New Hip Day

百合

我的新臀部终于即将发生（！），因此有人建议对我人有所帮助，让我有所帮助。很高兴知道，尽管等待名单上有470万人（不要让我开始...），事情正在显示再次移动的迹象。我们只能希望他们开始在大流行期间不得不局限的人的道路上认真对待，这在这方面是一个艰难的时期，在整个社会上还有许多其他困难。

After a year of waiting, I heard 3 weeks ago that a date had been set (tomorrow) for my surgery, which didn't give me much time to clear my desk and put everything in order. It couldn't come soon enough - my hip is now so bad that I can barely manage a short trip round the shops, the physical aspects of my work are now near impossible, and I'm in constant pain in at night - there are no positions that are comfortable any more. Even getting round the house now requires a stick, although I keep forgetting it so limp around somewhat melo-dramatically. Walks outside or any exercise indoors is far beyond me.

I'm going to the Wrightington in Wigan, so had my preop, MRSA swab and covid test there over the last few weeks, the covid test came back negative today so we're off!

我一直在经历MRSA非殖民化 - 每天的淋浴和洗发剂，以及医院提供的产品，以及粘在我的鼻子上5天，清洁毛巾，每天都在干净的床单上睡觉。干净的床单很好。不断变化的床和洗衣店并非如此。

I'm due at the hospital at 0700 tomorrow, which means a 04.30 rise, which will be near miraculous for me. I'm rarely awake by 0800. I don't suppose there will be much sleeping involved tonight. By the time I get there it wouldn't surprise me if they have to wake me up for the pre-med, it won't be the first time that's happened!

The OT rang earlier this week and I have bits of useful equipment delivered, incuding sock slider, grabber, trolley, raised loo seat and crutches. No breakfast, drugs, deodorant, body or face lotions, no make up or hair products (including conditioner) allowed tomorrow, and no leg shaving for 3 weeks. I will rock up, wincing with pain, bleary eyed and looking horrendous, I almost feel sorry for my surgeon

I'm trying not to think about what's ahead tomorrow, even though a friend "kindly" filled me in on all the gruesome details of her surgery in advance. I would rather not have known to be honest. I have a good surgeon at a great hospital, so I'm just going to throw myself at their mercy and let them get on with it. Me fretting won't make a jot of difference, even if it's hard not to. But I'm packing extra chocolate just in case to cheer myself up

珠宝

Good luck hun and you'll be fine at least you won't have to limp anymore lol my left hip is also starting now as well the joys of Arthur ay it's normal to be nervous with any op and at least your legs will be warm see you on the other side xxx

kazandnoo

关于您的op lilymary的绝妙消息！让我们发布。

StickyWicket

百合, my husband got his THR yesterday. Like you, a 7am start following an hour and a quarter's drive, but he rang me at 11am to say he was done and dusted. Admittedly very sore yesterday apparently due to a lot of bone growth having to be removed. Much better today and coming home tomorrow. I wish you likewise.

乔纳

嗨，百合，

Just to wish you good luck and a speedy recovery, we should call you Jackie O she used to have her sheets changed every day but she did have servants for that anyhoo eat chocolate and take care of you

love Jona

百合

谢谢大家的良好祝愿。I’ve been done now, had a spinal block and sedative, asked the anaesthetist to just throw drugs at me as I didn’t want to know what was going on, started coming to as they wheeled me into recovery, with my legs feeling like they were floating above the bed. Very weird, but blissfully unaware of the gruesome bit. The anaesthesia process was a bit scary (don’t like feeling out of control, hence never took up skiing! ) but pretty much painless,

A bit uncomfortable now, but not surprising really. But I’ve found Big Bang Theory’ on the telly so I’m happy. Have been able to drink lots of tea and water and eat a meal and had a wee (TMI?) so nurses happy with me now that bladder’s working again. Legs now back in the right place too (!) and can wiggle them about. They’re not getting me out of bed till tomorrow.when the physio comes. Meanwhile I’ve got an inflatable gaiter on each calf pumping alternately to keep the blood moving.

