Loading ...With posterior hip replacement they say there is more muscle damage and a 6 inch incision…but no “torture table” to get strapped into. I opted for a spinal tap with a mild sedative to put me “out” during surgery. The only thing I remember was hearing a “tap, tap, tap….tap, tap, tap…. which surprised the doctor when I asked him what made that tapping sound while I was under. He said that was tapping the point of the new metal hip socket into the femur after the femur had been cut off. After the surgery I was able to get up with assistance and walk to the bathroom shortly after I woke up, and that evening I walked the hospital halls back and forth to the nurses station for several hours, making sure it was entered into my charts.
I was supposed to be in hospital 2 days but the next morning I saw the Doctor at 10AM, and when he read my charts and I demonstrated my ability to function he discharged me. That was September 30, 2015, going on 10 years now, and I’ve never looked back. I walk several miles daily and my life is still SilvernGold FWIW!
I hope Maya has as good results with his anterior “torture table” surgery. We have a nurse friend here who recently got the “torture table” anterior hip replacement, and in dislocating her hip they also unintentionally dislocated her knee too. I did not want to mention this while Maya was awaiting surgery, as this is very rare occurrence, but it can happen. SNG