Hip Talk at Surface Hippy
Hip Resurfacing General Information and Questions => Hip Resurfacing Topics => Topic started by: MattJersey on May 29, 2015, 12:06:23 PM
- 31days post op today
- Progress has been pretty good, not super hero
- Have been off all pain killers since day 18 – absolutely nothing, no cocodamol, no paracetamol, (for benefit of US folks, no Tylenol/Advil/Percocet etc) – nothing (even stopped the aspirin)
- Have been able to get around with one crutch probably since about day 18, and “surf the counters” around the kitchen/diner/lounge at home
- This week, since about day 25, I have started to not bother taking crutch upstairs when I go up to rest etc
- Been in normal bed (not recliner) since day 1
- Managed to sleep (a bit, maybe an hour) on un-operated side a few days ago, but think leg “fell off the pillow” and I awoke with sore leg on my back an hour or two later – was then sore the next day
- Have been doing the exercises diligently – upscaled from requested 4x10 reps to 4x15 reps of everything, but some days manage only to squeeze in 3x15reps
- [size=78%]Have been doing about the required amount of walking (building to 1 mile by week 6) – some days more, on top of all the stuff inside the house pottering around[/size]
- [/size][size=78%]Stopped the 2x Aspirin daily along with other painkillers at day 18[/size][size=78%]
- Night sweats I believe are related to combination of the op+the medicines and mine stopped as soon as I stopped the painkillers (and prior to that I was drinking lots of water and that helped me manage them – by waking up to visit toilet throughout the night before the sweats commenced – would wake just a “little clammy” rather than “drenched”)
- Been back at work since day 22
- [/size][size=78%]Still sore around hip, butt[/size]
- [/size][size=78%]Can’t walk properly – hobble – without crutch, but can walk easily with crutch[/size]
- When walking with crutch when I try to walk as “normal as possible” it is sore, but gradually improving
- Soreness is in butt muscles almost exclusively. They need strengthening and stretching. Couple of weeks to check up, after which I hope I can start stretching and swimming
- Standing only on operated leg, say to put trousers on other leg ... Very sore but improving.
- [/size][size=78%]Consistent with advice from experienced members here, I think I’ve learned that:[/size]
- It is very easy to over-do it and aggravate the recovering muscles
- My “leg falling off pillow” episode mentioned above aggravated things
- [/size][size=78%]When I feel sore, I then, the next day, really reduce the amount of walking (to only the prescribed level and no more) and stick to the exercises, and lie down a lot more: this then sets me up to feel good the next day and really feel the progress.[/size]
- I know I could go out and walk, with a crutch, for miles if I wanted, but I also know I would be sore, have a poor night’s sleep, and be tired the next day.
- So I have up day, over-do, then have down day, then recover, have another good day ... The over doing often isn't deliberate, just builds up.
- [/size][size=78%]Notice that sitting for any length of time over a few minutes means soreness on getting up, so have tended to be lying down at home a lot, especially when on a down day![/size]
- Overall, no miracles, but pain free from arthritis, and muscle damage is gradually improving and strength returning.
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