Junteenth

[bill_schubert]

Because we live in a suburb that contains a Sun City we gots lots of oldies.  And they need a lot of after market hardware.  So the hospitals in this area are experts and very busy with joint replacement.  Plus they have to wait three months from when I got a cortisone shot before they can do anything.

So my hip replacement is scheduled for 19 June or, as we call it in Texas, Junteenth. 

I'll be ready.  I had a good talk with the ortho guy.  He's ex military too so we have similar thinking styles and connect really well.  He listened to what I had to say and fully agreed with my reasoning.  The cortisone worked and when it was working my leg pain receded to very near zero and I could reach my toes and get in and out of the car with no pain.  Then it was no longer effective and I'm back where I was.

The leg problem is hip.  And it is not going to go away with anything less than a replacement.

I'll be so ready by June.

Comments

[susandennis]

ugh on having to wait so long but yeah for date.

[bill_schubert]

I might would rather have it in May but, really, I need some time to feel comfortable with it. I really did not want to do this one. Not sure why but I've been resisting. I think it is just I feel embarrassed to have yet ANOTHER joint replacement. Not sure what is causing that.

But the ortho is a really good guy and completely supported me that it is not going to get better without a replacement. Of course, he's the one with the hammer. But I don't think it is fixable any other way. So I'll be good and focused by Junteenth.

I'm with you.

[maisydaisy]

I'm sure i will be in the same position sometime soon and although i have been through it once i will be far from happy about going through it again but i think that's only natural.
They are changing the "rules"here in the UK and for many there are no restrictions after the op. My surgeon doesn't go along with that thinking. But the thing i dread is the stockings that i have to have help in to change them every day.Will you have to wear them and if you don't mind me asking how do you manage with them ?

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[bill_schubert]

Oh, hell, I'd forgotten about the stockings. My wife puts them on for me and never complains about it. Strange woman. But having someone to put on and take off (and wash) those damn stockings may make the whole marriage worthwhile!! Well, it is anyway but that would clearly tip the scale if it were close.

I don't remember how long I had to wear them but it was for a few days until I could convince someone to tell her I no longer needed them.

They will have me up and walking same day. I'm good with it. I'd just as soon go home same day but my wife is not comfortable with it. She'll want me to stay a night.

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[maisydaisy]

It's six weeks in the UK for the dreaded stockings but we have a free service for help daily with them if you don't have anyone.

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[bill_schubert]

Oh, no. The reason for the socks is because they assume you are going to spend a lot of time in bed. My wife put a bell on my walker to keep me from running off without here. I do not like being in bed much and sure as hell if it means I have to wear those socks for six weeks.

So very NHS to have a carer to change the socks. It would definitely be out of pocket here. No idea how much but probably $50 to have someone come in for half an hour to something like that.

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[maisydaisy]

It's actually not the NHS that comes it's the local authority. They keep this service quiet it's called the EnablementTeam (For any English folk reading this !)
I found out through a friend who worked there. Yes indeed to pay privately would be very expensive.

[msconduct]

What a bummer the cortisone was only a temporary solution, but at least there *is* a solution even if it's a pain getting through it. Nice that you're thinking it's going to happen just at the time you'll have got your head around it.