9 Days post-op

I'm now 9 days post op on my left THR. It was initially scheduled for Feb 5, but some equipment issues caused my surgery to be bumped by a month.

The hip itself feels amazing and despite a month of 50% weight bearing because I have slender femurs and my surgeon doesn't want it damaged. I also have a significant leg length difference caused by the fact the replacement repaired my coxa vara, bringing the femoral head from 90 degrees to I believe the surgeon told me 120 degrees.

I ended up staying in the hospital for 7 days after the replacement due to having difficulty meeting the physio requirements. I don't even remember the day of my surgery due to a haze of nausea and vomiting and pain meds. I was so sick they ended up pushing Zofran.

I was still weak on day 2, but I was able to push myself into a sitting position and help the nurses get me ready to try and walk. The lengthened leg really threw me off. Further weakness the next day (I nearly passed out doing basic physio) prevented me from leaving the hospital on schedule. 

I was almost cleared by physio to be released on Friday but it was 4pm so she couldn't check on me one more time so I ended up hospitalized until I got clearance and was able to leave at noon on Monday.