Not for me, but me old dad.
I feel for him, he's 65, still working full time in retail, not in a fantastic position to retire yet as far as I know either...
He's been having hip pains for a few months, so had a few assessments, physio etc but today was told at the follow up he will need not one but both hips replaced..
I get a bit worried about these things, you know, Kind of worry he won't be the same with regards to mobility etc..
He said he's more concerned about the period of being on crutches afterwards, and being on a lower sick pay wage.. but hey, nowt can be done about that!
I was hitting the job trail hard lately, as my hours are now down to 12 a week, but I reckon i'll put it on hold til he's back on his feet and can manage. Use the free time to help him out about the place!
But I havnt looked into it all fully, apart from what he briefly told me earlier about the operation and recovery period.
He came home with a bag full of leaflets and advice they'd given him to read lol! I'll have a dig through it tomorrow.
They want to do his left within the next 18 weeks, then once thats fully healed get him straight in to do the right.
Anyone with experiences? I'm imagining this as a year out kinda deal, what with the double whammy one after the other..
I'm also anxious about him having the first one done and getting so fed up he says fuck it to the second one!
The only easy day, was yesterday...
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Cheers, that would be good. Hoping its a speedy recovery for ya! Out of curiosity are you having a general or local anaestethic?
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His advice to a friend of his who also had his hips done was to lose some weight and don't ignore post operative rehab and exercise.
Dad had a full recovery and is fitter than ever.
His friend is struggling daily with it because he didn't do this.
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When I was an orthopaedic physio I rehab'd thousands of THRs, and while nobody looks forward to a major operation THR is a really good one in terms of outcome and massive improvement in quality of life.
Recovery times vary and you can't hurry nature but all other things being equal I think allowing 12 weeks covers most bases but tbh many, many patients are doing great at six weeks.
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It's a common operation, and rarely do things go wrong during *that* bit. The single most important part is physio - it'll be sore, but he'll need to do the physio.
Basically, all of this.
I reckon he'll be fine then, as theres not much of him and he's usually on his feet and about for work and travel everyday.
i'll reiterate to him how vital the physio is, though he wouldnt dick about with it I'm sure!
I've had a few surgeries before, nothing major, but hell, the gas and meds before really help chill me out, to the point of actually feeling I'd rather be no place else!! But just having a local and being 'awake' during anything scares the beejesus out of me!!
My Mother-In-Law has had both done in the last couple of years. She's back to full fitness and has been travelling around South America recently, something she thought would be impossible before the op.