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No consultant appointments until April although I'll continue with my physio with Liz in the meantime as I think it brings huge benefits and has been a great help in my recovery; it's just over seven weeks since the new hip was put in.
I have today received the most positive letter from the registrar to the consultant I have - my friend José. Although this is mainly for my sister, all those tens of thousands of miles away it just makes good reading.
This lady is doing incredibly well. I am so pleased to see her running into the room and even able to perform a little dance. She says that the hip was not particularly pleasant for the first three or four days and then has been gradually improving to the point where she was driving her sports car into hospital today and whilst she is still using a walking stick whilst outdoors her general function and mobility is greatly improved.
I am pleased to say she is Trendelenburg negative although she does feel some weakness and a bit of an ache around the hip abductors and the wound has healed very well. There are no distal neurovascular deficits and she is very pleased with the outcome.
We had a long discussion as to the biomechanics of her total hip replacement and the longevity of her implant selection. Overall she is very happy with the explanations given and I am pleased to say that she has a good understanding of what is happening.
She is very keen to get back to her narrowboat and I have explained that while there is a small chance of fracture specifically of peri-prosthetic fracture should she have any falls or tumbles this is low risk and as long as she takes adequate and sensible precautions I would be quite happy for her to get back to doing the activities she enjoys.
I have not arranged to see her any sooner than about 9 to 10 months but of course I would be happy to do so should she run into any problems or you become concerned.
I have today received the most positive letter from the registrar to the consultant I have - my friend José. Although this is mainly for my sister, all those tens of thousands of miles away it just makes good reading.
This lady is doing incredibly well. I am so pleased to see her running into the room and even able to perform a little dance. She says that the hip was not particularly pleasant for the first three or four days and then has been gradually improving to the point where she was driving her sports car into hospital today and whilst she is still using a walking stick whilst outdoors her general function and mobility is greatly improved.
I am pleased to say she is Trendelenburg negative although she does feel some weakness and a bit of an ache around the hip abductors and the wound has healed very well. There are no distal neurovascular deficits and she is very pleased with the outcome.
We had a long discussion as to the biomechanics of her total hip replacement and the longevity of her implant selection. Overall she is very happy with the explanations given and I am pleased to say that she has a good understanding of what is happening.
She is very keen to get back to her narrowboat and I have explained that while there is a small chance of fracture specifically of peri-prosthetic fracture should she have any falls or tumbles this is low risk and as long as she takes adequate and sensible precautions I would be quite happy for her to get back to doing the activities she enjoys.
I have not arranged to see her any sooner than about 9 to 10 months but of course I would be happy to do so should she run into any problems or you become concerned.
I am so glad to hear that things are going so well and hope to see you out on the cut again one day! We are heading off from Droitwich next Tuesday, heading for Chester, Ellesmere Port and then to Llangollen. Take care. Jennie nb Tentatrice
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