hopalong Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 July 14 going to get new right hip ! :-) Hopalong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngeyes Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Best of luck. Make sure it's your right side and not the surgeon's right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEH Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 You'll be running around like a spring chicken in short order !, Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Best of luck. Make sure it's your right side and not the surgeon's right. Better glue an NRA sticker on the correct hip ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 I have two of 'em. They work great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngeyes Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 I have two of 'em. They work great. Is that what they mean when someone says that a girl looks hippy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Only go in a counter clockwise circle ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurusty Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Hopalong,i just finished my second one in April, my first one was done in February, it makes a world of difference! Recovery my second one is taking longer than the first just because he had to move more stuff around to grind the back side of my hip. Are you doing anterior it posterior cut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopalong Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 Posterior cut. DR has said this one will take longer recovery due to less usable bone on the pelvis ( this hip the " bad " one) looking forward to it, just not the first week after . . . . . . Hop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurusty Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 As you know by now, it's worth it. I wish you a quick recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 My two little hip scars have shrunken to about 4" each, down from about 5.5 to start--and they shrunk quickly. Doc was using experimentally small incisions due to my small stature and zero fat tissue and minimal muscle there. He used the side-of-the-hip approach. I weighed in a few days ago at 98 lbs fully clothed, with shoes. I was 95 lbs when I had the first hip done (2002) and about 98 with the second (2011). I was an easy surgery due to my size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopalong Posted July 14, 2016 Author Share Posted July 14, 2016 Check in at Vanderbilt University Hospital 07:30 central time ! Ready for the next 30 years relatively pain free. . . . . Unlike the last 30 :^[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopalong Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 Hip replacement surgery done. DOC happy with the results ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurusty Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Awesome! Congrats it only gets better from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Yeppers, you'll be dancing on tables with a lampshade on your head in no time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopalong Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) Well we went home in a day and a half. I am on crutches or walker for 6 weeks with no pressure on the leg except for balance. Then 6 weeks min of physical therapy. I like the way it is coming. Pain is tolerable 99% of the time. Got outside and walked around the Mother in laws culdesac and it felt good. Going to see the Dr tomorrow for 1 week check up. We see from there. Thanks all for the prayers and support HOPALONG (for Now) :-) :-) :-) :-) Edited July 19, 2016 by hopalong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCTaylor Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) Congratulations! Don't skimp on the PT! It'll make recovery much faster if you do what that little devil wo/man tells you to! Edited July 19, 2016 by SCTaylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopalong Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 32 staples out ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Dr happy with recovery. See y'all soon some where on a range ! Hopalong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Welcome back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 32 staples??? What in hell did they do to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopalong Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 Siggy, he did a bit more than the standard hip replacement. Moved the point of rotation to the normally proper spot on the pelvis. Then added an inch to the femur to get an even/level pelvis to stop the extra flip flop in the pelvis when I walked to stop the extra wear and tear on the spinal column. Well, today we went back to the Dr today for the 6 weeks checkup. He was happy with the way the bone has grown. I start Physical Therapy tomorrow. He has turned me loose to drive. Have to transition from crutches to cane to nothing in the next 4 weeks. Also get to start swimming along with the 3 miles a day I am doing now so I can really work on getting my muscle strength up. Going back to work first Monday in October HOP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngeyes Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 The bone growing back.. The physical therapy... The swimming... Going back to work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Naw, the going back to work will give him an opportunity to brag about the process and mark milestones in recovery in front of his associates. That will be fun, I bet. Or, as what happened to me, he can compare notes with others who've had similar procedures or who know people who have done so. Some of my buddies at the Jail were pretty surprised to see me working so soon after both hip surgery and the shoulder surgery. One of the other ladies who works there had a massive implant in a leg, and so we compared our digital X-Ray printouts, etc., And my little job at the Jail is kind of physical, too. It actually felt good to use the joints even if it seemed a little early in the game to do so. It was a form of physical therapy--and being clever on how to handle certain physical challenges without straining myself. I managed. Where there's a will, there's usually a way. Yes, one of the things our bones do in these situations is latch on immediately to the implant and begin matrixing into it. That's what the doctor likes to see right away. That your system accepts the implant and grows fresh bone tissue around/through it quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopalong Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 Well, I am walking 2.5 miles a day the days I don't have PT. Swimming 30+ minutes usually less than a hour though. The days I do PT I only walk 1.25 , and swim only 30 mins then have PT 3 times a week. Muscles bitch n moan, but are getting stronger and more defined. Pain in the joint PT days minimal only because working on range of motion. All in all it is coming along well and the PT and DR happy with the progress. Me too pretty much. Hop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopalong Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 Going back to work ! Gonna miss the Mrs. And the Little Girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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