Re: 3 days post op

[Guest guest]

Hi Evie,

Best wishes for a speedy recovery, get LOTS of rest. Hopefully they did get it all and you'll have no recurrence. Take care and keep us posted.

Sincerely,

Renonda

(s Mom)

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/20/2004 9:58:41 PM Pacific Standard Time,

plsav42@... writes:

I go back to Seattle December 13th for activation and right now my biggest

problem is the silence plus I was told I can't blow my nose for a month!

Let me give you a hug.... as for nose, you can use one of those bulb

thingie that you would use on babies... if you know what i mean.... i know cuz i

came down with a cold about 2 weeks post-op and was freaking out.

dec 13,, you MUST go to Westlake Mall,, all those holiday musics..........

I plan to go there too, perhaps we can team up! This will be my FIRST

" hearing " chirstmas,,, why not make this our first,, but then, as you know,,

first

mapping can be YUCK, but 2nd get better, and it gets better at each mapping.

will you have 2 mapping 24 hours apart? If so, then we best wait for 2nd

mapping then we go???

Take care! you are doing great!

Lee

[Guest guest]

Congratulations, Blanche, for choosing the right surgeon for you.

I wish the continued success with your recovery. Do not overdo it though.

BARB in Florida

3 days post op

Hello all,

I am a 57 year old woman. I had anterolateral hip replacement surgery on

Tuesday (2/15). It is now Friday. I have had no pain meds other than

Tylenol since Wednesday. I am walking with a walker downstairs and with a

cane up the stairs and when I am upstairs. The surgical site is very tender

when touched, as noted when I bashed into the side of the island...yikes,

but otherwise there is no pain there.

I am so incredibly impressed with this surgery. I had done tons of research

before committing to the surgery and expected the results to be impressive,

but even I am amazed. My staples will come out next Wednesday and I fully

expect to be back to work on Thursday. I will probably be working from home

before then.

My surgeon has done 300 of these surgeries in each of the last 3-4 years.

He does not do any type other than anterolateral hip replacement. He says

he has not seen any patient who was a candidate for hip replacement, for

whom the anterolateral approach was not appropriate. I would suggest that

anyone who is considering hip replacement strongly consider finding a

surgeon who uses the anterolateral method.

Blanche

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[Guest guest]

wow. thats amazing.

xx

-- 3 days post op

Hello all,

I am a 57 year old woman. I had anterolateral hip replacement surgery on

Tuesday (2/15). It is now Friday. I have had no pain meds other than

Tylenol since Wednesday. I am walking with a walker downstairs and with a

cane up the stairs and when I am upstairs. The surgical site is very tender

when touched, as noted when I bashed into the side of the island...yikes,

but otherwise there is no pain there.

I am so incredibly impressed with this surgery. I had done tons of research

before committing to the surgery and expected the results to be impressive,

but even I am amazed. My staples will come out next Wednesday and I fully

expect to be back to work on Thursday. I will probably be working from home

before then.

My surgeon has done 300 of these surgeries in each of the last 3-4 years.

He does not do any type other than anterolateral hip replacement. He says

he has not seen any patient who was a candidate for hip replacement, for

whom the anterolateral approach was not appropriate. I would suggest that

anyone who is considering hip replacement strongly consider finding a

surgeon who uses the anterolateral method.

Blanche

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[Guest guest]

Blanche!

I found a local surgeon who does this and I'm scheduled for the end of March. As

crazy as it sounds I'm excited for my surgery. My doc said that I may not need

more than one replacement in my lifetime at the age of 54 too, which is equally

as impressive. After reading about his instructions, it appears that there are

no special instructions after surgery. Since no muscle or ligaments are being

cut there is less to heal except the incision itself. My doctor said that the PT

will have me doing stairs the day after surgery, apparently this is normal for

this approach. I'll share my experience when I go through it and would love to

continue to hear about your progress.

Thanks so much !

>

> Hello all,

>

> I am a 57 year old woman. I had anterolateral hip replacement surgery on

Tuesday (2/15). It is now Friday. I have had no pain meds other than Tylenol

since Wednesday. I am walking with a walker downstairs and with a cane up the

stairs and when I am upstairs. The surgical site is very tender when touched,

as noted when I bashed into the side of the island...yikes, but otherwise there

is no pain there.

>

> I am so incredibly impressed with this surgery. I had done tons of research

before committing to the surgery and expected the results to be impressive, but

even I am amazed. My staples will come out next Wednesday and I fully expect to

be back to work on Thursday. I will probably be working from home before then.

>

> My surgeon has done 300 of these surgeries in each of the last 3-4 years. He

does not do any type other than anterolateral hip replacement. He says he has

not seen any patient who was a candidate for hip replacement, for whom the

anterolateral approach was not appropriate. I would suggest that anyone who is

considering hip replacement strongly consider finding a surgeon who uses the

anterolateral method.

>

> Blanche

>

[Guest guest]

I'm confused... Are you talking about the Direct Anterior where your incision

is smaller and on the front of the thigh ? or the Anterolateral where it is an

longer incision and runs down the side of the hip?

