Re: Re: Scheduled for July 6

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Dave: Curious: I never had to have blood checked after leaving the hospital.

Hmmmmm. Seem to recall having just one shot of blood thinner for the long

car ride home from Baltimore to NY. Took a baby aspirin a day, that's all,

prescribed for six weeks post-op.

Maureen

rhip, jacobs, 10.31.02

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At 10:12 PM 5/19/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>You'll also need to get a ride to a

>local lab, hospital or testing center to have your blood tested

>(Coumadin level) a few times during the first three weeks post-op.

I didn't have to have any blood testing once I left the hospital. I took

the Coumadin for a couple of weeks post-op. That, and the painkillers were

the only drugs I took post-op.

Cindy

C+ 5/25/01 and 6/28/01

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Hi ,

One of my joys of life now is being able to visit people and not need to

worry about toilets........ People often look at me strangely when I mention

this but I think one has to be in that position to truely appreciate how

much easier life is without this hassle........ Pre op I had gotten around

to using a funnel on the end of a tube when my back was giving me

heaps........... That provided some relief..........

Edith - who now has that happiness of anyone's toilet being

okay...........smile.

I'm with you ...it's how I do things NOW, so for a bit post-

op...okay!!! But only till I get the okay to go further! Not to be

graphic, boys and girls...but bein' a girl and goin' to the bathroom

w/ an OA hip is quite the positioning...either it's out straight (and

if others are around...hmmmm? they wonder...or it's tucked under best

possible...ANYway, neither here nor there...but let's just say it's

yet ANOTHER lil' happiness to look forward to - peein' like a NORMAL

person!!!! )

[Guest guest]

Very interesting. At Good Samaritan/Dr. s in Baltimore I was monitored

closely for potential clotting -- was " Dopplered " at least once and they kept

almost hip-high TEDs on me the whole stay (8 days in my case due to low blood

pressure, low blood volume and a raging mouth infection from stress that I'd

thought I'd rid myself of prior to surgery), as well as having the leg pumps

for circulation going any time I was in bed. s felt that the daily baby

aspirin and the one-time heparin shot for the 4-hour car ride (which the

hospital administered me despite their physicians' not thinking that was even

necessary) was sufficient as far as drugs were concerned. Guess that's what

makes

the ballgame....

Maureen