Today is my six week anniversary. I just did a 5 mile walk on a rolling paved bikepath. No cane, no limp, no waddling. The bikepath has mile markers every .25 miles and my first mile was 20.45. After that I only looked at the seconds on my watch and I was surprised when I finished in 1:37:32 that my pace was 19:30. Yippie!
Right now I'm sitting home with the ice on both hips and I'm feeling absolutely Great!
Really, really incredible progress with both done and that kind of outcome at 6 weeks, WOW. Are you taking anything for pain at this point?
Best wishes for that continuing, has to make you feel very good.
Dan
I do a lot of heat and ice. Heat before and ice after every workout. I'm working really hard at this and usually end up stiff and sore in the evening. I use the heat at night and sometimes I take a couple ibuprofen before bed.
Excellent, Woodstock! How are you hydrating during your walks?
When I was able to run I never worried about water for a run of this length of time. Today's run was on the bikepath where the running club members do their long runs on Saturdays and they always put out water and Gatorade in the same place. As I passed that spot today I thought " it sure would be nice to have a drink right now".
When Dr Marwin told me that I have no restrictions other than no pounding exercises maybe he didn't realize who he was dealing with!
Wow! A five mile walk at six weeks is very impressive. It sounds like you are progressing nicely.
Best wishes.
Dan
Really inspiring, best wishes.
How wonderful for you, Woody!! Congrats on a very fun ride and your six weeks anniversary. You are having a marvelous recovery, and I'm chomping at the bit to emulate your achievements.
Uhm, do you need to change the date below from 2001 to 2011?
Thanks, I fixed that. I took it easy for the rest of the day, yesterday, and kept icing the hips every couple hours. Today, PT in the morning, then I'll go to the pool just to swim with the pull bouy. These legs deserve a little rest.
Hi Woody,
I cut and pasted your 'Six Week Up-Date' into my Recovery Log, and I'm making your accomplishment my Six Week Goal. In our first visit later today, I'm giving Harry the PT a copy of your post too! They say he's a fit guy who can whip me into my best shape and assist me in easily reaching my goal weight!
Man, I'm so excited for you. I love the high bar you are setting; I've got the long legs to hurdle on over it!
Again, YAY!! and AttaBoy, Woody!
You can do it
Work, work, work
Rest, rest, rest
Ice, ice, ice
I'm working like it's going out of style. Thank you, for your example and encouragement. I really do appreciate it. It feels so amazing to have accomplishments again after being so utterly dependent on my husband for 2 yrs prior to my resurfacing.
Do you feel somewhat giddy because your pain is gone, and do you ever have the concern that you could jeopardize your components by inadvertently overdoing it?
Very encouraging! :) Had better get going here
'' do you ever have the concern that you could jeopardize your components by inadvertently overdoing it?''
I don't think that was overdoing it. Pushing it for sure. But you have to push your limits if you expect to make progress. I'm not going to keep walking 5 miles every time I go out, I need to work hills not distance and I like to walk in the woods not the bike path,................ but it sure felt good to do it.
I think I get it now, Woody. It seems like that your regimen and your pushing toward your goals includes Training Days, Endurance Days, and Easy and/or 'Rest' Days.
I love the woods too.
Woodstock
Just curious as to Dr Marwin's post op protocol and any restrictions you may be under, and for how long.
Thanks
My rehab has been aggressive from the start. Because of the anterior dislocation, I didn't even have any hip restrictions in the hospital. When I saw Dr Marwin at three weeks, he told me to get rid of the cane and that I had no restrictions other than no pounding workouts
So far, I think this rehab has been just right for me. And that's the point; "for me", maybe not for a lot of other people, but I've been able to handle it all and I'm thrilled with my progress.
Really interesting how different the protocols are. I had anteriolateral approach, which is reportedly only 20% of the HR in the US (more common in EU), with many restrictions: 6 weeks on crutches with 75% weight bearing only, no resistance training for one year (muscle toning and ROM only and no hill climbing), no lifting over 40 lbs for one year, etc, etc. I'm following it closely, but it does seem a little bit too slow, as I'm champing at the bit to go back into the woods, and up the bigger hills behind the house in western NY (now that gun season is over), but the fear THR revision and such is helping me keep on the program.
Dan, I know that we are all different and our doctors are all different in their practice. Who knows what the doctors saw when they had us on the table that makes our recoveries so different. I do know that no matter how much further out I seem right now, we will even out in the long run. I won't start running until June and I probably won't get on the mountain bike until August.
My Woodstock house is in the Catskill State Forest with the state land on two sides but I won't venture out back there. I too don't want to risk THR.
