👯‍♀️ Hips and Knees part 7

I had 2 slices of toast at 7.30am home at 4.30pm, starving and dehydrated. Mixed news, the benign brain tumour is the "best" type one can have! Slow growing and causing few issues.

I am left with a mega problem, so the consultant neurologist has prescribed two lots of drugs, so we will see. Call me Harry was lovely. Shall we say I am glad I am 82 and not 42 and my working days are over. Lots to enjoy.

Please look after yourselves.

You must be shattered charley. A hard day for you. Rest well.

Thanks for the update, Charley. As you say, mixed news, but the good sounds very good. Hope the drugs work on your other problem - sometimes it is good to be 80 plus!

Glad you have finally had your appointment and it was good news. I hope the drugs work.

Thank you all. 9 hours without food and water is disgraceful. Unsurprisingly I slept like a baby and am waiting for Ocado/M&S to deliver.

It is 1C here and I am cold.

Your appointment sounds horrendous charleygirl, I hope you have a relatively quiet day in which to recover.

Hello Charleygirl and everyone. I have been unwell these past few weeks so havnt looked in on you all. Started with typical cough cold throat etc and moved onto a stye and then what I assume to be conjunctivitis. First experience of eye trouble which is horrible, though hopefully on the mend.
Charley I hope you are ok wishing you all the very best.
As for hipsters and kneesters, hello all, I will be back on form in the next few days but currently eyes are playing me up.
Will be back soon

Get well soon silverlining, the time of year doesn’t help either, does it!

Thanks Grammargran, hope you are doing ok.

Up and breathing, silverling, up and breathing!

And not concentrating, obviously silverlining......

Then you are doing ok Grammargran. Good oh

I visited my neighbour yesterday who had her hip hop op 2 weeks ago. She came down the stairs using crutches, but not one at a time, just normally. She has no pain or swelling and is very happy. Hope this reassures /helps anyone waiting for their op.
Charleygirl has mentioned long post op stays years ago, I had 3 nights, but at the same hospital my neighbour only had one night, and was taken aback when I told her some on here are day cases.
How time s change.

Got my new date this morning! 27th February and it’s afternoon so I should get one night being looked after.

Not long to wait Nannytopsy. Yes they wont throw you out in the night. … I don’t suppose. Keep in touch.

Rather than starting a new thread I wondered if anyone else is suddenly getting calls from unknown numbers . I have had the same phone no for many years and never til now had a problem. Suddenly I am getting unknown calls multiple times a day.
Am deleting and blocking them all but they just keep on coming. Does anyone here have any suggestions?

I am not very tech so not sure what I can do to stop it and find it quite unnerving.

Yes, I get them, too, silverlining, not as many as that though, perhaps two or three a week, I just block them if I don’t recognise the number.

silverlining you are so unfortunate to have caught one of the nasty lurgies going around. It appears to last for weeks, rather than days.

When I had my last knee replaced in 2018, I was in for around 11 days. It was an orthopaedic hospital so without the same pressure on beds as no A&E.

nannytopsy I am delighted to hear you have another date. I obviously don't know that hospital but be prepared for a timed discharge at 10 pm. With luck they will not do "cold" cases on a Saturday. If they do you will be prepared to feel faint when you are first assisted out of bed.

A lot depends on how early pm it is done. It takes 45 minutes to an hour for the actual surgery but there is the preparation and recovery. If this is TMI I will sort out my supper!

It’s a movement surgical hub, so all knees and hips. They discharge at all times so I expect Saturday xx

Thanks for your good wishes Charleygirl. We are both still unwell, should have been going away for a break tomorrow but have had to cancel. Disappointing but can’t be helped. We both need to see a doctor, so wish me luck as I try first thing tomorrow.

I’m just back from my physio and occupational therapy advice session. I am very reassured by the advice given and now I just have 14 days to wait.
The latest advice is that dislocations are very rare ( I’m so sorry Jax ) and that the instructions not to bend beyond 90 degrees, not to turn etc don’t seem to make a difference. Phew. I did wonder how to survive without any bending.
Onwards!

Glad the session was helpful Nannytopsy. Interesting about the rarity of dislocation, I was given the impression that one wrong move could result in disaster. I live on my own and coped but it was hard work.

Nannytopsy

I’m just back from my physio and occupational therapy advice session. I am very reassured by the advice given and now I just have 14 days to wait.
The latest advice is that dislocations are very rare ( I’m so sorry Jax ) and that the instructions not to bend beyond 90 degrees, not to turn etc don’t seem to make a difference. Phew. I did wonder how to survive without any bending.
Onwards!

I've been saying that ever since my THR 18 months ago because that is just what my physio told me.

In fact, one of the early exercises he gave me (from about 3 weeks on) was to bend my operated leg at the knee and try to hug it to my chest (lying down, of course).

I. glad to see that someone else has been given the same information

Just shows how it varies, I’ve had the 90 degree rule from day 1 for 6 weeks, no twisting, no low seats/toilets etc. I’m 4 weeks along from last dislocation, consultant tomorrow, a bit exuberant exercising yesterday so it aches today.

I think it is confusing when one is told to do the chest hugging whereas I learned it was not to be done. Jax because of your bad luck, I would be extra careful and I personally would extend the 6 week rule for certain activities.

If this rain continues swimming will be your main activity.