Dear Francine, I am almost 3 weeks post op for a right THR. I also was rather mislead that I would be up and driving at 3 weeks. Well after the operation things changed!!!! Since my implant was cementless I was told I would have to stay on crutches for 3 months so the bone could grow onto the implant to secure it. I was a ballet dancer and after that I have been doing dance aerobics almost every day up 'til the day before my operation. I am going crazy just with this thought. Crutches are so awkward. I have very little pain and do lots of exercises every day. I still don't drive, I tried it but it is uncomfortable lifting the leg from gas to brake. I am told after 3 months I can resume a normal life, whatever that means. I am planning on going back to dance aerobics which is not recommended but it is a huge part of my life. I was planning on 4-6 weeks which was the original deal. Now it ends up my other hip needs to be done. Since the operation I have a pain in the side of my non-operated hip which was not there before the operation. It is very frustrating that the picture is not made totally clear before the operation. I, too, was just told, it is time for a hip replacement and I had to look everything up on the net. If anyone out there had a THR and went back to aerobics, please let me know how it went. Thanks,and I wish lots of encouragement to all, Babs
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Dear Francine, I am almost 3 weeks post op for a right THR. I also was rather mislead that I would be up and driving at 3 weeks. Well after the operation things changed!!!! Since my implant was cementless I was told I would have to stay on crutches for 3 months so the bone could grow onto the implant to secure it. I was a ballet dancer and after that I have been doing dance aerobics almost every day up 'til the day before my operation. I am going crazy just with this thought. Crutches are so awkward. I have very little pain and do lots of exercises every day. I still don't drive, I tried it but it is uncomfortable lifting the leg from gas to brake. I am told after 3 months I can resume a normal life, whatever that means. I am planning on going back to dance aerobics which is not recommended but it is a huge part of my life. I was planning on 4-6 weeks which was the original deal. Now it ends up my other hip needs to be done. Since the operation I have a pain in the side of my non-operated hip which was not there before the operation. It is very frustrating that the picture is not made totally clear before the operation. I, too, was just told, it is time for a hip replacement and I had to look everything up on the net. If anyone out there had a THR and went back to aerobics, please let me know how it went. Thanks,and I wish lots of encouragement to all, Babs
October 26, 2009 - 10:34pmThis Comment
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