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Cannot lift my leg after hip replacement
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Apr 28 3:12pm | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
Oh my, this is exactly a description of my experience - after my second round of hip replacements 12 years ago " I know for me it was almost 2 yrs exactly for pain to be gone on my L hip which was replaced 8/7/21, and I can still do some things that make it hurt….like gardening and digging a hole with a shovel, pushing/pulling an object."
All of a sudden, one day almost 4 years later, it occurred to me that I was able to dig - maybe not post holes, but definitely removing large plants and even some shrubs, without thinking about it. And I could pull the big hauling wagon across uneven surfaces...
Now I am a decade older, my arthritis is worse almost everywhere, I can't lift hay bales or 50 pound sacks of salt anymore, but my hips are good as new - some days the only body parts that don't hurt.
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Oh, thank you for sharing!! That gives me hope! I will try to be patient with myself
I am now approaching 4 yrs on L and 2 yrs on the R. I thought I was being smart digging a small hole for a small tree and using L leg to push shovel in the ground. It was fine the day of digging but now 2 days later and its difficult to walk with most of the pain where prosthesis would go into femur. Here’s to hoping 4 yrs is the magical time of no more hip pain with my normal farm activities! I can now cross my ankles which happened after 2 yrs. Still limited abduction getting on/off bike and groin hurts the next few days. If I ever am in the position where I have a recommendation for redo hips, my question will be, “Will I live long enough to get to the healed/no pain stage?”
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Oh gosh, thank you! This gives me hope. You’ve had both hips replaced? Next month will be a year and I’ll need to do my left hip soon. I’m hoping to go to NY for my 65th in November and the do my left hip maybe in February. I want my right one to be as strong as possible first though. I’m so happy to hear you’re doing so good now.