Dutch445
Elite Member
well, might as well post something here, won't be able to follow up every day for a while, but eventually i wil.
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monday i underwent bilateral hip replacement. turned 50 3 weeks ago. problem has stemmed from a growth
issue while i was a young teen. at that point i had 2 surgeries, placing pins to keep the ball from moving
on the end of the femur. the only problem was there was no alignment to be done, so the joints have been
misaligned for 35 years or so, finally causing me some aches 4 years ago, into a fairly good limp and some real
bad days this past summer
i bit the bullet, and chose to have 1 day of surgery, doing both hips, with 1 recovery and 1 stay out of work
on disability. Most of my care providers ask me if i am nuts to do it this way, but many understand the theory.
my surgery went well monday, later in the day due to the complexity of it (removing pins in the process) and i
expect a couple more days here in the hospital. i have been walking since tuesday, short jaunts out of the room
with a walker, but it's all key to my rehab and getting out of here, with more therapy at home for a few more weeks,
i am able to rest comfortably, but getting up gets things riled up as expected. everybody says i am doing great,
but, i'm hard on myself thinking i should be playing hockey again this weekend (just kidding)
so anyway, i'll update every few days for now, then more as i get more time to sit with the computer on my
lap or next to me in bed.
later
l
monday i underwent bilateral hip replacement. turned 50 3 weeks ago. problem has stemmed from a growth
issue while i was a young teen. at that point i had 2 surgeries, placing pins to keep the ball from moving
on the end of the femur. the only problem was there was no alignment to be done, so the joints have been
misaligned for 35 years or so, finally causing me some aches 4 years ago, into a fairly good limp and some real
bad days this past summer
i bit the bullet, and chose to have 1 day of surgery, doing both hips, with 1 recovery and 1 stay out of work
on disability. Most of my care providers ask me if i am nuts to do it this way, but many understand the theory.
my surgery went well monday, later in the day due to the complexity of it (removing pins in the process) and i
expect a couple more days here in the hospital. i have been walking since tuesday, short jaunts out of the room
with a walker, but it's all key to my rehab and getting out of here, with more therapy at home for a few more weeks,
i am able to rest comfortably, but getting up gets things riled up as expected. everybody says i am doing great,
but, i'm hard on myself thinking i should be playing hockey again this weekend (just kidding)
so anyway, i'll update every few days for now, then more as i get more time to sit with the computer on my
lap or next to me in bed.
later