I have read about both.. I think on the Anterolateral the OS cuts muscles?

Did he cut some in your surgery?

Thanks Bill in Indiana

>

> Hello all,

>

> I am a 57 year old woman. I had anterolateral hip replacement surgery on

Tuesday (2/15). It is now Friday. I have had no pain meds other than Tylenol

since Wednesday. I am walking with a walker downstairs and with a cane up the

stairs and when I am upstairs. The surgical site is very tender when touched,

as noted when I bashed into the side of the island...yikes, but otherwise there

is no pain there.

>

> I am so incredibly impressed with this surgery. I had done tons of research

before committing to the surgery and expected the results to be impressive, but

even I am amazed. My staples will come out next Wednesday and I fully expect to

be back to work on Thursday. I will probably be working from home before then.

>

> My surgeon has done 300 of these surgeries in each of the last 3-4 years. He

does not do any type other than anterolateral hip replacement. He says he has

not seen any patient who was a candidate for hip replacement, for whom the

anterolateral approach was not appropriate. I would suggest that anyone who is

considering hip replacement strongly consider finding a surgeon who uses the

anterolateral method.

>

> Blanche

>

[Guest guest]

Blanche, I'm amazed at your progress!  Do you expect to be driving when you go

back to work?  Which hip was it, the right or the left?

j.kusudo@...

(586) 268-2664

From: Bill G. <absofbeer2001@...>

Subject: Re: 3 days post op

Joint Replacement

Date: Sunday, February 20, 2011, 12:07 AM

 

I'm confused... Are you talking about the Direct Anterior where your incision is

smaller and on the front of the thigh ? or the Anterolateral where it is an

longer incision and runs down the side of the hip?

I have read about both.. I think on the Anterolateral the OS cuts muscles? Did

he cut some in your surgery?

Thanks Bill in Indiana

>

> Hello all,

>

> I am a 57 year old woman. I had anterolateral hip replacement surgery on

Tuesday (2/15). It is now Friday. I have had no pain meds other than Tylenol

since Wednesday. I am walking with a walker downstairs and with a cane up the

stairs and when I am upstairs. The surgical site is very tender when touched, as

noted when I bashed into the side of the island...yikes, but otherwise there is

no pain there.

>

> I am so incredibly impressed with this surgery. I had done tons of research

before committing to the surgery and expected the results to be impressive, but

even I am amazed. My staples will come out next Wednesday and I fully expect to

be back to work on Thursday. I will probably be working from home before then.

>

> My surgeon has done 300 of these surgeries in each of the last 3-4 years. He

does not do any type other than anterolateral hip replacement. He says he has

not seen any patient who was a candidate for hip replacement, for whom the

anterolateral approach was not appropriate. I would suggest that anyone who is

considering hip replacement strongly consider finding a surgeon who uses the

anterolateral method.

>

> Blanche

>

[Guest guest]

Hi gang,

I'm now 5 days post op. Surgery on Tuesday, walking on Tuesday night, getting

up and down stairs with a cane on Wednesday - really NO problem. On Thursday,

standing outside with my walker throwing the frisbee for my dog. On Friday

night, I went out to dinner. On Saturday, out for dinner again and a bit of

shopping.

I'm doing exercises 3 times per day, icing the surgery site and sitting in my

recliner between adventures with my feet up. I have not slept any more than my

usual 8 hours at night and have not taken any pain meds other than Tylenol since

the evening of the surgery. My doc does prescribe a cocktail of Celebrex and

Lyrica which started the day before surgery. I'm sure that these meds are

contributing to how good I feel but they are almost gone so I'll report back

after I stop taking them.

, I know how you feel! I was excited too! I have no restrictions other

than, 1. No showering until after the staples are removed, and 2. Listen to your

body. If you're tired, your leg swells or feels achy, that means you're doing

too much. Back off for a day.

Bill G, I had the Anterolateral approach. Incision is about 8 inches long,

approximately on the pocket line. No muscles cut. I'm sure the surgery varies

somewhat, dependent on the surgeon.

I know that some docs use a special table for the surgery because they do have

to get the body into an awkward position to achieve the correct angle. My doc

does not use a table. He has a PA who does the wrangling. I think this is why

some surgeons are hesitant to learn this approach, because they think they have

to buy a special, expensive piece of equipment to do it. And, if they are only

doing a few THA's per year, it's just not worth it to invest the time and money.

At the hospital where I had my surgery, there are 3 docs that do THA's. The

hospital has a separate unit that supports THA's and other joint replacements.

There is an information session that you can attend before the surgery so you

know what to expect, what to do, what to bring, etc. It's a well oiled machine

that works like clockwork.

So, this is what I would look for: A doc with lots of experience in this

particular surgery who is supported by a great program in a great hospital. I

was not worried or scared, I knew exactly what to do and what to expect. I am,

in general, a skeptic and do not necessarily trust docs just because they are

docs. This entire experience has been incredibly positive.

