Hi @lturn9 . Oh my goodness, things o not seem to be boding well for you at the moment with these disasterous options which you face.

I know what you mean about muscle atrophy and no weight bearing. I am 70 years young and have had my spacer sine 18 October so 11 weeks+ now. As I lost 50 lbs over the last couple of years to take weight off my knees, I went down to 112lbs and should comfortably be 125-130lbs. As a consequence my wrist strength is pathetic, as is my good leg so I am useless at hopping on one foot with the walker. Consequently, I now use a leg energiser at maximum strength for 25 minutes every morning followed by using a peddler. At first I could only do 10 reps backwards but today I am up to 5 minutes going forwards and backwards and as a result have built up the calf muscles in my legs.

I also take Calcium & Vit D (on Surgeon's prescription, B12 and K2 to build up bone density as I have Osteoporosis, and take a probiotic daily. I also take an Omiprazole daily to protect my stomach from the antibiotic and an aspirin to prevent DVT.

I have a 2 inch LLD which hopefully will be resolved when I have the replacement hip.

I hate being in that 1% of unfortunates but as life is giving me lemons, I am trying to make lemonade ... although sometimes it is a little sour!!!!

My thoughts are with you.

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