看到外科医生说臀部插座很混乱且非常柔软，但现在会变硬。有一个陶瓷的头部进入塑料插座，应该持续15年以上，然后让我回到山上。（这是吱吱作响的人吗？希望不会...）他还说，OA可能会突然恶化，我不知道我什至患有关节炎，直到疼痛消失了，X射线表明我已经需要一个新的臀部, but I’m grateful I didn’t have years of pain leading up to it like so many. LM xx

珠宝

Aww so glad your doing great bet you can't wait to be able to walk properly again have a nice rest while you're in there really pleased for you xx

乔纳

嗨，百合，

Good to hear all is well now to recovery god speed but no hills yet

love Jona xx

Frogmorton

Well isn't this fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

我在月球上为你@Lilymaryfinally it is DONE

(@stickywicket祝病人我很高兴all done too)

Please do tell us how it all goes it gives potential hippies an idea of what is ahead for them doesn't it?

Well done eating, drinking and weeing (essential else you never escape hospitals!) now you do know what else has to happen don't you? Eat plenty of fruit

我知道您将在Wrightington拥有最好的护理，这是我女儿肩膀完成的地方，他们很可爱！

小心now

百合

Well, after an odd night, I managed about six hours sleep on and off. The physios have given me a bit of crutches training and have put me in the chair. It’s fair to say I would have been much happier left in bed, but at least they’ve taken of the inflating gaiters that kept the blood pumping round. The pump was pretty loud but ear plugs helped.

My hip feels like a football at the end of a cup final match, and the rest of the leg has come out in sympathy, but this is probably going to be the worst bit.

StickyWicket

Well done! You're getting there. And, please, as frogmorton says, no apologies over the 'wee' info. Peeing is all-important after an anaesthetic. Mr SW was a late beginner but got there before any alarms. I think the gaitors depend on the hospital. I had them: he didn't.

Now begins the hard work but I'm sure you'll put in the necessary graft. I can't believe how good he is considering his op was only last Thursday. He even got his own breakfast this morning. Yay!

百合

Well, I won’t lie, I feel really rubbish today. The physio got me out of bed (ouch!) and onto crutches (big ouch!) did a few steps and back and they left me on the chair. Really uncomfortable (what isn’t right now?) But eventually decided to try going to the loo, big mistake, sat down, blood pressure plummeted and I nearly passed out. Broke all the physio’s rules to get back to the bed, we’re i continued almost passing out till the nurses pit me on oxygen. Anyway, crisis averted, decided chair practice is for tomorrow. Nurse brought me a commode to try a bit later, sat on the edge of the bed and promptly burst into tears. What a fun journey this is! The only blessing is the physios aren’t back till tomorrow. My “veteran of two new knees” sister assures me I”ll come to really dislike my physio. But needs must. Doing lots of foot waggling in bed meanwhile.

Highlight of the day, I can see into a little courtyard from my bed and two partridges dropped in for a visit. I haven’t seen any for years and years, and now I’ve seen two pairs in totally different locations in 3 weeks.

StickyWicket

Don't be disheartened with a little set back. They happen. Tomorrow will be better.

After my first walk, post knee revision op, I managed to collapse completely on the commode (Sparks out. Dignity? Whassat! ) and was given oxygen and taken to HDU for the night. Anesthesia and peeing both lower B. P. I bet tomorrow will be good for you.

百合

不好了@stickywicket, that’s not great. Didn't Elvis suffer the same ignominy at the end of his life? At least we didn’t take it as far as he did.

第3天，睡个好觉，在6小时前醒来的位置完全相同，所以几乎到处都醒了我。四处挣扎有所帮助，但后来我屈服了，要求缓解疼痛。这些也使我感到有些恶心，但奇迹般地治愈了12个月的便秘。这使我需要完善厕所转移，目前是一项关键的生活技能。还必须坐在水槽上洗净，并尝试穿内衣（我认为另一种关键的生活技能）。

I was woken by my overly cheerful surgeon this morning (I don’t do mornings, as a rule), who said it was unusual for people to have this much pain at this stage, but noticed I was very bruised and put it down to that. (I bruise if I brush against a leaf.) the wound has also oozed a bit, but otherwise he seemed happy.

I’ve forced myself to sit by the bed much of the day, reinforced by more pain relief, and I managed a little walk along the corridor. Had a chat with the patient in the next room, of similar age, who had also had THR on Saturday. Her arthritis had appeared very suddenly, as did mine. It was interesting to compare notes, and we both feel we have a long way to go to build up our confidence again.