I am having my left hip done on April 5th and I can't wait! If I had known then

what I know now, I may have pushed to have both done at the same time. The only

bad thing would have been sleeping, I love to sleep on my side and now I have

only one side that I can sleep on. I would have been limited to sleeping on my

back only....hhhmmmmm.....I guess that would have been a small price to pay

Happy to answer any questions,

Blanche

> >

> > Hello all,

> >

> > I am a 57 year old woman. I had anterolateral hip replacement surgery on

Tuesday (2/15). It is now Friday. I have had no pain meds other than Tylenol

since Wednesday. I am walking with a walker downstairs and with a cane up the

stairs and when I am upstairs. The surgical site is very tender when touched,

as noted when I bashed into the side of the island...yikes, but otherwise there

is no pain there.

> >

> > I am so incredibly impressed with this surgery. I had done tons of research

before committing to the surgery and expected the results to be impressive, but

even I am amazed. My staples will come out next Wednesday and I fully expect to

be back to work on Thursday. I will probably be working from home before then.

> >

> > My surgeon has done 300 of these surgeries in each of the last 3-4 years.

He does not do any type other than anterolateral hip replacement. He says he

has not seen any patient who was a candidate for hip replacement, for whom the

anterolateral approach was not appropriate. I would suggest that anyone who is

considering hip replacement strongly consider finding a surgeon who uses the

anterolateral method.

> >

> > Blanche

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Blanche, where is your hospital and who is your OS? I need to move to your

city. BARB in Florida

Re: 3 days post op

Hi gang,

I'm now 5 days post op. Surgery on Tuesday, walking on Tuesday night,

getting up and down stairs with a cane on Wednesday - really NO problem. On

Thursday, standing outside with my walker throwing the frisbee for my dog.

On Friday night, I went out to dinner. On Saturday, out for dinner again

and a bit of shopping.

I'm doing exercises 3 times per day, icing the surgery site and sitting in

my recliner between adventures with my feet up. I have not slept any more

than my usual 8 hours at night and have not taken any pain meds other than

Tylenol since the evening of the surgery. My doc does prescribe a cocktail

of Celebrex and Lyrica which started the day before surgery. I'm sure that

these meds are contributing to how good I feel but they are almost gone so

I'll report back after I stop taking them.

, I know how you feel! I was excited too! I have no restrictions

other than, 1. No showering until after the staples are removed, and 2.

Listen to your body. If you're tired, your leg swells or feels achy, that

means you're doing too much. Back off for a day.

Bill G, I had the Anterolateral approach. Incision is about 8 inches long,

approximately on the pocket line. No muscles cut. I'm sure the surgery

varies somewhat, dependent on the surgeon.

I know that some docs use a special table for the surgery because they do

have to get the body into an awkward position to achieve the correct angle.

My doc does not use a table. He has a PA who does the wrangling. I think

this is why some surgeons are hesitant to learn this approach, because they

think they have to buy a special, expensive piece of equipment to do it.

And, if they are only doing a few THA's per year, it's just not worth it to

invest the time and money.

At the hospital where I had my surgery, there are 3 docs that do THA's. The

hospital has a separate unit that supports THA's and other joint

replacements. There is an information session that you can attend before

the surgery so you know what to expect, what to do, what to bring, etc. It's

a well oiled machine that works like clockwork.

So, this is what I would look for: A doc with lots of experience in this

particular surgery who is supported by a great program in a great hospital.

I was not worried or scared, I knew exactly what to do and what to expect.

I am, in general, a skeptic and do not necessarily trust docs just because

they are docs. This entire experience has been incredibly positive.

I am having my left hip done on April 5th and I can't wait! If I had known

then what I know now, I may have pushed to have both done at the same time.

The only bad thing would have been sleeping, I love to sleep on my side and

now I have only one side that I can sleep on. I would have been limited to

sleeping on my back only....hhhmmmmm.....I guess that would have been a

small price to pay

Happy to answer any questions,

Blanche

> >

> > Hello all,

> >

> > I am a 57 year old woman. I had anterolateral hip replacement surgery

> > on Tuesday (2/15). It is now Friday. I have had no pain meds other than

> > Tylenol since Wednesday. I am walking with a walker downstairs and with

> > a cane up the stairs and when I am upstairs. The surgical site is very

> > tender when touched, as noted when I bashed into the side of the

> > island...yikes, but otherwise there is no pain there.

> >

> > I am so incredibly impressed with this surgery. I had done tons of

> > research before committing to the surgery and expected the results to be

> > impressive, but even I am amazed. My staples will come out next

> > Wednesday and I fully expect to be back to work on Thursday. I will

> > probably be working from home before then.

> >

> > My surgeon has done 300 of these surgeries in each of the last 3-4

> > years. He does not do any type other than anterolateral hip

> > replacement. He says he has not seen any patient who was a candidate

> > for hip replacement, for whom the anterolateral approach was not

> > appropriate. I would suggest that anyone who is considering hip

> > replacement strongly consider finding a surgeon who uses the

> > anterolateral method.

> >

> > Blanche

> >

>

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