👯‍♀️👯‍♀️Hips and Knees part 4 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️

Hi it was me who went to Lithuania and I am back again in Lithuania. Other knee replaced Tuesday. Knee really good. Hardly any pain and weight bearing with crutches BUT silly me fell in the bathroom because I wouldn't put the light on. Nurse came and wheeled me across to hospital next door. Anaesthetic, reset broken wrist, plaster cast and back in bed in 4 hours. Not Lithuania s fault mine entirely. Wish I hadn't broken it now when I am on crutches but if I'd been in Wales I'd have been suffering for hours. Love the nhs but glad I am here. Walking up and down spa with 1 crutch and one dh (!) gentle physio, cyrotherapy, ice and painkillers as needed lovely nurses on call. Of course I want to go home (Friday pm) but I do feel safe and looked after here. Sorry long post

fflur sorry to hear you have a #ed wrist- not brilliant when using crutches but marginally better than the new knee requiring surgery.

It sounds as though the treatment is really good. You did your homework and it has worked very well for you. Who will remove the POP from your wrist?

The NHS would not remove sutures after I had a meniscectomy done privately many years ago.

Hello fflur what bad luck , but good you have received such good treatment, feeling safe is really important.
So sorry about the wrist. Something no one needs days after a new knee, so take care and keep in touch.
When you get back have a look at the tv programme on itv to see if you recognise the Lithuanian clinic they featured. Think it was on last Thursday.
Best wishes, and remember always turn those lights on….

Thanks Charleygirl. The pop stays on 4 to 6 weeks so the nhs will do it. I've saved them thousands of £ though through not having surgery here or fixing my wrist so i dont feel guilty. Dr here says they should x-ray my wrist before they take the plaster off to be sure it's ready .I don't know if they'll do that though.

Seriously fflur guilt does not come into it. I was shown the door! Luckily I was in a position to take my stitches out but not everybody can.

Look after yourself and enjoy your time there. Please leave all bad weather there as we have sufficient here to last us a lifetime. I never want to hear the word drought ever again.

I agree with what you said on the other thread silverlining re this thread appearing halfway down but that will fall on deaf ears

To find it people have to look at the health thread on the forum page .All rather complicated and unnecessary.

Why has my left thigh ached for a while when lifting my left leg? After right TKR in February and right THR in August.

I don’t know but maybe the unoperated leg has been compensating for the extra strain on the other while it heals.

susytish I am inclined to agree with silverlining. It will take time to adjust- August is not that far back. Believe it or not but it takes up to a year for the new joint to return to normal.

I have had eight hip operations. Two original total replacements, right then left, in 1982 and 1983. Since then I’ve had six revisions. I am still mobile and use a walking stick or two most of the time. One tip I want to pass on is to try walking poles instead of sticks if you have a problem with hands, wrists or shoulders. Not for everyone of course, but I find them much better, and stand up straighter, if I have more than the minimum amount of walking. In fact have been known to actually ‘go for a walk’ for pleasure, unknown with sticks. Also supermarket shopping is a doddle with a trolley to lean on 😊

Hello Vickicop. I also think walking poles are better , two definitely keep the body straighter which is what we should all be aiming for.
Six revisions must be something of a record, hope things are ok now. Keep on walking, 🚶 it’s something I love too.

I definitely agree about the walking poles. I found they kept me upright and can strengthen your core and give you a bit of extra exercise.
I have been home a week now and walk around downstairs without crutches. Use the one crutch when I do a short walk outside. I contacted my local fracture unit about my wrist and they sent me to my local minor injuries clinic for documentation. I had xrays and they told me basically all I had on my wrist was bandages. I am having day surgery on it Wednesday, pins or a plate I think. I am very grateful because I think it will help me get mobile quicker than a plaster cast. My wrist is much more painful than my knee which is really good.

I definitely agree re supermarket trolleys. I always wished I could take one home with me.

fflur I am sorry to tell you but you will have a plaster cast over the pin and plate, it will not be a bandage. It in theory should be in place for 6 weeks.

Aveline I may have walked more post my knee surgery if I had a trolley in front of me. The supermarket I went to was huge so I was exhausted, even with my trolley.

I choose the smaller of the two even now and manage fine.

There are trolleys and then there are trolleys.
The ones I get always seem to have the urge to swerve right or left but yes the principle of something on wheels to hold onto is helpful. As Long as it travels in a straight line

As for pubs and plates Fflur it will be plastered. Not bandaged.
Good luck on Wednesday.

Pubs and plastered. Oh dear.
Alcohol clearly on my mind.
I meant pins and plates of course. Hope it goes well

I am bumping this up as we will be off the page soon and not everybody knows of our existence or how to find us.

Keep taking the tablets and do the exercises, it’s important to regain the range of movement you had before, you’ll be glad you did later.

I have just self referred to physiotherapy because I had a bad fall in summer and my hip is playing up, but wanted to let all you hipsters and knee knockers know that this service is available to those who need it.

And we are….drumroll…..number 1 on Active. Hip hip, hurrah, 🙌

Keep walking and your range of movement will take care of itself!
I remember sitting working at my desk and suddenly realising that my knee was bent back well under my chair. I hadn't realised it could bend that far as I hadn't done any forced bending exercises.

Thanks Silver lining I would love to be 'plastered' but scared I'd break something else! Brilliant you can bend your leg like that Adeline. Keep walking, exercising and pushing your trolleys ladies.

Oh yes I am still walking Aveline. According to my Fitbit I have recently walked across the Sahara …not too bad considering.