The prospect of going home with new body parts without a team of nurses with their armoury of pain killers, support, encouragement, helping hands and advice is daunting. I texted my OH a photo of my leg so he can be prepared for it. I’m not sure he appreciated it.

问题：我注意到我的新髋关节点击。还有其他人找到这个吗？

StickyWicket

I felt exactly the same when I left the maternity hospital with my firstborn! We all survived.

我没有刺,但与点击my knee revision. I was so desperate to get home for Christmas that I forgot all I'd been told about getting into cars, stood with all my weight on my operated leg and twisted to get the other one in . When it all started clicking I was scared but the surgeon said it was just ligaments (I think) re-arranging themselves and nothing to worry about. It's all been great for years now.

百合

谢谢@stickywicket, that’s good to know.

Ellen

Thank you@Lilymary（和@stickywicket) this thread will really help people facing the prospect of a THR.

I hope you had a good night.

最好的祝愿

艾伦。

StickyWicket

我有多愚蠢？（请不要尝试ASWER。）您正在与顾问一起在医院。请问他有关点击的信息。对我来说很好，但他是了解你的人。我是Cónfident，这无所事事，但是那些真正知道的人总是很好。

我也希望您睡得很好，而BP表现得很好。SW先生的BP如此之低，以至于我在加利福尼亚州（落后8个小时）请我们的儿子在第一个晚上密切关注他。它仍然很低。他回到了BP药物上，但如果下降得太低，则有命令阻止它们。我们是奇怪的生物。

百合

谢谢@stickywicket, the nurses said the fainting fits immediately post surgery are so common they actually wait for it to happen, usually the first time patients get up. Sometimes they find people passed out in the chair by their bed! They also said spontaneous weeping or sobbing is common the following day, an effect of the anaesthetic. While I’m not normally a weeper, in my case I’d also admit to it being down in no small part to a good dose of self pity, pain and suddenly realising what I’d just had done to my body.

I did get the chance to ask the doc Re the clicking, he was a bit surprised but said it will settle down. I hope he’s right.How is Mr SW, other than BP issues? Hope he’s doing ok.

i’m home now, with a humongous bag of drugs (like an illicit party bag from a rave!). It was probably the most uncomfortable car journey I’ve ever had. Top tip for others, invest in a lot of soft pillows to sit on, and make sure there’s one in the car!

Had terrible restless legs at night which kept me writhing (carefully) in bed for hours, but oddly the thing that seems to work was propping my head and shoulders up on a lot of pillows, which I had discovered on night 3 in hospital. No idea why it worked, but it does.

凌晨3点醒来，疼痛爆发，因此伸手去拿。并设法将其大部分倒在我的腿上，然后将其运放到地毯上。事实证明，它令人惊讶。在当前情况下，也有点棘手。在拐杖上摇摆到浴室（不，我也不建议拐杖摇摆），然后将大部分擦掉，决定不关心其余的。

最终，我在一个不安的夜晚想一直滚动后，在6.30（医院再维尔）再次醒来。我把拐杖放在我并肩的床上，部分是为了准备好使用，但也阻止我在睡眠中滚过来，这很好。但是我现在意识到医院床垫在停止床疮方面的表现如何，我的其余部分现在非常受够了！

I have to say I feel worse than I thought I would, and my gut has no idea what’s hit it after a year battling codiene-induced constipation, which is helping me perfect going up stairs on crutches fairly smartish, but I know it will all settle. This bit’s just hard going.

百合

托比密切关注病人

StickyWicket

有很多事情必须“决定不关心”后手术，我敢肯定，用oramorph绘画腿就在那儿。（尽管我怀疑它可以更好地口服)

我认为不安的腿可能是脊柱的临时结果。至少您已经确定了Tó的改进。

Sore backside? How about regular liberal applications of an aqueous cream? (Oramorph is not an aqueous cream!) Don't hurt yourself with a DIY job. If you and Mr LM have been together a long time it probably won't be anything like as much fun for him as in days gone by but, hey, you're worth it.

Mine uses a pillow between his legs to stop rolling over. So did I. His surgeon recommended two but, despite a king size bed, I'm not sure how he'd manage that.

