometrics in bed.

He also thinks all the emotional upset doesn't help with healing-----
Plus I will soon be 78 years old and it takes longer to heal as you get older.--

I have to get more information about my surgery----I'm not sure if he used cement----

I'm pretty sure he used the Zimmer method-----

So I will be patient and hopefully by next spring I will be raring to go out to my roses.

Thanks again---Florence

Hugs,

Betty

I think you are one heroic lady and you will be just fine in time. It is frustrating when our bodies don't cooperate as we hope, but 6 weeks doesn't sound like a lot of time to me...I would expect you'd have some pain after such a major operation, but here's wishing that you are already feeling much better!

You know the story of my dear son and the 13 major operations he went through during his childhood. He also suffered a fractured femur after one of his legs was lengthened and to this day I will never forget the sight of the broken bones sticking up out of his thigh. He was only 7 yrs. old and very frail because he was so underweight (he refused food because he was in so much pain from the different surgeries). After each surgery he was confined to wheelchairs, then graduated to walkers, then to crutches but it took years of physcial therapy.
As you know, he is now married and 23 yrs. old and still walks with a limp and will have to wear braces on his legs for the rest of his life. I firmly believe that those who go through a lot of pain in their life are the kindest, most loving people of all. You and Tim are proof of this.

I wanted to post this blurry photo of Tim when he was 7....
he pretty much lived at Shriner's Hospital.

Hugs,
Celeste

I know you will get through this too and I hope that the pain will go away as you recover. Take care.

Niels

I'm so happy you little boy is now able to live a normal life with just a little limp----I'm happy he has found someone to share his life with.
My father had to crawl till he was 18 and then walked on crutches for the rest of his life----
He had to use these heavy braces----

Here he is in front of my great uncles store where he worked before he got his own truck

Two courageous young men---your son and my father

Florence

They are still very INSPIRING stories, after all the pain and hardship we still have them to love and enjoy!

Betty

I often think of my grandmother and how painful it had to be for her ---to watch her son crawl for all those years--She was a strong woman and she even gave my father chores to do---for instance --he was resposible for cleaning the baseboards because he could reach them--

I'm sure this helped to make him the strong independent man he became-----
In this picture you can see the leather pads on his knees-to protect them while crawling.

Florence

Carla

I guess I've just been overly concerned after the experience I had with the right hip

Dr. said this prosethesis is much more flexible than the other one and he doubts I will have another stress fractur--

It is a beautiful day today---I will be outside soaking up the fall beauty----with my cane of course---LOL

Florence

6 weeks does sound short for major bone-work, I'd think [not that I'd know]. I did have a small wrist fracture that hurt for 6 weeks, so surely it's common for bones to ache as they heal. You just took too much Vicodin the last time [teasing ;]!

Florence, so glad to hear things are better in the walking department. Always glad to read your postings! Gean

Florence, I'm glad to see you're doing well - I think of you! We're getting a little break in weather today (spring has been cool, wet). I pruned roses a little late, then found critical deer had done my job over, which led to me pruning again to straighten up what they'd reshaped. Someone has to come to an understanding around here on who gets the final say on the roses :)

My fault, I'd been lax in spraying repellent with the uninviting weather, now this afternoon I've got to get that done so it doesn't happen again.

(((((hugs)))))

Mary Wallis---How is your DH doing?last you wrote he was going for an MRI---hope he is OK

Margaret---How are your hips doing ?----

Florence