Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!

[dimples]

Just passed the 3 year mark and happy to report that I still love my hip!!!!
LBHR 4/30/08 :D

[lori.36]

Wonderful,  also love your name.  So cute.

[maxi]

awesome to hear that news .....   :D

[bothdone]

Hippy Birthday!   ;D

Ed

[bothdone]

Maxi - your avatar continues to make me smile.  Great!

Ed

[katekosar]

She's in love with her hip.
Ain't it grand?
Congrats on your hip's birthday!
kate

[chris finn]

WOW...3 years..congratulations  :) :)

So....you can probably tell us mere 6 monthers a thing or two. ;) ;D

Whats it like 3 years down the road.....hows your range of motion.....are you involved in a sport??....do you run? whats day to day life like???

yeah I know......I should mind my own business  ;D ;D ;D

[dimples]

The range of motion is very good - much better than my other hip!
I'm not an athlete, however I do work out regularly at the gym which makes a huge difference in the way my hip feels.  If I miss a couple of weeks, I can feel the muscles around my hip start to tighten up and find myself starting to limp again.
All I ever wanted was a pain-free, normal life.  My BHR has given that back to me.  I can now keep up with my 3 teenagers, and also the 15 4-year-olds at the preschool where I work!  I'm sure my husband feels like he is married to a much younger woman than he had 3 years ago!

[hernanu]

I'm very happy for you, and for me it's great to hear about goodness down the road.

[chris finn]

Thanks for the reply. Its fantastic to hear that you are doing so well.....something for us all to look forward to in the future  :)

[nekko]

Hippy Birthday too !. Does anybody on this forum has got some limping when stopping sport ?

[ScubaDuck]

Great to hear!  Thanks for continuing to hang out here and be an inspiration for those of us not so hip.

Dan

[hipnhop]

thanks for the the three year update. It's an inspiration.

[chris finn]

Hippy Birthday too !. Does anybody on this forum has got some limping when stopping sport ?

If I understand you right.....your asking if anyone limps if they stop working out...???

Well...I dont limp at all anymore  :D unless I push it too much and then my hip aches and I do limp for a few days  :-[ :-[ ....but I do get various aches and pains if I dont train on a regular basis....old injuries that play up for some reason, if I dont exercise.

[nekko]

Thanks Chris. This is what I wanted to hear !!

[jjmclain]

I limped pre-op for a few years...didn't even realize it until people kept pointing it out to me or asked if I had injured myself. I do not limp at all anymore!!! I am 5 1/2 months post-op. No start up pain, no start up limping, it is awesome!!!

[newdog]

dimples,
Great to hear from someone years into this. I wish there were a lot more reporting in. Thanks.

I limped pre-op for a few years...didn't even realize it until people kept pointing it out to me or asked if I had injured myself.

I remember those days. It really got old getting asked that question. It is so awesome walking normally again!

[ScubaDuck]

It is sure amazing how much we all have in common in dealing with this disease.  I would limp and not notice anything unusual.  But people would ask why I was limping.

I will be sure glad when this is behind me. (Yes, I am having a posterior incision)  LOL

Dan

[bothdone]

dimples,
Great to hear from someone years into this. I wish there were a lot more reporting in. Thanks.

Hi Folks

Newdog's post has prompted me to add something here as my left hip is coming up to 7 years later this month and my right hip went past 3 years in March.   Like others who've posted I had horrendous pre-op limps.  It was really a friend who is a  physiotherapist who stopped me and told me how bad it was who prompted me to get my first hip op.   I don't think this website was around back in 2004 (Pat?).   I wish it had been or I had known about something like it.

As has also been posted, like others I don't usually limp but every now and then I overdo the exercise and strain things.  A couple of weeks ago I did a very hilly hike of just over 6 miles in 2 hours.   It wouldn't have been so bad but I hadn't been doing a lot of walking in the weeks before it.   I limped for a couple of days after.

I would add that at 57 years old I would expect to get muscle strains even if I didn't have new hips.

I'm hoping to put together a fuller post on my hip's 7th birthday (25 May) when I'll add in some details to where I am now.

7 years ago I had to pay for my new left hip.  3 years ago the National Health Service paid for the new right one.  I certainly have no regrets paying for the left one.   Money well spent!

Best wishes to all hippies (and potential hippies) on here, whatever stage you are at.

Ed

[pasinvabch]

Dimples, I love hearing stories like yours, keep them coming.. It gives great hope to the newbies!!
Piedad