parisian
Over the hill and far away...
Reged: 10/02/2002
Posts: 9299
Loc: Môn mam cymru
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Discharged this afternoon with Harry Hip inserted successfully last Friday morning. Trying desperately to get XRay pics which looked very good indeed but really struggling to fight through rules and regs.
Mobility pretty good on crutches but getting in and out of cars a problem for now. New techniques in pain control have worked impressively well and although it currently looks like I am suffering from fat leg and fat foot disease there really isn't any major discomfort to witter about.
Just wanted to let everyone who crossed their fingers know that it is now time to untwist them and to say thank you for the good wishes received prior to admission.
Not in a great deal of pain but really, really knackered so I am off up the wooden hills for tonight - assuming I can remember the step/crutch/step sequence practised with the physio over the past couple of days. 
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Hells pensioner - born to be mild
JustMono
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Bettina
Kein Titel
Reged: 12/02/2004
Posts: 4763
Loc: London
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My neighbour in Germany broke her leg and now has a new hip. She was then sent to a clinic for three weeks so she can get special physio & stuff. Are you saying that in the UK they just send you home? 
PS: Glad it went well.
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Bettina
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AGW
Pure Dead Brilliant
Reged: 03/10/2003
Posts: 8899
Loc: Ayrshire
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Come on then...give us a twirl!
Good to have you back onboard.
Graeme
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AGW (BSRIPN)
Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where others see nothing. (Camille Pissarro)
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RogerMac
Hotshoe Shuffler
Reged: 25/03/2007
Posts: 1010
Loc: Reading
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Glad that all went well. Do you know if you got the cemented hip or the other sort (forgotten the name)
Roger
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AGW
Pure Dead Brilliant
Reged: 03/10/2003
Posts: 8899
Loc: Ayrshire
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Minimal hospital time for everything. Seems that one of the biggest issues with the instalation of these new joints is the the joints seaze up if they are not kept moving...so get up and get on with it! Physiotherapy is provided...though mainly through the medium of an A4 photocopy!
Graeme
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Mark101
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 15/03/2007
Posts: 1735
Loc: Lincolnshire
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Welcome back  I've just entered you for the local half marathon next week, is that okay?
Take care of those hips.
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Guitarist
old hand
Reged: 15/02/2009
Posts: 728
Loc: Salisbury, Wiltshire
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Good man - excellent news! I can recommend retail therapy as a great aid to recovery - perhaps the purchase of a big fat lens (upwards of 200mm with a max aperture of no less than f2.8) to go with your big fat leg! 
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RogerMac
Hotshoe Shuffler
Reged: 25/03/2007
Posts: 1010
Loc: Reading
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Quote:
My neighbour in Germany broke her leg and now has a new hip. She was then sent to a clinic for three weeks so she can get special physio & stuff. Are you saying that in the UK they just send you home?
PS: Glad it went well.
That's standard - my wife was out after 5 days, it would have been 7 but she made good progress. In fact she was only too glad to be home, of course her mobility was way down at first and she had to be lifted up and down for a while so it would have been impractical if I was in the same state.
Roger
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BigWill
Gorgeous oversensitive Nikon-loving cream puff
Reged: 08/09/2000
Posts: 36406
Loc: Northern Ireland
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Glad to hear you got the job done this time Peter and that all is well!  Keep at the physio and no lying around telling Sandra to peel you another grape! 
BigWill
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Fen
BAD WOLF
Reged: 12/03/2002
Posts: 25735
Loc: London'ish
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Glad to hear you're back and on the mend.
Keep up the good work and don't get lazy!
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Fen .......... My Fen's AP Galleries - My Blog - My Flickr
"Apologies to right-eyed shooters. You're screwed."
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TheFatControlleR
Hoograh!
Reged: 24/04/2001
Posts: 16553
Loc: The Disenchanted Forest
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WheyHeyhey! Welcome back Peter!!
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'Everybody is in favour of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled. But some people’s idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage.' - Winston Churchill
Tolerance makes everything boring, we need more conflict! - Slavoj Žižek
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Bawbee
Out on a whim
Reged: 06/05/2000
Posts: 8411
Loc: Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Aye, good to see you back Peter. I hope the nurses were not too hard on you - [thinks]maybe that's why they chucked him out early[/thinks]
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Bawbee BSRIPN
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Terrywoodenpic
A whiff of silicon...
Reged: 21/01/2006
Posts: 919
Loc: Saddleworth UK
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well done
I take it that it was done under local anaesthetic.
People are up and about so much quicker. when they do not have to recover from being half poisoned by a general anaesthetic
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Hwntws
old hand
Reged: 17/04/2006
Posts: 976
Loc: Neath, South Wales
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Well done Peter, hope that you have a speedy recovery. Best of luck with the new hip.
Regards
Ray
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TimF
Taking it strictly
Reged: 30/07/2001
Posts: 18965
Loc: Herts/Beds border
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Good to have you back so quick Peter. They can't keep a good man down. Best to you and Sandra. 
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Tim BSRIPN
If I had all the money I've spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink
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bagpuss
Sporadic Pam
Reged: 08/04/2006
Posts: 9330
Loc: Camulodunum
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Were you under general anaesthetic? My gran had her hip done with just an epidural!
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Dave_Cox
old'n'grumpy
Reged: 12/07/2006
Posts: 4366
Loc: The back end of nowhere!
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Good to see you back!
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Growing old disgracefully!
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zx9
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1874
Loc: London
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Welcome back Peter.
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Regards,
ZX9 (Keith Hudson)
My Flickr
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Ian_A
A very, very, very, very evil git
Reged: 02/09/2002
Posts: 9274
Loc: Horwich UK
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Quote:
... so I am off up the wooden hills for tonight - assuming I can remember the step/crutch/step sequence practised with the physio over the past couple of days.
One word - "pogostick"! 
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Ian A 
"No matter where you go, there you are ... "
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Benchista
Which Tyler
Reged: 11/08/2000
Posts: 42233
Loc: Everywhere and nowhere, baby
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Crutch? Pah! A true traditionalist would eschew such dumbing down.
Glad it's all gone swimmingly so far, Peter!
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Nick
www.nbrphoto.com
Light and Shade II - the new blog
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