Here we go, my 1st joint replacment.

[1967coronet]

Left hip swap out on the 9th. Coming up fast, Trying to get caught up on things at home.
Oil changes , 67 and my pickup, I have my brother lined up to mow for a few times. Trim trees ,Haul brush to the landfill , rake yard ect ect.
You guys that have done this know what I mean. There is alot of stuff to do ahead of time.
installed a tall aka high rise toilet last night.
My Dr. looks to be about 18 years old .
Went in for my pre op physical yesterday.
My Gp signed off on that. The gals there were making fun of me getting new parts. I have fixed there cars off and on over the years from deer hits ect.
My turn i guess lol.

 

[Bob Lynch]

Good Luck with the surgery !!
My wife just had her right one done and she's way better now.
No pain in the hip walking, shopping, moving around, hardly any complications.
She was walking around the day after surgery.
You'll be good as new too.
And yes, some of these Doc's today look like they just got their driver's license !!

 

[SlingLow]

My first joint replacement was in 1978 when the cops took mine. Since then, nothing.

Best of luck to you @1967coronet ! The people I know that have had this done have had stellar results and are up and walking in no time at all. Just follow through on the physical therapy afterwards.

 

[furyus]

Good luck with your surgery. I had my tendons reattached, and I can't do anything. I tried to have everything prepared, but of course several things that need doing cropped up.

 

[Rebelrouser]

Left hip swap out on the 9th. Coming up fast, Trying to get caught up on things at home.
Oil changes , 67 and my pickup, I have my brother lined up to mow for a few times. Trim trees ,Haul brush to the landfill , rake yard ect ect.
You guys that have done this know what I mean. There is alot of stuff to do ahead of time.
installed a tall aka high rise toilet last night.
My Dr. looks to be about 18 years old .
Went in for my pre op physical yesterday.
My Gp signed off on that. The gals there were making fun of me getting new parts. I have fixed there cars off and on over the years from deer hits ect.
My turn i guess lol.

I had a new knee put in 8 weeks ago getting along fine, doctor says I am a couple months ahead on the healing process. He says I need a hip as well. He also says hips are much easier to heal than a knee so I most likely will get the hip done as well. My best advice is to take the therapy exercises very seriously and lose any excess weight you can. I have several buddies my age, 70 that have had knees, hips and shoulders done and get around good now. I wonder what people did 50 years ago? I did the knee because I basically could not walk any more or even sleep because of the pain.

 

[ckessel]

Use a felt pen to mark which one so there's no oops after. Just sayin as many medical " professionals" copied a classmates homework because they didn't study.

 

[SlingLow]

Use a felt pen to mark which one so there's no oops after. Just sayin as many medical " professionals" copied a classmates homework because they didn't study.

Do you know what they call someone who finished at the bottom of the class in medical school?


Doctor.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Good luck and make sure you do the recommended therapy.

 

[roadrunnerh]

Good luck, you'll be fine!

 

[Dave6T4]

I have had both knees replaced, and have heard that hip replacement heals faster, because it is a simpler joint. Follow the physio instructions and do your exercises. A trick I came up with to help with getting up and down on the toilet, was to turn your walker around backwards over the toilet and use the handrails as an aid to lower and raise yourself from the seat. I showed this trick to my physio guy, and he was amazed. Good luck with your operation and heal up fast.

 

[eldubb440]

I was gonna make a joke about replacing the joint with a bong........but I wont....... Good Luck, I'm sure you will be fine

 

[68BabyBlue]

Wife had one done 12 years ago, with a great result. One of her younger friends had the newer, less invasive procedure done last year, and recovered in half the time. Much like body and paint, the result is tied to the effort, but in this case, it comes after, rather than in prep. I'm sure the habits of your former profession will serve you well.

 

[multimopes]

Good Luck with your procedure! Getting old sucks!

 

[eldubb440]

Getting old sucks!

agreed, but it beats the alternative

 

[Budnicks]

Good luck & a speedy full recovery

 

[1967coronet]

Thanks guys, I am looking forward to getting healed up after the fact.
The Doc is doing the anterior approach that is said to help speed up healing.
Funny thing is the closer the day gets the less this sucker is hurting right now.
Almost like its healing itself lol.

 

[CHGRSE74]

Hey 1967… best of luck with the recovery. Hope you dident have to wait too long for the reman parts. I just had rotator cuff surgery along with biceps tendon reattachment (that had snapped over 3 years ago). Drs told me then they won’t fix it because there are two upper tendons and you can function with one… THAT IS BS. My new surgeon told me torn biceps caused strain in the rotator which led to its failure…I won’t be doing much car work for better part of a year now. Moral of the story if you’re not convinced or happy with the medical system push back as hard as you can. That is the way the system works here in Canada.

 

[64BEL]

I had degenerative arthritis and had my first hip replacement just before I turned 47 (after about 7 years of pain that got progressively worse). It was well worth doing. On one of my follow up visits, my surgeon told me, "you know, you'll be having the other one done in about 10 years". At that time that one didn't even bother me, but he could see the arthritis in the x-rays. I told that story for over 9 years - how it didn't even bother me and he must have been way off. Then, around year 10, it started to bother me. That one went bad really fast and I had it replaced when I was 58 (11 years after the first one). After that surgery, my surgeon told my wife the ball was rubbed shiny from bone to bone contact with my pelvis. Same surgeon and both were done posterior.

I'm sure you'll be glad you had it done. The hip is a simple joint, so recovery is much easier than a knee. In my case, there was no physical therapy beyond being taught how to use crutches on stairs. There were exercises in the beginning that were important and really helped. Other than that, simply walking was the best therapy in recovery.

I recommend getting one of these for your toilet - even the high one you put in. I used mine for both hip surgeries and again last year when I broke my leg. A grabber is another must have.

Good luck with everything - let us know how it goes!

 

[OneWheelPeel]

The couple of people I’ve known that had it done were back to normal in no time. I think one dude was mowing his lawn like 3 weeks later.

 

[kiwigtx]

Best of luck with the surgery @1967coronet