Re: Re: HELP! THR question, popping it out

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Thanks. I appreciate your help so much. This will

comfort her even more.

Donna

--- Valeri <vjshoem@...> wrote:

> If she popped it out..dislocated it, she would know.

> It is extremly

> painful.. My mom dislocated hers and I was there

> the first time.

> B4 the medics could even get her our of the chair,

> they had to load

> her up with morphine. You can also see the leg

> length differences.

> The dislocated one will be longer.

>

> Valeri

>

>

> > How easy is it to pop the hip out after surgery?

> How can you

> tell?

> > Today is day 6 and this morning, she turned to

> wash her hands in

> the

> > bathroom and had pain. At that point, she

> realized she had

> rotated

> > so that foot had turned in. She is now in this

> panic that she has

> > ruined it. I was there, but my hearing is bad

> enough that I don't

> > know if I would have heard it pop or not. They

> didn't really tell

> > her how she could tell if she did pop it out, just

> what she

> couldn't

> > do. There is an emergency number she can call,

> but she doesn't

> want

> > to because she doesn't know if this is actually an

> emergency or

> not.

> > She is having panic attacks because she is so

> afraid that she will

> go

> > in Friday for the follow-up and they will say,

> " Yep, you popped it

> > out and ruined it. Too bad. "

> >

> > She is also doing the " what if " game. What if my

> wrists give out

> and

> > I fall, what if I turn wrong again, what if my

> other leg gives

> out,

> > what if... She is trying to be careful but that

> she was able to

> > accidentally rotate it now has her scared to even

> get up. She

> does

> > because she knows she has to, but while she is up,

> she is trying

> to

> > hyperventalate and having a panic attack. Then we

> get to what if

> she

> > passes out and falls which makes it worse. Of

> course, the doctors

> > made it sound like it is REALLY easy to pop out,

> but part of that

> is

> > so you are careful. Any help would be greatly

> appreciated.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Donna

>

>

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In a message dated 6/21/2004 3:42:07 PM Central Daylight Time, n7lqk1@... writes:

4) Her pain

hadn't gotten any worse and she was still able to bear

as much weight as she had before. 5) It was at least

two hours later (when she started hyperventalating)

that I found out that she had made the turn and was

concerned. She had been playing the "What if" game

with herself and had sent herself into a panic. She

had even been up and walking during that time. I

really wasn't concerned about the hip. I was

concerned about her having a nervous breakdown.

_____

Actually, you had a pretty good picture for a pulmonary embolus.....anxiousness and difficulty breathing. Remember the clot in the leg they went to great lengths to prevent.....well, when one develops and gets loose, it becomes a travelling clot that goes to the lungs as a "pulmonary embolus". Its really unfortunate when a doctors office tells you to leave for the ER, without putting someone on the line to hear what's actually going on.....but I think you would still have been told to get this checked out at ER.

Interesting enough, what they do with the "poped out or dislocated joint, is to pop it back in again. Had one MD attempt to just do this on a lady I had sitting in the parallel bars.....not a good idea.

y

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Hi Donna,

I read your posts. I wish your mother would have had someone check her out instead of you writing frantically to a bunch of lay people for advice. If that was me, I would have had my mother in the ER right away to have it checked. You don't fool around with something like that. I had simple cartilage repair on my knee and I had a blood clot which could have been fatal if I didn't go to the doctor right away as soon as I felt pain in my calf.

I take care of my mother now. She's 78. I'm always watching her to make sure she's ok. Please, in the future, call the doctor or whoever is on call if it's a weekend and ask their advice. If they say go to the ER then, please take her to the ER. You'd never forgive yourself if you relied on (I know it was ok this time but what if it wasn't?) I can't believe no one here told you to take to to the ER either!Donna Betz <n7lqk1@...> wrote:

Thanks. I appreciate your help so much. This willcomfort her even more.Donna--- Valeri <vjshoem@...> wrote:> If she popped it out..dislocated it, she would know.> It is extremly > painful.. My mom dislocated hers and I was there> the first time. > B4 the medics could even get her our of the chair,> they had to load > her up with morphine. You can also see the leg> length differences. > The dislocated one will be longer.> > Valeri> > > > How easy is it to pop the hip out after surgery? > How can you > tell? > > Today is day 6 and this morning, she turned to> wash her

hands in > the > > bathroom and had pain. At that point, she> realized she had > rotated > > so that foot had turned in. She is now in this> panic that she has > > ruined it. I was there, but my hearing is bad> enough that I don't > > know if I would have heard it pop or not. They> didn't really tell > > her how she could tell if she did pop it out, just> what she > couldn't > > do. There is an emergency number she can call,> but she doesn't > want > > to because she doesn't know if this is actually an> emergency or > not. > > She is having panic attacks because she is so> afraid that she will > go > > in Friday for the follow-up and they will say,> "Yep, you popped it > > out and ruined it. Too bad."> > > > She is also

doing the "what if" game. What if my> wrists give out > and > > I fall, what if I turn wrong again, what if my> other leg gives > out, > > what if... She is trying to be careful but that> she was able to > > accidentally rotate it now has her scared to even> get up. She > does > > because she knows she has to, but while she is up,> she is trying > to > > hyperventalate and having a panic attack. Then we> get to what if > she > > passes out and falls which makes it worse. Of> course, the doctors > > made it sound like it is REALLY easy to pop out,> but part of that > is > > so you are careful. Any help would be greatly> appreciated.> > > > Thanks,> > Donna> >

