I had a THR on my right hip a week ago. The x-ray on my left hip shows there's some cartilage left. Is there anything I can do to stop it from progressing to bone-on-bone?
I'm going to look again at the x-ray notes to see if there are bone spurs, which might be able to be removed with a hip scope.
I'm 3 days post-op. Anterior. How long before I can lift my leg up to get my underwear on, seated in a chair?
Nurses where I'm having my hip surgery say that I can use the stairs (14 steps) at my house when I get home. Most, but not all, posts I've searched for "stairs" say it's doable.
I was going to relocate everything I use in my bathroom to another level, but now I'm not going to, and hope for the best.
I was planning on relocating my raised toilet seat to the bathroom on the upstairs level where I sleep. This bathroom also has a tub, so I bought a transfer bench to get in and out of the tub this bathroom has. It's a small bathroom and is used by other family members and there's no place to put the raised seat and transfer bench.
Many posts say that using stairs (14 steps) is not a problem immediately after surgery. So now, I'm planning on not doing anything and using the raised toilet seat and walk-in stall on the basement level that I have been using. I'm going to return the unopened transfer bench.
This plan totally depends on me being able to use the stairs on Day 1 but, as I said, others say this is feasible. Also, 2 nurses at the surgery center where the operation is going to happen say that stairs should not be a problem.