Uncle Monster explained on 11/23/2015 :
On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 11:54:37 PM UTC-6, Muggles wrote:
On 11/23/2015 11:46 PM, LVetter wrote:
Maggie wrote:

Silly question ... can you feel the knew hip socket? Does it feel
unnatural, or do you just not have any more pain and can't feel anything
out of the ordinary?

Not a silly question at all.

The new hips feel very natural and I don't feel the socket at all. No
more pain whatsoever. Initially there will be some tenderness (of
course) and stiffness. I was off all pain medications within 6 days
after surgery (both hips).

There are different brands of new hips. My surgeon uses only Johnson
and Johnson brand. He does around 25 hip replacements a month and he's
been doing it for quite a while, so I figure he knows what works best.
He also used a ceramic upper socket which he said will last around 10
years longer than other types of upper sockets. He told me I should be
good to go with the new hips for probably around 30 years.

The key to recovery is to do the excercises that are prescribed. They
are not difficult and only take 15 to 20 minutes to do. My surgeon told
me that walking is the most important of all the exercises, and in my
experience he was absolutely correct.

If you are having chronic pain, you should seriously consider hip
replacement. Be sure you "shop around" for a surgeon that has solid
experience with hip replacement. I made sure to find a very experienced
surgeon. I may have to do a knee in the next year or two, and I'll be
sure to seek out the same surgeon.

Hope this helps.

Loren

Thanks for the info. I think I'm a few years out from needing a new
hip. Right now pain isn't so bad the majority of the time. It hurts
mostly at night when I'm trying to sleep which makes it hard to get a
good nights sleep. They tell me it's just bursitis, and I don't know if
that gets worse enough to even need a hip replacement or not. But, the
thought's crossed my mind a time or two that it might be something I'll
have to have done in a few years.
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Maggie

You can always grow medical marijuana in your greenhouse. My doctor pal
recommended I try it but I've never smoked anything. Besides it's still quite
illegal around here. I wish it was in pill form so I could try something to
help with the pain I'm in. ¯\(°_o)/¯

[8~{} Uncle Pain Monster

It IS in pill form, as well as a liquid and small pastry size. A
relative sells the THC products and is a user for pain relief. I tried
the liquid once and decided it was NOT for Me!