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There were a couple of reasons for not going to the

ER. 1) Mom didn't want to go unless she was pretty

sure something had happened. 2) I don't drive so we

would have had to call someone to come get her. 3)

The closest ER is over an hour away. 4) Her pain

hadn't gotten any worse and she was still able to bear

as much weight as she had before. 5) It was at least

two hours later (when she started hyperventalating)

that I found out that she had made the turn and was

concerned. She had been playing the " What if " game

with herself and had sent herself into a panic. She

had even been up and walking during that time. I

really wasn't concerned about the hip. I was

concerned about her having a nervous breakdown. (The

pain meds cause her to freak out even several days

after she has stopped taking them.) That was where my

franticness came from. I really didn't want her

passing out on me and I needed to calm her down.

Writing to this group was the ONE thing she would let

me do. I had already suggested calling the emergency

number or taking her to the ER and she absolutely

wouldn't let me. She just needed someone to stop the

" what ifs " and tell her again that she would be pretty

likely to know if she had dislocated it (PT had told

her that).

As she said, she has been through too much to mess it

up now. If there had been any signs that something

had actually happened, we would have called the

emergency-only number or taken her to the ER right

away. None of us are going to risk her life or

damaging that joint.

Donna

--- <celestialsecrets@...> wrote:

> Hi Donna,

> I read your posts. I wish your mother would have

> had someone check her out instead of you writing

> frantically to a bunch of lay people for advice. If

> that was me, I would have had my mother in the ER

> right away to have it checked. You don't fool around

> with something like that. I had simple cartilage

> repair on my knee and I had a blood clot which could

> have been fatal if I didn't go to the doctor right

> away as soon as I felt pain in my calf.

>

> I take care of my mother now. She's 78. I'm always

> watching her to make sure she's ok. Please, in the

> future, call the doctor or whoever is on call if

> it's a weekend and ask their advice. If they say go

> to the ER then, please take her to the ER. You'd

> never forgive yourself if you relied on

> (I know it was ok this time but what if it wasn't?)

> I can't believe no one here told you to take to to

> the ER either!

>

> Donna Betz <n7lqk1@...> wrote:

> Thanks. I appreciate your help so much. This will

> comfort her even more.

>

> Donna

>

> --- Valeri <vjshoem@...> wrote:

> > If she popped it out..dislocated it, she would

> know.

> > It is extremly

> > painful.. My mom dislocated hers and I was there

> > the first time.

> > B4 the medics could even get her our of the chair,

> > they had to load

> > her up with morphine. You can also see the leg

> > length differences.

> > The dislocated one will be longer.

> >

> > Valeri

> >

> >

> > > How easy is it to pop the hip out after surgery?

>

> > How can you

> > tell?

> > > Today is day 6 and this morning, she turned to

> > wash her hands in

> > the

> > > bathroom and had pain. At that point, she

> > realized she had

> > rotated

> > > so that foot had turned in. She is now in this

> > panic that she has

> > > ruined it. I was there, but my hearing is bad

> > enough that I don't

> > > know if I would have heard it pop or not. They

> > didn't really tell

> > > her how she could tell if she did pop it out,

> just

> > what she

> > couldn't

> > > do. There is an emergency number she can call,

> > but she doesn't

> > want

> > > to because she doesn't know if this is actually

> an

> > emergency or

> > not.

> > > She is having panic attacks because she is so

> > afraid that she will

> > go

> > > in Friday for the follow-up and they will say,

> > " Yep, you popped it

> > > out and ruined it. Too bad. "

> > >

> > > She is also doing the " what if " game. What if

> my

> > wrists give out

> > and

> > > I fall, what if I turn wrong again, what if my

> > other leg gives

> > out,

> > > what if... She is trying to be careful but that

> > she was able to

> > > accidentally rotate it now has her scared to

> even

> > get up. She

> > does

> > > because she knows she has to, but while she is

> up,

> > she is trying

> > to

> > > hyperventalate and having a panic attack. Then

> we

> > get to what if

> > she

> > > passes out and falls which makes it worse. Of

> > course, the doctors

> > > made it sound like it is REALLY easy to pop out,

> > but part of that

> > is

> > > so you are careful. Any help would be greatly

> > appreciated.

> > >

> > > Thanks,

> > > Donna

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

>