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Im 53 what is post op recovery of Total Hip Replacement
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Feb 15 6:14am | Replies (17)Comment receiving replies
Hi Joan,
Wow good for you getting a successful HR at age 84! That's amazing! I'm 71 and have had both knees, right hip and left shoulder replaced. Post-op PT sessions and home exercises are absolutely necessary. Although I didn't get in-person PT, but did get a list of at-home exercises.
I'm a little surprised your surgeon prescribed the combo narcotic painkiller with Tylenol. I think I was prescribed just oxycodone for the first few days, and then switched to Celebrex for another few days and then to Tylenol.
Anyway, good for you Joan! I love to hear these stories, especially as I head toward my 80s, and hopefully 90s!
All the best.
Joe
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You beat me Joe. I am only 80 although inching closer to 81. I had my left hip replaced about three years ago and my right knee about four months ago. I had RXs for Oxycodone, celebrex, small dose aspirin, and extra strength Tylenol. I ended up not having to use any.
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Hi Joe, I asked, ¨At what age a person is ¨too old¨ for a hip or other joint replacement?¨ I was told that there was no set ¨too old¨age. They will operate if the surgery will keep a person from being bedfast, because once a person is confined to bed, they end up sitting in their own urine and feces until someone comes and cleans them up. And that, I was told, was sufficient reason to do a knee or a hip, just to give a person some quality of life. I was surprised at the candor of the answer. Knowing that, and knowing the amount of pain I had from the then arthritic hip, I had the hip replaced at age 84, anterior procedure.