Will I be able to make it?

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone. Id appreciate your opinions please - I have just received an

invitation for a dear friends wedding to be held 9 days after my THR is

scheduled. Do you think I will be able to make it? Will I be able to sit for

hours at a reception? Will I still be on medication?

I am 39 and will be having an anterior approach ceramic-on-ceramic. Any

thoughts?

Thanks

[Guest guest]

I had anterior with ceramic on ceramic and honestly I would NOT have

wanted to attend an event at which I would have to sit and stand for

hours -- not to mention however long it took to drive there plus all

the preparation in terms of showering; hair; dressing. I am also not

sure what shoes I would have worn -- but that's a minor consideration

LOL.

I could definitely have gone to a wedding for awhile -- after 9 days I

went out to eat at restaurants but I was glad to be back home after

awhile so that I could elevate my leg and relax.

I was still on pain meds after nine days but they didn't really impact

me in terms of alertness or whatever.

I wasn't in pain per se but I would just have found this kind of

formal situation to be " uncomfortable " physically as at that time

point I was needing to constantly change my positions -- i.e. lie

down; lie on couch with egg elevated; walk around; sit

On Dec 19, 2009, at 5:27 AM, sanzinoz wrote:

> Hello everyone. Id appreciate your opinions please - I have just

> received an invitation for a dear friends wedding to be held 9 days

> after my THR is scheduled. Do you think I will be able to make it?

> Will I be able to sit for hours at a reception? Will I still be on

> medication?

> I am 39 and will be having an anterior approach ceramic-on-ceramic.

> Any thoughts?

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> Thanks

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[Guest guest]

You really won't know until after your surgery, but you probably won't feel up

to it. You will also still be using crutches, and won't be driving. If the event

is nearby and it's really important to go, and someone takes you and tends to

you, and you can just sit and visit for an hour or so and leave, then maaaaybe.

But no, you will not be ready for a full-day event of " normal " activity.

-September

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> Hello everyone. Id appreciate your opinions please - I have just received an

invitation for a dear friends wedding to be held 9 days after my THR is

scheduled. Do you think I will be able to make it? Will I be able to sit for

hours at a reception? Will I still be on medication?

> I am 39 and will be having an anterior approach ceramic-on-ceramic. Any

thoughts?

>

> Thanks

>

>

[Guest guest]

No guarantees on the outcome of surgery and level of activity can be given.

It's just too complex and too many possibilities that can't be totally

controlled. I just had a Left THR and had many activities planned for shortly

after surgery based on my recovery experience after a Right THR. My plans are

being revised on a much longer time line.

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> > Hello everyone.  Id appreciate your opinions please - I have just received

an invitation for a dear friends wedding to be held 9 days after my THR is

scheduled.  Do you think I will be able to make it? Will I be able to sit for

hours at a reception? Will I still be on medication? 

> > I am 39 and will be having an anterior approach ceramic-on-ceramic.  Any

thoughts?

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> > Thanks

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