Re: Enlightened Again

[Guest guest]

You re doing good Eleanor!!!

On Aug 7, 2006, at 10:08 AM, Eleanor wrote:

> Boy, this morning I have learned so much more. Thanks guys. This

> is a general post to all the questions and comments since

> yesterday. I do not know why the Dr. said 8 months for full

> recovery. Your guess is as good as mine. I'm glad the walking was

> addressed as I do find myself on the toe more often than not and the

> past few days I have had pain in both feet and I know it is the way

> I am walking/carrying myself. I also tend to toe in on that R leg.

> I think it is left over from B4 as it lessened the pain walking that

> way. Anyway I am now going to pay close attention and THINK about

> my walking as I do it so I carry the step through and do it

> correctly. That crazy Dr. told me on the last visit that my back and

> L hip pain was NOT from walking with the incorrect length in the

> legs and that I must have some back problems. And this is a

> specialist? For a Dr. that has a huge reputation in the midwest he

> sure seems like an idiot sometimes and he hates it when I question

> him. Of course I think that is funny as he DOES NOT intimidate me

> with his Rep. After I go to him on Aug 23 for my 3 month ckup I am

> going to go back to the Ortho I was seeing down home here so I don't

> have to keep going 600 miles 1 way to see the Dr. I only have a bit

> of pain when I stand or walk. Sitting, driving, laying down are all

> no problem. I can sleep great and on BOTH sides with no problem. I

> sit on a reg.toilet seat also. (only used a high one for the first 2

> weeks) I can squat and kneel just fine. I can bend down to flat

> palm the floor with no knee bend although I don't do it often as I'm

> not sure if that is OK. Would not want my hip to POP! Yikes! Haven't

> tried the splits yet. NO NO people don't worry...that was just

> a joke! El

>

>

The Will of God will never take you to where the Grace

of God will not protect you.

[Guest guest]

Putting the hand flat on the floor should not be a problem, it was

one of the questions I asked before I had my hip done. The Doctor

said to keep my legs slightly apart, that is the way I picked things

up right from the start. Now, I have to consciously bend my knees as

I was paranoid about bending my leg at first. Now I am back doing

Yoga and coming along nicely I had my surgery March 20th). Although,

I really am not sure if there are any restrictions.

When I asked my doctor ( after 3 months) if I could do Yoga he

said " Yes, but don't get down on the floor " . I pointed out that that

would not work, so he asked me to show him that I could get down and

back up. I showed him and the only thing he did not like was me

twisting my knee inwards, so I try not to do that.

I read various articles about Yoga after a hip was replaced, but the

restrictions seemed to depend on where the incisions where and my

small incision did not match any of them :-(.

Does anyone else do Yoga or Pilates?

Grace

>

> Boy, this morning I have learned so much more. Thanks guys. This

> is a general post to all the questions and comments since

> yesterday. I do not know why the Dr. said 8 months for full

> recovery. Your guess is as good as mine. I'm glad the walking was

> addressed as I do find myself on the toe more often than not and

the

> past few days I have had pain in both feet and I know it is the way

> I am walking/carrying myself. I also tend to toe in on that R

leg.

> I think it is left over from B4 as it lessened the pain walking

that

> way. Anyway I am now going to pay close attention and THINK about

> my walking as I do it so I carry the step through and do it

> correctly. That crazy Dr. told me on the last visit that my back

and

> L hip pain was NOT from walking with the incorrect length in the

> legs and that I must have some back problems. And this is a

> specialist? For a Dr. that has a huge reputation in the midwest he

> sure seems like an idiot sometimes and he hates it when I question

> him. Of course I think that is funny as he DOES NOT intimidate me

> with his Rep. After I go to him on Aug 23 for my 3 month ckup I am

> going to go back to the Ortho I was seeing down home here so I

don't

> have to keep going 600 miles 1 way to see the Dr. I only have a

bit

> of pain when I stand or walk. Sitting, driving, laying down are

all

> no problem. I can sleep great and on BOTH sides with no problem.

I

> sit on a reg.toilet seat also. (only used a high one for the first

2

> weeks) I can squat and kneel just fine. I can bend down to flat

> palm the floor with no knee bend although I don't do it often as

I'm

> not sure if that is OK. Would not want my hip to POP! Yikes!

Haven't

> tried the splits yet. NO NO people don't worry...that was just

> a joke! El

>

[Guest guest]

Oh that's good news. My Dr. never said when things would be pretty

much back to normal. He lead me to believe the risk of dislocation

would extend months...For heavens sake I just have to roll my eyes!

Hip Hip Hooray!! (Wow I was worried about gettng back on a horse,never

even thought about water skiing..now that scares me.

>

> I had my 6 week post op appt. last week (for my hip) and they pretty

much said to me that nothing will dislocate it at this point except for

maybe a bad car accident, or me water-skiing and hitting a huge wake

and crashing down onto my hip or something. I asked him why all the

precautions of dislocation this far and he said that was because of the

muscles being cut and then having to heal, but now that it's been 6

weeks they said there's not much that could dislocate the hip. I'm

assuming that's pretty much the case for anyone w/ a hip replacement?

>