u/rocdaddy21

Hi peeps Now that I have a new left hip, how do I repay people who are helping me? Visiting nurse and PT is easy I have a stack of 20s for them. But what about my wife? She didn’t ask for me to be crippled She has a lot more work now with bringing me meals upstairs and doing double duty with the dog.

What did you guys do? I was thinking like diamond earrings, but not sure if she wants that . I wanted to keep my old hip and have it turned into jewelry of some kind but the surgeon said no.

So I am clueless she needs a new car but that’s a very personal decision for her. She would be mad if I just bought her a car

Finally after 4 years of barely walking and terrible pain, I have a new left hip. I came home from the hospital on Tuesday, just about 48 hours ago. The first 12 hours at home were sleeping. Now I am up, doing my pt, logging into some meetings at work.

I am thankful for all of the science that goes into this device, procedure and recovery They seem to have it down pat.

Surprisingly, my pain from the surgery is a fraction of what it was before surgery. Yes, it hurts like heck doing some of the PT and walking and swinging my leg around, but I really thought it would be worse

And for those that said I cannot go back to work in 2 days, I did it! Without too much difficulty

I had a Dr appointment today unrelated to depression. In the hospitals app, I did the questionnaire which asks a lot of depression questions. Then the nurse checking me in asked a lot of depression questions.

I answered all of those very truthfully. I am depressed every day, yes it affects quality of life, yes it impacts personal relationships, yes I feel worthless everyday, etc.

So when the doctor comes in, we talk about 4 or 5 different topics Depression didn’t come up at all. This is the 2 nd time for my doctor to do this I think he doesn’t want to help me

Does this happen to anyone else? I am not suicidal at all and would never do that. But I do try to disappear. When I am upset I start throwing away my possessions and I start avoiding all people.