Guest guest Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 ine You sound in great shape mentally. Well done!! You will be in my thoughts. All the best. The other ine RHS April 2003, LHS March 2004 > Being a new member and reading all of the positive emails today I now feel reassured and ready for the 'Big Day' tomorrow! > > I can only echo many of your thoughts and experiences. Being a 46 year old active female I no longer want to have to give up the things I once enjoyed in life, making the excuse it was down to old age that I could no longer do these things. > > The final straw came when we came to book our ski holiday this season, I was in denial, trying to kid myself and the people around me that I was up for it! However, after realising I could no longer get in and out the car without great discomfort or bend down to put on socks/stockings, how on earth did I think I was going to put on those god awful ski boots (which are a feat at the best of health) and jump on and off the ski lifts, not to mention 'hot dogging' yeah dream on. > > After being off the anti inflammatory for a week and realising what real pain these tablets were masking and also all of your positive feedback, I now know I have made the right decision. I am in tomorrow for the left side HRT and 7-8 weeks later back for the right, I don't do things by halves! > > Being the independent type we 'hippies' appear to be, my only real concern is having to rely on someone else to nurse you through but once I am able, I will be back running around looking after everyone else ensuring they are alright. Also the thought of being away from work for such a length of time and communicating but now I have my new surfacehippy friends > > I am thinking positive and my friends/family cannot believe I am actually looking forward to the operation, it is because like most of us we just want OUR LIVES BACK please! > > Thanks guys you have been a great comfort........'I'll be back'! > > P the Ski > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Hi ine! Let us know how you're doing when you get back. I just made ski reservations for our family for Xmas week 2004, which will be about 9 months post-op for me. I haven't been able to ski for the past 2 winters, so I'm really looking forward to this. Re: Hip Op Hooray! > ine > You sound in great shape mentally. Well done!! > You will be in my thoughts. > All the best. > The other ine > RHS April 2003, LHS March 2004 > > > > Being a new member and reading all of the positive emails today I > now feel reassured and ready for the 'Big Day' tomorrow! > > > > I can only echo many of your thoughts and experiences. Being a 46 > year old active female I no longer want to have to give up the things > I once enjoyed in life, making the excuse it was down to old age that > I could no longer do these things. > > > > The final straw came when we came to book our ski holiday this > season, I was in denial, trying to kid myself and the people around > me that I was up for it! However, after realising I could no longer > get in and out the car without great discomfort or bend down to put > on socks/stockings, how on earth did I think I was going to put on > those god awful ski boots (which are a feat at the best of health) > and jump on and off the ski lifts, not to mention 'hot dogging' yeah > dream on. > > > > After being off the anti inflammatory for a week and realising what > real pain these tablets were masking and also all of your positive > feedback, I now know I have made the right decision. I am in tomorrow > for the left side HRT and 7-8 weeks later back for the right, I don't > do things by halves! > > > > Being the independent type we 'hippies' appear to be, my only real > concern is having to rely on someone else to nurse you through but > once I am able, I will be back running around looking after everyone > else ensuring they are alright. Also the thought of being away from > work for such a length of time and communicating but now I have my > new surfacehippy friends > > > > I am thinking positive and my friends/family cannot believe I am > actually looking forward to the operation, it is because like most of > us we just want OUR LIVES BACK please! > > > > Thanks guys you have been a great comfort........'I'll be back'! > > > > P the Ski > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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