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Hi @msvjv
You’re about 15 days post op by now and are exactly where you should be. Having pain still is totally normal and so is the constipation. I had Anterior THR January 2025.
I drank a lot of water and I took stool softeners. I also did a Fleet enema a few days to get things moving. (Heat it up in warm water)
Surgery and oxycodone make it tough to go to the bathroom. I guess that’s the motivation to get off of pain meds. I was definitely still on Oxy at 2 weeks post op, more for nerve pain but also hip pain.
Everyone is different and your recovery is your own.
3 weeks post op does feel like things become easier and the light at the end of the tunnel becomes brighter.
I took 5mg of a marijuana gummie to help me sleep. Seems more natural than OTC sleep aid. I sleep great at almost 5 months post op bc my old hip pain isn’t waking me up. You will get there!

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Thanks so much. I had an appointment with PA last Friday and she said I was being too aggressive trying to get off the oxycodone. I added back a second and third oxy as needed. Two prunes with each oxy seems to be working to prevent constipation. I was using 5mg THC for sleep before the surgery. It’s not enough now but I plan to return to that aid when I’m off the narcotic.