Guest guest Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Hi everybody havent posted for a while. After things going so well for the first 10 days post op, got up to walking appx 1000 metres with crutches and a brace on my hip and knee, my world was brought to a halt. The wound was infected and I was immediately put on a course of anti- biotics and told not to do any form of excercise for fear that the wound may open. After 5 days it was all still a mess so had an additional 7 days of anti-biotics and no excercise. Pretty depressing stuff, however things are rapidly improving, anti-biotics appear to have worked and the wound is vastly improved. Have now started physio with a physio who Mcminn,Treacy and Villar appear to send their patients to. Lots of aches but NO hip pain. Muscular aches seem so good after all these years. Walked 2000 metres last evening with 2 crutches (dont particularly need them but have been told to use them for first 4 weeks) Ached like hell today but was such a lovely ache. Will get rid of hip and knee brace on Thursday and should be down to 1 crutch as well. Not too long and I should be back footbal/soccer coaching ( my son says he wants me to play but I dont think so) Anyway for any of you hippies out there having a bit of a bad time, chin up, things do get better(a lot). A week ago I was starting to wonder why I had even had the op done. Now it is so different, it really is amazing the difference 1 week can make. Will post again soon. Keep all the stories/details coming it is beneficial to all. Incidentally I am 27 days post Op and planning to go Scuba diving at the end of July in the south of France. Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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