Surgery
Total Hip Replacement: One Month On
The healing journey is well underway and I’ve achieved some expected milestones. However, it hasn’t been easy and I have one big problem
On the 26th April, I received my new hip joint. I am so pleased and grateful that the good old NHS finally called me. The current waiting list in Wales for elective surgery is around four years. Ouch.
I’m being well cared for. I’ve had two follow appointments — the second was necessary because the incision hadn’t quite knitted fully. It’s fine now and I’m not wearing a dressing. I’ve had physio with more appointments made. I can’t complain.
I can do stairs. I can manage short distances with the support of only one crutch. I can walk, oh hundreds of yards on two crutches. The pain in my left leg is fading fast. I am hampered somewhat by the still unoperated right hip in which osteoarthritis is rampant. And that’s the leg which has to do all the heavy lifting while the other is returning to full strength.
However, there is another problem. My left femur and knee are turned inwards giving me a rather comical appearance. Not a sexy one like the photo above, but it is exactly like that.
