👯‍♀️ Hips and Knees part 7

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

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.

Then you are doing ok Grammargran. Good oh

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

Up and breathing, silverling, up and breathing!

Thanks Grammargran, hope you are doing ok.

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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.

I phoned them this morning Charleygirl and they were great. I also asked to be put on the next course when the booking clerk phoned. 🤞

sparkle sorry I am the last person to help you as I have been nowhere in 20 years. There will be somebody with helpful advice.

nannytopsy so sorry to hear that. In the meantime, may I suggest trying to get an appointment with a hospital Occupational Therapist who will advise you raised loo seats etc

Oh bloomin’ ‘eck Nannytopsy, what a let down. Hope you get a new date soon.

Just had the phonecall to cancel me. The surgeon is unwell!

I hope all are doing well and good luck to you NannyTopsy . I am waiting for a THR and have also been told I will be discharged the same day ... shock , horror .
Have any of you lovely ladies any experience of travel insurance following your surgery . I'm hoping to fly 3 months after on a short haul flight . Any advice gratefully received .

They were so good when I had my TKR last Christmas, I am just hoping that I get time to talk to the physios. The pre op said I would be in for 24 hours plus, so not sure why there is new advice. I will find out on Friday!

Attempting to send you home on a Friday having had surgery done am is the pits. No wonder they waste so much money on lawsuits.

There is a method to pick items off the ground without assistance but it would be a crutch and not a knitting needle. I think you are better to be without the knowledge for safety.

Is your bed the correct height and your TV chair? Have you a cushion for chairs?

You will need a cushion or a pillow for the car to get home. You need to speak to somebody who can tell you the practical things.

Have you bought ready meals and placed them on a shelf you can reach or do you have the jump in the freear type? They hold more but the drawer type are easier to retrieve anything.

As you go through tomorrow, with eact act from getting out of bed, dressing, cooking etc think, how will I manage. Can I pop clothes in my washing machine- I could go on. Make a list and return to us lot. We will get you through surgery with little help from the hospital. I don't think they have the practical knowledge.

One nurse told my SiL to take up knitting and do squats to distract her from the pain and help, pre op. I would have hit her and said a few choice words

I am so fortunate to have DH who will look after me. With my knee, I had no problems but was there from early Christmas Eve until Boxing Day morning. I expected something similar. Thanks for your advice.
MayBee it depends on the size of your toilet for knees. I’m short and ours is reasonably tall, so I didn’t need one of those seats. Maybe I will need one next week?

Nannytopsy, I agree with Charley, feel faint regardless of how you actually feel. I was in one night and was fine going home but would have found it very difficult to cope if I hadn’t had help for the first three days. You will feel very tired. You will need a raised toilet seat, preferably 2 if you have a downstairs loo and at least two litter pickers because you won’t be able to bend over to pick things up off the floor. I moved everything I thought I might need for the first 6 weeks up to where I could reach it without bending but dropped things, including my crutches, with annoying frequency. A crossbody bag and a small thermos solved the problem of carrying a hot drink and UTube videos taught me how to put socks on using the towel method. You’ll also need a long handled shoehorn. Apologies if I’m telling grandma how to suck eggs but it doesn’t sound as though you’ve had much advice from the hospital.

"in my day" you would have stayed in until your sutures were removed then sent to convalescence for two weeks! Some went home, but the offer was there.

I need a hip replaced, live on my own have no relatives except in Eire and if I couldn't cope, God help anybody else.

I was fine on my own after my knee replacements but it didn't matter which way I twisted to get out of bed or a chair.

Nannytopsy do what Charley suggests and feel a little “faint” when they get you out of bed (you may not have to, it could be real!). I was going to say something along those lines but thought better of it; however, I know Charley has some medical background so go along with it!