Mr Holland - LBHR - June `12

[Dannywayoflife]

Hay morph, I "think" off the top of my head it was around the 8-9 week mark. Certainly the wound had fully healed.
Danny

[morph]

3 week update - No pain at all anywhere, the burning cramp feeling has dissipitated. The physio phoned yesterday for a check up, I told him that I was using one crutch for around the house only and two for outside. He did say they prefer two at all times - so be it. I asked about ROM, he said that at the 6 week checkup they will give some additional excercises and lift some restrictions which will help with this. The local gym and swimming pool has just had a major refurb so I am itching to try it out.

[Anna]

That sounds great Morph! Im really pleased for you. Keep it going and that gym wont know whats hit it in a few weeks time  ;D

[Dannywayoflife]

Morph i think that you will find the pool really useful when your able to start using it. I think I started in the pool at around 6-7 weeks from memory.
Danny

[morph]

yeah, can't wait. It's an Olympic size pool so I may need my flippers. There is a training pool which should be good for walking. Unfortunately no slides :(

[morph]

Just passed 4 weeks - In the early hours of this morning daughters number 2 and number 3 were born (sorry no definate names as yet). All are doing really well but they are 6 weeks premature so will be kept in hospital for a wee while.  I think it is my destiny to be surrounded by beautiful women! So I now join the daughters only club with Bruce Willis etc.

Don't want to tempt fate but thankfully my hip so far has had a speedy recovery. This week it has been tested a bit with all the trips to and from the hospital (there was a false alarm earlier on in the week, pregnancy not my hip) and the rain has been non stop! I have been doing my best to adhere to the restrictions, but some of the chairs in hospitals are very low down for some reason. There are times when I have carried a bit more weight than I would have liked, for instance food shopping etc. But I have tried to do it in a controlled manor and making sure I clench the hip muscles as tight as possible to support the hip, I am more concerned about the cup slipping than anything else.

The joint itself feels fantastic - like many people have said better than the 'organic' hip in many respects, it's just the muscles/scar tissue that are aching from time to time. The glutes are complaining the most. Those muscles have not been used for a very long time and are now getting a very good workout. I know for a fact the IT band is very tight so I may have to try and start working on that soon to prevent any bursa issues. ROM out to the side is awesome, compared to what it was I am amazed at that but lifting the knee up is not as great, but there is 90deg restriction on that anyway. Observing myself side on in shop windows..lol...I don't seem to have the limp, my pelvis has re-aligned more and generally my posture has improved vastly!!!

So basically in terms with hip maintenance this past week or so it has been hard to stick to the plan but generally things seem to be progressing well. I'm off for some sleep now, I think I am going to need it!!! Take care all.

[Dannywayoflife]

Congrats mate!!!

[bilateralbliss]

Congats!! Can`t wait for the names :)

[morph]

 Many thanks. We did not know the sex so had to pick two names for each. The second girls names we were a bit undecided. But now we have Annie and Lillie. We are just taking Evie up to see her sisters today.

[Anna]

Just passed 4 weeks - In the early hours of this morning daughters number 2 and number 3 were born (sorry no definate names as yet). All are doing really well but they are 6 weeks premature so will be kept in hospital for a wee while.  I think it is my destiny to be surrounded by beautiful women! So I now join the daughters only club with Bruce Willis etc.

Ha ha, lucky you Morph. Congratulations. Sounds like everything is going great  ;D

[morph]

Hi Anna, Many thanks, hope everything works out for you. Keep that cycling up.

[bilateralbliss]

all lovely names :)

Good luck too Morph

[hernanu]

Congrats, morph - I also have two beautiful daughters (22 and 19). Not a bad situation to be adored by daughters.

[morph]

Six weeks checkup finally. Mr Holland was happy so say good bye to the TED socks, crutches, toilet seat, raised chairs and foam cushions, that will make for some bonfire. Say hello to driving, swimming, cycling and Belly dancing - ok maybe not. Got some snaps of my device xray using my camera phone I have put one in the gallery. For those interested I have attached a snap of my hip pre-op here, note there are arthritic changes in the right hip. I am hoping to get at least 5 years out of it but will not suffer for years like I did for the Left.

The physio gave me some new excercise and boy there's some work to do yet, off to the gym on Monday I think. I am struggling to walk without any limp and I need to start on ROM so there are things to work on.  Looking forward to building up a sweat on the bike.

I declined any metal ion test, I just want to forget about it, I will cross that bridge if there are problems. So all being well next check up in a years time.

[Dannywayoflife]

Just checked out your pics mate very impressive. I wouldn't worry about the ion test from what I've been told and read if your device is properly placed as yours seems to me to be then it's a non issue as the fluid film lubrication will work as it was designed!

[Anna]

Nice one morph. Cant wait to see the belly dancing photos  ;D