Finished! Right total hip replacement surgery today 1:45pm!
51/male. I posted a few weeks ago in advance of my right total hip replacement surgery that I just had today. I’m the guy who had pins in both hips due to my having had SCFE (slipped hips) as a teenager.
Well, I finally did it. My very bad right hip is no more. And my right leg is now equal with my longer left.
I’m so happy. I put this surgery off for 7-8 years (mainly because of fear) but am so glad that I chose to proceed with it.
It’s now 11:00pm. I’m typing this out from my hospital room (a private room, too — which is nice), and I have very little pain at all. I’m actually amazed at how non-painful this whole day has been. I’ve had stubbed toes and ingrown toenails that were way more painful than anything that I have experienced today.
The surgical pain today has been nil.
The nurses had me up and walking with a walker earlier this afternoon, and I felt pretty stable but definitely a bit woozy and unsteady because of all the anesthesia after-effects and pain medication. I had an epidural with sedation for the surgery. In the OR, I sat up and bent forward on the gurney so that the technician could place the epidural, and then, after a few moments, apparently, I was waking up in the recovery room. I did not even feel myself getting sleepy or tired beforehand —it was just, Boom, Out!!
But I was nervous in that OR — noticing all the tools and equipment and bright lights and then envisioning in my mind what they were going to be doing to me on that Hanna Table in a few minutes — it definitely made me a bit anxious and apprehensive, but overall, I was surprisingly calm and composed from the time that I walked into the hospital to the time that I was wheeled into the OR.
I just had to share. Having this surgery is a huge win for me, as my hip has really impacted me not only physically but psychologically and emotionally. My left hip is bad, too, and it will be replaced in the near future — but the right hip was the main problem, it was the major disability. But it’s now no more!!
I don’t have the official post-op X-rays to post yet, but I do have the intra-operation X-rays that were emailed to me showing my leg lengths (so I’m posting those).
Blessings and good wishes to everyone here!