So, I am now 4 weeks clear from surgery. All the Meds have stopped and I am becoming more mobile by the day!
I am still using 1 crutch for the most part but, I can manage to get around the house without it and walk short distances without it too! there is still quite a pronounced limp when I don’t use the crutch, but this is not due to pain, only the fact that there is still not quite enough strength in the new joint to fully weight bear so I am “Hitching” a bit.
Most of the time I am pretty comfortable now. Sitting still for long periods of time or on a chair that is too low or high bring on discomfort after a while. For example, this week, we went to the cinema to see Snow White and the Huntsman. When we got in and sat down, I was a little wary that the seats would be troublesome. I sat down and to my supprise the seats were great! However, about 45 minutes in, the pain and discomfort came and by the end of the film I wasn’t really concentrating on the film, but how long there was left!
Car journeys again, are still not quite right and going to resteraunts etc dont sit well, but, I do feel there is progress.
The main worry that I have at the moment is, I still seem to have an impingement, stopping me from raising my knee past 90 degrees…. with BHR (Birmingham Hip Resurfacing – for any newcomers to the blog!) there are supposed to be no restrictions in movement unlike with a THR (Total Hip Replacement). I am going to email my surgeon to ask him about it today. I have found some stats on the tinterweb stating that Impingement can occur in BHR subjects and that sometimes revision surgery is required…… I’m still hopeful that it is just inflammation around the joint or something similar that is the problem but we will see…
until then, I will keep up with my physio and strive to get back on my Snowboard and back out on the Golf course ASAP!!
See you all in a week!!
bhrat28 