Right hip replacement

I started sleeping on my operated side after a month. I started driving at about 3 weeks. My surgeon is very liberal about driving. His partners don’t approve. 🙂
I had stopped the narcotics by then. The PT - who also disapproved - put me through some exercises for driving.
I have a question. Why do you never hear of a left hip replacement?

I was not able to sleep on my operated side until about 6-7 months post op. I was driving at 3 weeks. I started physical therapy a few days after surgery. Have you been doing home exercises to move your leg? I took tylenol for the pain for about 4-6 weeks. After the first two weeks I was only taking it a few times a day and at night. I still get some aches in my thigh at times, but nothing like it was in the first few months.

Hello
I had PT the week I got home from hospital
I would think you should have started PT at
Home by now
They can assess your progress and answer your questions
Do your exercises
It will help you get stronger
It will be a long time until you can sleep on that side because you are at risk for breaking that 90% rule
but if you put a pillow between your legs you can sleep on the other side
You are young and you will recover
Get that
PT scheduled soon

Thank you! I will…😀

I started driving at about 3 weeks post op. Everyone’s recovery is different. I started PT a few days after surgery. I had some soreness and pain for several months after surgery. I didn’t start sleeping on the operative side until about 7 months after surgery. I used tylenol to sleep at night for about 6 weeks. Walking and PT is the best thing you can do to recover. After 6 months, i felt almost back to normal- still working on getting my strength back. Good luck!

I am 3 weeks after surgery and I find I urinate minimally during the day and then get up anywhere from 2-8 times during the night and have normal amounts of urine at night. I have read about something called urinary retention, which is a side effect of surgery and anesthesia. I also had a mild UTI from the surgery. Has anyone else experienced this?

I had left hip replacement the day after you did and I am also an active 74.
I was almost three weeks before I was able to walk without the walker by myself. I still need to take Tylenol twice a day and am not pain free. I do walk and do my exercises. Home PT and outpatient PT next week. I am curious about how you are doing?

yes, but in my case it is unrelated to surgery. It is called polyuria nocturia. More urine is produced at night and relatively little during the day. I have been told it results from the kidney's overproduction of urine at night. Normally there is a hormone called desmopressin which makes the kidneys less active at night. Apparently this can wane as you get older leading to nighttime bathroom visits. It is a very frustrating problem. I have seen a number of doctors about it with no real resolution. I would love to know if anyone has had any success dealing with this problem.

I up for hip replacement too has soon as I can I got infection in my right hip so they gave me some antibiotics and I got to take through IV at home and hopefully that will take care of the problem but like I could feel understand what you're saying when you say you can't walk cuz I used to be able to walk with the Walker a little bit now I just I'm ready to move around I just try to the rest as much as they can until I got to go use the restroom and use that little bit of strength to get up there to use the wrestling but rest is very critical I know like I myself I want to get up and walk I'm only 40 7 years old then I want to get up and walk but I can't it's hard I understand your pain

Very interesting I've never heard of a left hip replacement