Rbt2011 welcome to the other side brother!

[Kiwi]

Hang in there Rob. Definitely go and see a professional - you have for your hip, do the same for your head if you feel the need.

I've been going through flat patches too. I put it down to both the mental & physical drain caused by the op itself, sleep deprivation, huge life change & hope for the future, anxiety of progress, medication, pressure on yourself to progress so you can help out around the house & with kids, pressure on family around you taking the load etc - there's so much to digest. All this whilst keeping a positive attitude & not to mention keeping up with your exercises. Recovery has been much harder than i thought would be too. It's quite a cocktail to deal with.

Don't be embarrassed about checking out a psychiatrist.

As far as your progress goes, you seem doing very well for only two weeks!

[jjmclain]

Rbt-

Once the 90 degree restriction is lifted and you are off of blood thinners (if you are on them), things will progress much faster and you will feel much better. Hang in there a couple of more weeks!

June

[Dan L]

Rob;

The emotional/psychological aspects were very similar for me.  Now even 10 weeks out, and doing quite well physically, there are periods when it is not easy to cope with the fallout of the experience, and what it means for the rest of my life, and accepting all the "forever" the changes this infers.  These periods are less than earlier on, and for me, maybe complicated by the looming 2nd surgery coming in a couple of months.

Anyone who can help, regardless of medical specialty, would be good to talk to and work with.  The societal stigma of the past on seeking such help is much less that it was, and regardless of the utter nonsense of how society may look at that kind of help, if it helps, by god go for it, it's all that matters.

People here understand this dynamic very well, and are wellsprings of support, and have helped me tremendously.  I've found that even my wife, with tons of knowledge of this surgery from a professional level working at a hospital where many are done, and even after having lived through this with me, are not able to grasp all the deeper, subsurface psychological implications of the thing, and not for lack of compassion, interest or anything, but simply because they do not directly experience the feelings involved and how deep they run.

Best of luck, and best regards.

Dan

[rbt2011]

Thanks everyone for the kind and encouraging words.  It helps more than you know.  Not quite sure where I would be without everyone's advice and support.

[Aerial]

Rbt2011- My surgery was on 12/5 and I just posted something today about feeling a little flat as well.  I think you build up to the surgery and are glad to get it over but there is still a long road ahead.....I feel like I am not here nor there in a way.  Being rather isolated at home (no kids and hubby at work) and not feeling ready to drive yet (surgery was on my right) doesn't help.  I am having a hard time wrapping my head around any "real" thinking.  While I hate to see you going though this, it is somewhat of a comfort to me!

I too, am amazed at my glued together incision and how small and neat it looks already.

[Two4One]

Hey Rbt2011,

Hang in there, and I think it's great that you are making sure to take care of your spirit and mental well being.  You're going to get by with a little help from your friends, and I know everyone here is pulling for you.

I find your candor inspiring and strong.  Thank you for posting and sharing your journey. 

[curt]

     Rob, I think that the elevator ups and downs are pretty common to lots of us.  As I joked to one of my co-workers, Pat's site here is a little like a group session to me.  "Hi, I'm Curt and I had a resurfacing on my right leg 10 weeks ago." ...."Hi, Curt, welcome".
     Sometimes this site seems like a big bragging bin with lots of accomplishments and milestones.  The very next day it might be consumed with talk about metalosis and revisions, setbacks and disappointments.  I've come to the conclusion that everyone has started from similar points of desperation about their hips, but we quickly embark on separate paths: different surgeons, different approaches, devices, scar size, on and on...
      Our recoveries, ages, abilities and expectations are seemingly widely varied as well.  I quickly found that I was not going to be one of the wonder cases, signing up for my spring half marathon to the amazement of all.  So I contented myself with walking and making my slow, sluggish advances.  Embrace YOUR recovery, with its slow-downs or setbacks or whatever, and find that path that allows you to see that your are getting better and will do so for the next 6 months or year.  The steps backward are hopefully just a challenge to spur you on (or make you ease up) until you are back on that path.
      We are lucky here to have so many that have either been where you are, or know someone similar, and even if we can't offer great advice, we can offer support.  I feel really fortunate to share and read comments from you and all the others here, as I know you do.  We collectively pull each other along.  Enjoy the ride with us Rob, you'll get there.

Curt