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I got a new hip

Kulindahr said:
Well, the hip is getting a lot of rest: my lungs feel sort of dry today (started last night), and after the nausea and vomiting the other day I figure I could afford just reclining around, drinking lots of fluids and spoiling Bammer.
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Dry lungs may be a reaction to your pain relief. If it continues check with your Dr
 
Kulindahr said:
Did I mention that my left hip now sticks out a little farther than the right?

Is that because of the shape of the insert?
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More likely to be a result of you changing your posture post-op
Or maybe there is still some internal bruising that hasn't gone down yet

I find that my right hip (the first operated on) is more sensitive to cramps and general discomfort. There doesn't seem to be any logic to it as they both ended up with exactly the same procedure.
 
LeicsDom said:
Dry lungs may be a reaction to your pain relief. If it continues check with your Dr
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So my oxies are aggravating PTSD symptoms, and maybe my lungs?

Yowza.

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LeicsDom said:
More likely to be a result of you changing your posture post-op
Or maybe there is still some internal bruising that hasn't gone down yet

I find that my right hip (the first operated on) is more sensitive to cramps and general discomfort. There doesn't seem to be any logic to it as they both ended up with exactly the same procedure.
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I'll have to email them. It bugs me.
 
Kulindahr said:
So my oxies are aggravating PTSD symptoms, and maybe my lungs?

Yowza.
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Okay, question for you - if it has been a month, what is the goal of pain suppression at this point in your recovery?

I'm very ignorant of the biology involved in healing from something like this. I would have thought the actual incisions and osteotomies and prostheses would all have done their thing by this point, so that the immediate post-surgical pain would have passed, and now you'd be on to a "secondary recovery" phase, where pain is coming from tender new tissue, pushing back against scarring to preserve range of motion, etc. I don't know if that is right - just my guess, and based on my own experience, though not with a hip. If so, would pain management at this point require all those different medications?
 
^ Mine was a different procedure (the ball was replaced instead of the socket), but, even after 4 months, there is still pain. Not enough to warrant the need of pain killers, but enough to cause discomfort. There is no pain from the incision anymore, but, in certain positions, there is a 'pinching' feeling which a simple leg adjustment will fix.
 
Bankside,
I believe Kuli is experiencing extreme pain in the non-operated hip - both were in general decay; they operated on the worst, first.
It is normal to favor the new, placing more strain on the old. Kuli has been mentioning that he thinks the non-operated on hip is degrading much more quickly since the operation, due to his putting more exertion on it.
 
bankside said:
Okay, question for you - if it has been a month, what is the goal of pain suppression at this point in your recovery?

I'm very ignorant of the biology involved in healing from something like this. I would have thought the actual incisions and osteotomies and prostheses would all have done their thing by this point, so that the immediate post-surgical pain would have passed, and now you'd be on to a "secondary recovery" phase, where pain is coming from tender new tissue, pushing back against scarring to preserve range of motion, etc. I don't know if that is right - just my guess, and based on my own experience, though not with a hip. If so, would pain management at this point require all those different medications?
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That's a fair description. The ligaments, especially the capsule that encloses the top of the femur and holds it to the hip, take longer to heal than the skin; the muscles are in between. Muscle pain is supposed to go away around six weeks, and my guess is that's what I'm still having.

So I'm down to one oxie a day, for sleeping. The canna caps do the trick for the most part during the day; I slam a dose of acetominophen before doing anything extra strenuous (mowing the lawn and such).

The anti-inflammatory med ran out, so it's out of the picture. I'm supposed to keep taking the slow-release aspirin a couple more weeks; it's mildly anti-inflammatory but mainly is meant to help prevent clots.


But the big pain is the other hip, which as far as I can judge without x-rays is starting to flake and such like the first one did.
 
DonQuixote said:
Bankside,
I believe Kuli is experiencing extreme pain in the non-operated hip - both were in general decay; they operated on the worst, first.
It is normal to favor the new, placing more strain on the old. Kuli has been mentioning that he thinks the non-operated on hip is degrading much more quickly since the operation, due to his putting more exertion on it.
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I think that's balancing out now, so long as I keep the lift for the right leg adjusted well. The pain on the right is worse, so I'm starting to rely more on the new hip.

I just hope the right hip hangs in there long enough for a promised mountain hike this summer!
 
DonQuixote said:
It is normal to favor the new, placing more strain on the old. Kuli has been mentioning that he thinks the non-operated on hip is degrading much more quickly since the operation, due to his putting more exertion on it.
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The wear on the old hip will be different than before anyway as the weight is shifted around.
Kuli's old hip may also be wearing quicker anyway,
 
Hey, Kuli,
We still haven't seen your incision scar.
Neil showed us his - it'd be good to see yours for comparison.
 
Six-week checkup yesterday. Doc Duwelius said the X-rays look great -- on the operated hip. The flip side is that the other hip no longer has any cartilage left in the joint, and is clearly starting to flake. He said I can schedule for that one any time after July.

And he clarified some things: no running on hard surfaces, ever. The next generation of replacement is aimed at allowing that, but they're not there yet. But I'll be able to jump around in the surf with Bammer!
 
Kulindahr said:
Six-week checkup yesterday. Doc Duwelius said the X-rays look great -- on the operated hip. The flip side is that the other hip no longer has any cartilage left in the joint, and is clearly starting to flake. He said I can schedule for that one any time after July.

And he clarified some things: no running on hard surfaces, ever. The next generation of replacement is aimed at allowing that, but they're not there yet. But I'll be able to jump around in the surf with Bammer!
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When my Doc said he would advise against running I was overjoyed.
My belief is that the second hip replacement will always need doing quicker than anticipated because there will be more wear as it supports the first replacement
Glad to hear you are ready for the next step (pun iintended!)
 
Great Check up news, Kuli.

So, have you scheduled for August 1?!
 
With the flaking and excessive pain, I thought you might decide to enjoy Summer on the porch, recovering.
 
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