Sending healing thoughts your way.❤️

Hip, hip, hooray to Annie. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Enjoy that walker.

Speedy recovery! Hope all goes smoothly.

Annie, that’s not your bed shaking, it’s a whole lot of good vibes coming your way. I hope you can feel them! Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Sending good thoughts for a speedy recovery.

Joining the chorus wishing you a solid recovery, and saying that we miss you and look forward to your posts again.

Speedy recovery! Sounds like things are on the positive side.

Amazing times we live in! Glad you're doing ok.

Nicole

Good to hear your doing so well. Hope you have a speedy recovery!

Olychick I was thinking the same thing. In my grandparents day, all they could do was suffer.

Glad things are going well so far -- best wishes for a full, speedy recovery!

I’m happy your surgery went well; wishing you a quick recovery!

Annie, I had mine replaced 4 months ago and doing great! The first 2 weeks weren’t fun but I was driving in 2 weeks and dismissed from PT early because I exceeded all her goals for me. You’ve got this!

Best wishes for a swift and full recovery!

Here's to a speedy recovery!

Best wishes for continued smooth recovery.

Great to hear from you and that you are doing well.

Home health care and PT were such a relief to me (both of us really) during my surgery recovery. Just the fact we didn’t have to get out, be exposed to more germs, etc, was wonderful.

so happy to hear you are home and recovering! you'll be up and pain-free before you know it.

DH thought the slight pains from the surgery itself were much less than the pre-surgery pains he had been having.

i had the exact same experience. the pain from surgery couldn't compare to the pre-op pain for almost a year from ostoarthritis. i remember crying all the way home from work every day. it was downright brutal!

i had bilateral hip replacements 25 years ago and never looked back!!

Best wishes! Hope for a speedy recovery! I used to hike with a hiking club, the club leader was a 83 yrs old pro who replaced both knees and hips, I couldn’t keep up with him on the trails. Get better day by day. Your new hip will rock!

Good wishes for an easy and early recovery, Annie.

You'll be looking forward to the many things you've been yearning to do.

ole joyful

Another bit of good news...dr said my bones looked good. I have osteoporsis in my wrist, but osteopenia in the rest of me.

It's good to know that you are back home and even better to hear your positive outlook.

Hope the rest of the recovery is even better.

Wishing you a speedy recovery Annie.

Sending healing thoughts your way, Annie!

Been out of the loop here but wishing you the best Annie for rapid healing with as little discomfort as possoble !!

You are going to be SO glad you did this! DH and I still laugh remembering the struggle when he would help getting the support hose on -- maybe that's been made easier?

In my 'cause lady' life I was active on the board of a community-based VNA. Home nursing is The Best, but in most places it's been taken over by the hospital conglomerates. Still, I'm glad you found help at home. Do take the pain meds before your exercises, and stick with the walker as long as necessary. I botched my second hip when a PT let me use a cane the first day. (Narcotic euphoria.)

It's great to hear from you and wishing you the best for continued healing!

My sister had a hip replacement abt 2 years ago. Said it's the best thing she ever did. She walked around with bone on bone pain for a long time. Dr told her when you can't stand the pain anymore you'll be back. Took her a year to go back, she wished she would have done it sooner.

You got this!

Thank you again, one and all. The outpouring of support has been so heartening. You guys are the best!

Glad to hear you are doing well. Mine was done 4 years ago, and I don't even think about it any more--only when I fly and have to be patted down! I would recommend your getting the TSA Precheck Trusted Traveler so that you won't have to take off your shoes.

I'm not sure which is harder to recover from, broken hip (I've had 2, one recent) or replacement. As one who has been there, I wish you a speedy recovery.

Oh my goodness how did I miss this. Glad to hear you're home after the surgery and hope that all your recovery goes well and you'll be up and about really soon.

Annie, I’ll send along my best wish for a speedy recovery, as well. When my husband had his hip replacement, we were both amazed at how quickly he recovered. But, I do want to warn you to be very, very careful about bending, twisting, etc. before everything is healed. You might think it’s okay because you feel so much better but the hip will be fragile for a while. You don’t want to do take the proverbial two steps back.

