Gosh, that's good going @Obelixx. My son send me up some of his left over morphine in case I really needed it but I was a bit too frightened to take any in case I fell out of bed when needing a loo visit. Apparently I shouldn't take Ibuprofen whilst taking the steroid pills but will check with the GP as I occasionally get a migraine and need them. It's all a balancing act isn't it. How long's your recovery going to be - 2 or 3 months?
OH is doing very well with his new hip, walks a mile and a half to the paper shop each day and can mow the lawns etc but is beginning to limp again because his left hip now needs doing. I keep nagging him to contact the GP/Consultant to get on the waiting list but you know what men are like.
He should get himself on the list PDQ @Lizzie27 . I know someone who's just got on the waiting list for a new hip after 2 years or so of intense pain and very limited mobility with numerous doctors, hospital and physio appointments, and she's been told it's a 3.5 to 4 year wait.
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@JennyJ, golly, I hope not in this area. His consultant told him he would need the another hip done within two years (as at last August) so we're hoping he'll be fast tracked through. No guarantees these days I suppose. Bath seem to be pretty good at managing their waiting lists (they are using the three local private hospitals for routine hip ops) and I must say our GP practice has been brilliant in my case.
Trouble is, for everyone who gets fast-tracked, someone else who isn't so lucky has to wait longer.
And there are those who opt to go private if they can afford to, thus freeing up space in the system, and meaning shorter waits for others - assuming there are actually doctors to carry out the procedures!
There is no "fast track" here in Scotland ....... our Orthopaedic Surgery services are in crisis. A friend locally has waited 18 months to be seen in outpatients. When she finally saw a consultant she was told her hip replacement was now urgent, but so were many other patients, and that she could be waiting 2-3 years. She has scraped together the £16,000 to have private surgery. Another friend in the Highlands was told up to 5 years wait. They have also had to go privately.
I'm afraid our government has other priorities.
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Best to be on a list already in case things change @Lizzie27. I have a knee bending machine which I use twice a day for 30 to 40 minutes. It's a passive way of getting the knee flexing again. Set the angle, set the timer, install leg and lie back and read.
I have that for another week, increasing the angle every day, plus other exercises to flex muscles then start proper physio sessions the following week. Last time it took me 3 and a half months to get fit enough to start dance classes again.
In France there are specialist knee and hip clinics and short waiting lists. I could have had my second knee done before Xmas after getting the first one signed off in October but early July suits me better for all my other activities which tend to run from September to end of June.
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I had heard if you kick up a fuss at your surgery you’ll be blacklisted from others. Don’t know if it was a rumour or true.
That is the potential problem. They know people will be extremely reluctant to cause a fuss due to that concern, whether it's valid or not. Many of the larger surgeries in our area have poor reputations too. It's not easy to move surgery anyway as many now restrict their intake to postcodes surrounding the surgery.
He should get himself on the list PDQ @Lizzie27 . I know someone who's just got on the waiting list for a new hip after 2 years or so of intense pain and very limited mobility with numerous doctors, hospital and physio appointments, and she's been told it's a 3.5 to 4 year wait.
@Lizzie27. I was fortunate to be seen by a new young GP at our surgery who said she was going to put me on the list for hip surgery sooner than she really should because if she waited I would probably be in agony by the time I had surgery. It was still best part of 2 years from the time I first saw her to actually having the operation. There was a long wait from being referred to actually seeing the consultant and then another 12 month wait for the surgery. It's about the only decent service I've had from the GP surgery in recent years.
Trouble is, for everyone who gets fast-tracked, someone else who isn't so lucky has to wait longer.
The only fast tracking is to pay for it privately. Consultants will generally operate sequentially on the basis of the consultion date. If they decide a case is particularly severe and urgent it's their decision to move them up the queue. Noble as your thoughts are, you need to think of your own family needs first.
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OH is doing very well with his new hip, walks a mile and a half to the paper shop each day and can mow the lawns etc but is beginning to limp again because his left hip now needs doing. I keep nagging him to contact the GP/Consultant to get on the waiting list but you know what men are like.
A friend locally has waited 18 months to be seen in outpatients. When she finally saw a consultant she was told her hip replacement was now urgent, but so were many other patients, and that she could be waiting 2-3 years. She has scraped together the £16,000
to have private surgery.
Another friend in the Highlands was told up to 5 years wait. They have also had to go privately.
I'm afraid our government has other priorities.
Bee x
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
I have that for another week, increasing the angle every day, plus other exercises to flex muscles then start proper physio sessions the following week. Last time it took me 3 and a half months to get fit enough to start dance classes again.
In France there are specialist knee and hip clinics and short waiting lists. I could have had my second knee done before Xmas after getting the first one signed off in October but early July suits me better for all my other activities which tend to run from September to end of June.
That is the potential problem. They know people will be extremely reluctant to cause a fuss due to that concern, whether it's valid or not. Many of the larger surgeries in our area have poor reputations too. It's not easy to move surgery anyway as many now restrict their intake to postcodes surrounding the surgery.
The only fast tracking is to pay for it privately. Consultants will generally operate sequentially on the basis of the consultion date. If they decide a case is particularly severe and urgent it's their decision to move them up the queue. Noble as your thoughts are, you need to think of your own family needs first.