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Regarding the post surgery grief - yes, somewhat. I am almost three weeks out and I have become frustrated which made me cry - then the crying morphed into sadness.
I do think I was less prepared for this recovery than I could have been. Too many upbeat stories about easy or fast recovery. My leg hurts, my thigh is bizarrely numb, my limping is causing my back to hurt, I get tired easier, and I feel kind of anxious that I really won’t recover.
When I had my two week check up with x-rays, the surgeon said it looked good. He and the NP both seemed happy. So, I guess all is well.
My best friend needs a hip replacement and has for years. When I decided to go ahead with mine, she told me that I would be her role model and she would finally have hers. My plan was to encourage her, but now I feel that I have to be 100%
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I, too, compared myself to others’ speedy recoveries. My surgeon told me “it’s a marathon, not a sprint.” And said that it takes a year to recover. It’s hard not to compare, but we must. I experienced the same as you.
Your job is to get yourself well. Don’t worry about what to tell your friend. Everyone has a different experience. My surgery was more complicated than the surgery of the two younger people who told me it was a walk in the park. I am six months out and yesterday I felt fine. Just a bit of thigh pain but nothing I couldn’t handle. I am not prone to depression even though it runs in my family. I get up every day and feel very grateful to be alive due to having had three dvt’s in the past 23 years. I have no idea what it would feel like otherwise. I wish I could be more helpful. They say we are born with a certain personality and it pretty much stays the same throughout our lifetimes. I would have been skeptical about that but I look at my two middle aged daughters and still see their personalities as when they were toddlers.
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I agree that the stories I heard about how easy the THR was for others has not been my experience. I had surgery July 5 and have thigh pain, swelling, and numbness but really don’t want to take anything more than Tylenol for fear of constipation. Even so it took a week for me to get some results from the laxative regimen prescribed. I was really hoping to be able to get around without a walker but now I’m afraid to for fear of falling . I’m 76 and just retired from nursing on Jan 31. This Is not the retirement I planned and it makes me sad and angry.