Once you pass the point of no return, which will happen quickly, you will be so happy that you had this surgery……you probably already are. I believe my husband still has a stash of pain killers that he didn’t need after a few days.

You’ll do great, Annie. I’m proud of you.

I am following. I had my replacement hip two years ago now. Recovery is very individual and depends on a few different factors. I had no physical therapy just did my exercises and walking here at home. I also took nothing beyond Tylenol or IBProphen after surgery. We had an ice machine that kept the swelling down over night, and gave DH less to do through the nights. He did stay home with me for a few days but after than I managed alone. My issue was my blood pressure. I fainted twice in the recovery unit and once at home trying to get up the stairs from a much needed shower. Its really quite amazing after the first week how fast one goes from needing help to stand, to independant with a walker to a cane. I was back at work in four weeks--halftime but I beat the 6 weeks that was predicted so was pleased. This is the toughest week. Don't get frustrated--healing will happen quickly!

@chisue oh those dang ted hose!! we struggled so much with them, gary made me laugh because he said it was like stuffing 10# of sausage into a sandwich bag. 😂

Happy healing Annie. I hope you have a smooth recovery.

Best wishes for a quick recovery, Annie 😊

Annie, I’m glad that you're through your surgery. I am jusr reading this now and trying to catch up. I did not know you were getting your hip replaced or why, but I hope you are now comfortable. Great to hear that your DH is being attentive and sweet.

I wish you continued comfort and healing.

Get well!

So glad you're feeling better already!

I know after my replacement I was amazed at how quickly the hip pain was gone! Of course -- the surgery pain was there, but it was a "different" kind of pain.

Mind your PTs. They'll get you back to 100% in no time!!

I wish you a speedy recovery Annie!

Progress report? How's your mobility? Be a good patient. Don't freelance just because you think you *could* do more, faster. You have years to enjoy the result if you don't get too eager now.

My internet has been down so just hearing this. I am very glad it is going well. Keep up the good work!

patriciae

Thanks chisue, moving along ok. Lots of pain yet, ordered a refill on the oxy as it really helps, but have been taking it half as often as recommended due to its binding effects. I'm like a walking ad for constipation relief with all I'm taking!

I'm super careful about how I move but am incredibly stable once standing and walking. It's the transitioning from standing to sitting to laying that is the challenge. And the leg is very swollen so I keep the icing going...I much prefer my icing on cupcakes though!!

Thanks so much all for your support! 😍

Annie -- Miralax is my friend when the Tylenol 4 I live on for back pain has its predictable GI result. You might do well to take the pills and attend to the resulting constipation.

What does the PT say about the swelling? Your doctors only know what you *report*!

My best wishes to you Annie for a quick and complete recovery!

I think the swelling is to be expected at this point. I'm doing lots of icing and taking an anti-inflammatory as well as baby aspirin to prevent blood clots....

Welcome to the medical/pharmaceutical/industrial complex!

Hi Annie, I had double hip replacements back in. 2020 and 2021. Take your time healing. Do your exercises. I will say on the eighth day after surgery, I was outside walking along my sidewalk up and down past the garden. I can walk without pain in my right hip. About 6 months later, I was still having some pain in the reft kone. My doctor had an MRI done again and found a severely torn gluteus minimus and gluteus medius. It’s possible I torn them with a fall in the garden. Boy, I learned to ALWAYS keep my feet apart in every situation so my hips don’t click. Anyway the replacements were a pice of cake compared to the tendon repair. I have lasting issues with the hip that had the tendon repairs. As long as I stay active walking in the pool, in the mall or outside it helps keep that tendon area stretched out. I know you will be happy you had this done and I hope your healing is going well! Feel free to ask me any questions!

debra

Thanks Debra, so glad to hear it. Sorry you had subsequent issues though.

I'm hanging tough, though I think I overdid yesterday and feel a setback today from it. But I'll be more diligent with the icing and get back on track. It's so hard not to want to do more and realize it takes time and don't push it.