他正在逐渐通过一大盒laxido努力工作，我从他的最后一台操作中记得。我一直认为这听起来像是泻药的Texmex版本。

He's doing very well, thanks but we live in a bungalow so he doesn't have tó dó a flight of stairs for every loo visit. He's very cónscientious about all other exercises but, having seen him in the garden on one stick, I think it's about time I re-introduced the washing up exercise. Very therapeutic. (For me, at least.)

Keep plugging away. Slowly, gently, carefully and regularly achieves far more, long term, than going at things hell for leather. Keep making mental notes of the 'firsts'. There will be móre than you think. And good luck with it all️

百合

谢谢@stickywicket, great advice and plenty of giggles, as ever xx

Frogmorton

Oh gosh Lilymary that sounds as though you are dealing with things with your usual level of adversity and humour!!

做得很好，做得很好，并在这里与我们所有人分享您的经验和技巧。它确实会帮助他人。

由于BP低（咒语检查想把Bo放在那里，但没关系），人们常常会晕倒，这是由于躺下而导致的，并且可以通过喝很多东西来帮助您。不幸的是，随着需要厕所的效果。

I am so impressed with your progress though. You are doing great. Probably, in the opinion of the pusskin, largely due to his ministrations!

小心

And Mrs Wicket I hope you are doing well and coping with Mr ok.

百合

Day 6: another 0650 rise, about 6.5 hours moderately disturbed sleep, + a similar 2 hour self in the afternoon, The “jumpy legs” have abated, but their nastier younger brother, Screeching Pain from Trapped Nerve has moved in. Obvs sleeping on my back with legs out straight, but if I move it 5mm in the wrong direction it’s like someone has shot me in the groin, and the wave of pain floods down my leg, waking me up shouting in pain. This had me reaching for the oramorph twice in the night, although I only poured it onto the quilt this time. PLEASE let this one pass ....

现在，由于仅在一个位置睡觉，压力点正成为一个问题，这些问题正在严重中断睡眠。甚至在我坐在椅子上呆了这么长时间之前，我的臀部也不舒服。我发现了更多柔软的枕头和垫子，现在在我的脊椎和臀部下一长串上睡觉，这对我有很大帮助，但是我的后跟现在也需要帮助。

Still have a dodgy tum (surely there can’t be much left?!) so this probably accounts for some of the lethargy. I’m retaliating with a fusillade of live yoghurt and acidophilus, backed up with the big guns - loperamide and dry toast, and I’m drinking so much water my kidneys have submitted an official claim for overtime. Oh this is such fun (Sorry, hospital humour...)

My bruised hip and thigh are still very painful so we sacrificed a bag of frozen peas to the cause yesterday to use as a cold compress, and I suspect that may have helped a little. I’ll try this again.

I managed to potter around the house a bit yesterday with the aid of the trolley and a hippy-style canvas bag across my chest for carting things around, but I need to try actually walking. The front garden is the first obstacle, 14 steps and a long slope down to the road. Using my hip in the way that Nature intended may help start rebuilding it. I’ll just go a few yards along the road and back, but it’s a start.

点击我的新臀部问题我一点,apparently this can be a feature of ceramic hips, I’m hoping this isn’t permanent. It’s not painful, but it’s rather a yucky feeling...

Before my op I spent a lot of time reassuring clients that I wouldn’t be out of action re work for more than a few days, and one started emailing me the day I left hospital. I was wrong. I simply haven’t felt up to even replying, let alone being proactive, and I think she’s twigged as the emails have stopped. A goal today will be to try out my chair, fire up the computer and gingerly open my emails. We raised the monitor before the op so I don’t hunch forward so much, lifted the bank of sockets so I can reach them more easily, and another pillow will be pressed into service for my rump.

I’m also getting the hang of new drugs, paracetamol, blood thinners (so can't take anti-inflammatories) omeprazole and emergency back up oramorph. On full dosage at present, but so far I can’t say I’ve seen any of the miraculous instant relief from pain that other new hippies report. I live in hope.

珠宝

因此，您与战斗打架hun tbh的令人恐惧的是，只要在我身上都必须经历它，但您听起来好像您正在尝试与之相处，最终都值得

百合

我的Fitbit说850步，刚完成了我的第一次月球行走，花了大约半小时。坐下来躺下比站在MO上更痛苦，因此散步有点缓解！另一方面，我丈夫在1.5小时内跑了7英里