Wow, wow, wow... my Dr. wouldn't even let me drive until 6 weeks had passed. I was walking, but not that far! And not bilat! Congrats WH, and thank you for sharing. Hope you continue to recover with such excellence. HNY! Lu
Woodstalk, I'm no expert but that sounds pretty amazing recovery for one HR let alone 2.
When Dr. Marwin said "no impact" he was talking about ever or this phase? Why or why not?
Jeremy
''no impact'' for now. I'll be running this summer and crashing my mountain bike, hopefully not to hard, in fall.
Hi there Woodstock!
I live in Woodstock, NY too! I am doing research on behalf of my boyfriend, Robert, who has to have bi-lateral hip resurfacing done and I came upon your posts - don't ya just love the World Wide Web?
Anyway, here's the scoop:
My boyfriend and I went to see Dr. Su a few weeks ago. Dr. Su took x-rays and spoke with my boyfriend, Robert. He told us that he felt my boyfriend would be an excellent candidate for resurfacing - even though he is 61 years old. This is because he has been active his entire life - doing QiGong, Martial Arts, Yoga, Dance, etc. and up until a few years ago, he was quite active in all of these and more - he still has managed to use his discipline - mind over matter - to continue on some level in some of these things. He uses his Total Gym almost every day, does some upper body martial arts practices, etc.
Dr. Su scheduled bi-lateral hip resurfacing for him on May 11th. Since then, we have discovered that Dr. Su's office does not accept my boyfriend's insurance because he is "out of network". This does not completely rule out Dr. Su, however, we decided it would be wise to explore other options. I have sent emails to Dr. Clarke and also to Dr. Bose (in India). These are two fantastic and experienced hip REsurfacing surgeons who have experience under their belts. I've been in touch with Vicky Marlow and her website - which is very informative and helpful. Lots of folks out there who have had this surgery done and they can offer great tips for sure!
We are both well aware that finding the right surgeon -- someone who really cares, is detail oriented, does the entire surgery themselves, and has some significant experience with hip resurfacing -- these are all of utmost importance to us. So, any enlightening information you can provide in response to this email would be very much appreciated.
Is there anything else you would advise us on at this point?
Maybe you and I could meet in person and have a chat over some tea or coffee? I work from home during the week or the weekends are good too - please email me offline if you can meet. raji10008@yahoo That would be so great! Thank you for your response!
Hi Raji and hello to Robert also,
You certainly can't go wrong Dr Su or Dr Clark. Would they be doing same day bilateral? What would the plan be for recovery? I know that Dr Bose keeps his patients in India for a week of PT before they go home. There is a show "Going Under The knife Abroad" on Current TV that keeps shoeing up in their after noon rotation, one of the patients goes to Dr Bose and you get to see how everything goes. My first hip doctor was Dr Boetner at HSS. He's the one who told me about hip resurfacing, then told that he wouldn't do it and that I should have total hip replacements and learn how to relax. I didn't want to relax so the next day I made appointments with Dr Su and Dr Scott Marwin at NYU Hospital for Joint Disease. Dr Su's appoint was months away and he wouldn't take Empire insurance so even with my excellent out of network coverage, it would have cost me a lot of money. Dr Marwin' appointment came up first and I liked the guy. He sat down and told me everything I could ever imagine about hip resurfacing. Told me all about his technique and his reason for going that way. He told me that the doctors who turned away from hip resurfacing didn't take the time to learn it properly. He was not in any rush, he made me feel confident in him and he told me that with my insurance, it wouldn't cost me anything. It was his suggestion to do both hips the same day and to stay at NYU in the Rusk Rehab Hospital to recover. It couldn't have gone better. Check my thread from the hospital on the Bilateral page dated 11/15/11 and you'll see how well it went. Every person in that hospital just seemed to go that extra step to make me feel better. I've had four other surgeries at HSS and might be having two more for carpal tunnel, but my surgeries at "the Joint" with Dr Marwin can only be thought of as miraculous.
Since my surgery, I've met two other hip patients of Dr Marwin and they also praise him. One will be doing his first Ironman this summer. My Ironman days are behind me but Yesterday I did do a beautiful 30 mile bike ride on the back side of the Ashoken Res, hitting some hills for the first time and I feel just fine today. I'll be able to resume running in May. This really has been like a miracle.
I'm 100% thrilled with my results and I think that with any of the doctors you are considering you will be also, but I'm pretty sure the Dr Marwin, NYU Joint Disease Hosp and Rusk Rehab Hospital have the best overall plan for bilateral patients.