Re: Help starting to panic!!!!!!

[Guest guest]

> Cheryl,

> 1. 2 to 3 days. As soon as they take the leg drain out.

> 2. They wont release you from hospital until you can manage

stairs.

> 3. Suggest you wear baggy shorts for first week.Pyjamas O.K.

after that

> 4. When you are told it's O.K. by the surgeon

> 5. Not for several weeks.

> 6. No

> 7. They like to do tests etc.

> 8. They ask you to fill in a health questionaire and check your

weight,

> height, pulse etc

> 9 No

> Rog BHR both hips March and May 2001 Treacy

>

>

Thanks for taking the time to help out!!! You must think I am a do -

nut? Cherylx

> Help starting to panic!!!!!!

>

>

> > Have finally got a date to go in Hospital on the 1st June to

have op

> > on 2nd. Am really starting to panic big time. Have so many silly

> > worries! I have heard so many scary stories -thats if I even get

the

> > op as they seem to cancel more ops than go ahead in Maidstone!

> > 1. How long till you can shower.

> > 2. Will I be able to manage stairs as I don't have downstairs

toilet.

> > 3. Will I be able to manage to wear pyjamas!!!

> > 4. When can I drive.

> > 5. When can I sleep on my side.

> > 6. Will I have to have a catheter.

> > 7. Why am I going in the day before????

> > 8. What happens at pre admission clinic.

> > 9. Do they shave you?

> > And hundreds more too. Yes I am a blonde!!!!!!

> > Cheryl ever so wimpy.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Cheryl

I can only reply by quoting my experience – by no means a rule or a standard:

1. Second day

2. Second day

3. Second day I put on long-sleeved trousers so, I suppose, I could have worn

pyjamas (which I don’t posses)

4. Seven days – however, mine is an automatic with UK steering (on the right)

and I had my left hip resurfaced, so I did not have to use my left leg to drive

5. One week for the operated, but the surface was a Tempur one (I don’t think

I could have rested on the operated side on a normal mattress so early); 3 hours

after the op on the non-operated side (I asked my OS if I could turn, as the

small of my back was extremely uncomfortable, and he said that was OK, however,

be ready for the nurses to go in apoplexy when they see you turn)

6. No catheter – I weed 4 times the first night (and each time I sat up on the

bed as I could not do it in the ‘goose’); by the way, I had bowel movement

on day 2

7. I went a day before so that they could do once more the pre-op tests (blood

pressure, heart beat, etc.) and to ensure I fasted for 8 hours before the op,

however, my OS was ready to do the op on the day of my arrival if I could not

manage to get there the night before (I live in London and my op was in Rugby)

8. There was no pre-admission clinic. I had however a pre-op assessment 2-4

weeks before the op when I had all the final checks done once again (including

x-rays, blood & urine tests etc.)

9. No shaving other than the place where the incision will be made (however, my

bum is not hairy)

Don’t worry, be happy…. As the old reggae song goes. By the way, I’m not

blond nor am I a female, but I live in Essex (I know this will be lost on our US

friends).

Good luck, Cheryl. You’ll see – everything will be all right and come

September you will be ecstatic, I’m sure.

Regards

Dan

PS Do call me if you want more details.

* +44 (0)7974 981-407

* +44 (0)20 8501-2573

@ dan.milosevic@...

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From: cheryl

Sent: 10 May 2004 19:22

To: surfacehippy

Subject: Help starting to panic!!!!!!

Have finally got a date to go in Hospital on the 1st June to have op

on 2nd. Am really starting to panic big time. Have so many silly

worries! I have heard so many scary stories -thats if I even get the

op as they seem to cancel more ops than go ahead in Maidstone!

1. How long till you can shower.

2. Will I be able to manage stairs as I don't have downstairs toilet.

3. Will I be able to manage to wear pyjamas!!!

4. When can I drive.

5. When can I sleep on my side.

6. Will I have to have a catheter.

7. Why am I going in the day before????

8. What happens at pre admission clinic.

9. Do they shave you?

And hundreds more too. Yes I am a blonde!!!!!!

Cheryl ever so wimpy.

[Guest guest]

Hi Cheryl

I can only reply by quoting my experience – by no means a rule or a standard:

1. Second day

2. Second day

3. Second day I put on long-sleeved trousers so, I suppose, I could have worn

pyjamas (which I don’t posses)

4. Seven days – however, mine is an automatic with UK steering (on the right)

and I had my left hip resurfaced, so I did not have to use my left leg to drive

5. One week for the operated, but the surface was a Tempur one (I don’t think

I could have rested on the operated side on a normal mattress so early); 3 hours

after the op on the non-operated side (I asked my OS if I could turn, as the

small of my back was extremely uncomfortable, and he said that was OK, however,

be ready for the nurses to go in apoplexy when they see you turn)

6. No catheter – I weed 4 times the first night (and each time I sat up on the

bed as I could not do it in the ‘goose’); by the way, I had bowel movement

on day 2

7. I went a day before so that they could do once more the pre-op tests (blood

pressure, heart beat, etc.) and to ensure I fasted for 8 hours before the op,

however, my OS was ready to do the op on the day of my arrival if I could not

manage to get there the night before (I live in London and my op was in Rugby)

8. There was no pre-admission clinic. I had however a pre-op assessment 2-4

weeks before the op when I had all the final checks done once again (including

x-rays, blood & urine tests etc.)

9. No shaving other than the place where the incision will be made (however, my

bum is not hairy)

Don’t worry, be happy…. As the old reggae song goes. By the way, I’m not

blond nor am I a female, but I live in Essex (I know this will be lost on our US

friends).

Good luck, Cheryl. You’ll see – everything will be all right and come

September you will be ecstatic, I’m sure.

Regards

Dan

PS Do call me if you want more details.

* +44 (0)7974 981-407

* +44 (0)20 8501-2573

@ dan.milosevic@...

_____

From: cheryl

Sent: 10 May 2004 19:22

To: surfacehippy

Subject: Help starting to panic!!!!!!

Have finally got a date to go in Hospital on the 1st June to have op

on 2nd. Am really starting to panic big time. Have so many silly

worries! I have heard so many scary stories -thats if I even get the

op as they seem to cancel more ops than go ahead in Maidstone!

1. How long till you can shower.

2. Will I be able to manage stairs as I don't have downstairs toilet.

3. Will I be able to manage to wear pyjamas!!!

4. When can I drive.

5. When can I sleep on my side.

6. Will I have to have a catheter.

7. Why am I going in the day before????

8. What happens at pre admission clinic.

9. Do they shave you?

And hundreds more too. Yes I am a blonde!!!!!!

Cheryl ever so wimpy.