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If you're living without a hip like me, please reach out to me.....
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Oct 25, 2023 | Replies (143)Comment receiving replies
Marilyn I feel your pain. I have been without a hip since 2016. I have learned to deal with it and do live a independent life. I have the shoe for the leg without a hip built up about 1 3/4 inches and use a walker most of the time. I can walk with a cane short distances such as going in a restaurant and doctors office if it isn’t far. I use a rolling walker and have a basket on the front so I can get around pretty good in malls and grocery stores. Just have to keep my upper body strong so I can put the walker in and out of the car. The hardest thing is cleaning the house especially vacuuming and scrubbing floors, but I manage. Don’t get me wrong, the first year was the toughest because I had bacteria all over my body because of a cat bite and had dama age to my bones from radiation due to cancer in 2002. The bacteria.finished the job on some of those bones. I was in a wheel chair for about 4 months but worked really hard to get to a standard walker. Once there I was able to recover pretty quickly. I had a great therapist who knew I wanted to walk the best I could and be independent. She was one that you had to be careful what you wished for because she worked you hard to get there. When I was stronger I joined to gym so I could use a treadmill to help build my legs since I had to hold my self up by my arms, the treadmill really helped. I also did other leg and upper body exercises there. All I can say is don’t give up, you will be surprised just how well you can do without a help if that is what you want. I wish you the best and if you have any questions that I can help with, let me know.
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Marilyn and Cheryl I completely understand what the two of you are going through I have been living without my left hip for three years now I am 41 years old and have three daughters to take care of! I have two girls in high school and one in first grade. It is hard for me to accept that they have to deal with this as well. I just hate that so much has been taken from them and put on them because of what has happened to me. I ended up falling one night while waiting to get a knee replacement and broke my femur bone in half. I went to the emergency room where they did a hip replacement and it was fine for about 2 or 3 weeks then it dislocated and I got another one, from the time I got it I had problems with it, it stayed infected and ended up getting staff. I had to be in a recovery hospital (nursing home) for 6-8 weeks then sent home on Iv antibiotics with home health. I was in the hospital for Christmas and Thanksgiving of that year. The doctor ended up taking the hip completely out and told me that I was not a good candidate for another one so I've been living like this since then. Now my other hip has started bothering me because I put so much on it.I need one of those shoes to help with the difference in size of my legs where would I even find one of those?
It's nice to know I'm not alone in this, even though I definitely feel like it at times. You all understand in a way noone else could!! It would be great to hear back from someone! Sorry this message ended up being so long just wanted to share my story with people that actually get it! LOL! Anyway thanks again for listening hope this holiday season brings you all good health and happiness!!