Total Hip Replacements

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Hmmn, Piroska, you say... "Mine should be done. In theory."

Not wanting to be thought as picky but, if you need a Total Hip Replacement, you wouldn't say that. You would crawl over half a mile of broken glass to have it done and bugger any doubts on what sort is was. I am now to the stage of being almost chair bound with the pain. I have extreme difficulty walking to make a cuppa or a trip to the loo. And going to the loo is another problem. OK for the boys' part but sitting and then getting back up, even with handrails and toilet frame it is bloody hell! I saw the surgeon a couple of weeks ago and I am on the shortlist and also 5 day notice if a cancellation crops up for the operation. I have had Morphine prescribed but it make me sick and fugs up my brain, Celebrex and 500mg Panadol are about all I can take. Tempted for wife to get some Hemp Oil Capsules as a tryout? I had Avascular Necrosis of the hip on my first replacement in 2012. That was worse than this. I took Tramadol on my first one and that doesn't like me either. Similar, but not quite as bad effect as Morphine.

Life's a bitch at the moment.

I tried the hemp oil, but didn't notice any effect. I also got a gift of some weed from a wellwisher, which I processed into green butter and used to make brownies. They were fabulous to eat but my sensitivity to narcotics also came into play and the effects were unpleasant, disorienting and disabling. The only way I could deal was to go to bed - but, I slept a full 12 hours and woke feeling fantastic, until I had to move, lol. So I didn't repeat the experience. Coward that I am. I actually checked with an anaesthesiologist during a clinic check up and he told me the dosage was probably unpredictable and using cbd oil - without the thc component might be worth trying. But on super of course it simply is too expensive at this stage. I cannot wait for my next hip, probably July I think, if nothing gets in the way. It would have been done 18 months ago, but I had an obligation to a friend who needed support so put it off and got another consult in Jan before going onto the acute list. My pre op clinic is a couple of weeks away and I think things will go from there. I can't wait, despite knowing what is to come. I just wish I could have a matching metal on metal one like my right, it has worked well since it bedded in, but they don't use them any more so I have to settle for whatever they think is best.

I am concerned though about the way they use opioids now, I too am sick on morphine, but my one very low dose of oxy was deeply unpleasant, so we'll see. Pethidine though, now there is a wonderful drug, lol. I had that for the second ankle fusion and it was lovely stuff. No wonder it is the doctors recreational drug of choice...

Life can be a bitch, I agree. Chronic pain is a challenge, but I find the limited mobility and physical weakness even harder. I hate having to ask for help, or know that I can't do something I used to take for granted as easy and commonplace. Like doing dishes without sitting on a stool, or vacking the whole flat in one go, or bending to pull a weed out - simple independence, that's what I want back. That's why I love the scoot, it is my freedom, and I value that above all else.

I had a reminder though recently, of just how lucky I am. My daughter is 35 and has regular MRIs as part of her MS treatment regime. The last one showed she has developed moderate osteoarthritis in both hips. Mine is down to degeneration following accidental leg fractures and the resulting surgeries, hers is just her own body attacking itself. Her prognosis is a lot less positive, so when I get pissed off with my bloodybones I take a deep breath, swear a lot, and be grateful I got to get to 70 and onward and can still walk. Albeit painfully.

It is all about attitude, isn't it?