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TOP 7 HIPster TIPS…During THR Recovery

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1.  tvTime to add more movie channels to your TV – ask for a month free promotion.2.   emailAdd email and IM to your phone by getting a month free from your cell phone provider, says time and pain not to have to get up and check your mail; you get everything in one place.3.    baby blankie Buy yourself an adult “blankie” to curl up with and take with you in ever room you lie or relax in.  You should be getting up and changing positions every 25 or 30 minutes.  Taking your “blankie” with you helps to feel secure and safe in the womb of your recovery home.  Mine is a soft, lion-type motif….reminding me that I am strong….like a mother lion.

4.   groceryOrder groceries, water bottles and household items online (I used yummy.com), they deliver your favorites items (including hand-made deli food) and carry it up to your kitchen.

5.    walking with cane Find a neighbor who normally walks daily and ask them if you can tag along on a consistent basis, that way you don’t have to beg or encourage friends to come and take you for a walk.

6.   lettersTell the mailman you’ll be recovering inside your home, and if he/she wouldn’t mind leaving your mail by your door.   You can tip them during the holidays for this gift of convenience.

7.   pink_phone Have a buddy system with a few appointed friends, which you/they check in on daily, in the morning and at night.  Other people and friends have their own lives, and it’s frustrating and almost depressing to feel like you’ve been forgotten during the recovery time.

Take three smaller walks a day instead one big one (which is harder to recover from).  It’s like eating small meals throughout the day – much better for our bodies.  Same with walking….easier to recover from small walks – and more enjoyable to see the world throughout the day!

Ask for what you need – so people know!!! 


Stay tuned for more HIP tips as they reveal themselves!

xoxo…

Hip replacement | Ask.com Encyclopedia

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Hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced by a prosthetic implant. Hip replacement surgery can be performed as a total replacement or a hemi (half) replacement. Such joint replacement orthopaedic surgery generally is conducted to relieve arthritis pain or fix severe physical joint damage as part of hip fracture treatment. A total hip replacement (total hip arthroplasty) consists of replacing both the acetabulum and the femoral head while hemiarthroplasty generally only replaces the femoral head. Hip replacement is currently the most common orthopaedic operation, though patient satisfaction short and long term varies widely.

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William B Kurtz | Hip Replacement

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Avoiding the hip dislocation during a hip replacement surgery is accomplished by preparing the femoral bone first. In situ femoral preparation refers to reaming, broaching and implanting the femoral component without cutting the femoral neck and without dislocating the hip joint. Since the femoral head remains in the socket, the hip joint helps stabilize the leg during the femoral preparation. Because the femoral neck remains intact during the femoral preparation, the femur is stronger and less likely to fracture.

Interestingly, every orthopedic surgeon has at one time or another implanted a femoral IM nail into the femoral shaft without cutting the femoral neck or dislocating the hip joint. This in-situ femoral preparation just utilizes the same skill set every orthopedic surgeon already has for trauma cases (broken bones) and applies it to joint replacement cases.

The SuperPATH approach is a combination of the Superior approach championed by Stephen Murphy in Boston and the PATH approach (percutaneous assisted total hip) championed by Brad Penenberg in Los Angeles. I did my joint replacement fellowship with Dr. Murphy and became very comfortable with this technique. Dr. Murphy has multiple publications on the supercap topic.

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Your Hipster Girl….

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Jodi is a DOUBLE HIPster with a “Zimmer” in her left hip and ceramic in her right.  Bionic woman of the 21st century, Jodi has used both THR approaches – the left hip was the posterior cutting through the muscle  (ouch) and in the right hip almost three years later, she used the anterior approach, which is a weaving through the muscles and ligaments.

Jodi is  also the creator and founder of  http://www.SingleParentSource.com and  www.makinglemonade.com  – and author of a Guidebook for Single Parents after divorce (Making Lemonade – the book).

She has been spotlighted for her work with single parents in many on and offline publications; all inspired by being the single mother of SAM, who is now 21  <insert GULP here>

In her new HIPster status, Jodi wants to help people through this process (and initiation) because it was SO powerful for her!  She is there for YOU to take you through all the stages of having your hip replaced….from research, speaking to Doctors, planning the surgery, going through the pre-op and post op process, preparing your home and post-surgery care-taking, and planning your hipster party to say good-bye to your original hip and hello to your bionic self!

This is a journey, and there is loss to grieve – but there is also an initiation and celebration into a new, more bionic lifestyle.  Traveling through airports will never be the same again either!!!!

And, there is no need to go through this alone, when you can have an advocate!  🙂   

Email me!

My name is Jodi and I’m powerless…

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My “baby” picture…

On October 31, 2010, it’s my right hip’s one year anniversary.  That hip (anterior) is doing well.  My left hip (posterior)  is a reminder that I am doing too much …moving too fast <ouch> , not taking enough self-care <ughh>, and forgetting I am seemingly always in recovery of some kind <ah>….it’s my thermometer of sorts . My hips know before I even have a clue….

I admit it, do over-do it, I’ll admit it. I’m a type-A, a bionic type-A now!  The truth is I find I can’t sit for super long periods of time without having to get up and move about.  And sometimes I have to pause a beat when I get up before taking a step.  It’s just “what is”.  I make sure I swim (the best exercise for joints) and I walk and ride the bike everyday.  It took a while to get that schedule down, but I feel so much better.  I listen to empowering tapes when I’m on the stationary bike…that really helps! It’s a great balance for sitting at the computer.  I feel proud of what I have accomplished, I wear my scars as a badge of honor.  I choose to! And, it is a matter of choice…

See, I  feel as if going through this experience (twice), and at a young age has made me stronger (facing many fears – some kicking and screaming and crying, of course), and also made me want to help others who are facing a hip replacement or are recovering and looking for support.  I believe we are a CLUB, and we need to support each other.

That’s also why I created a yahoo email group AND Hip Happy Hours!

Sign up for our Email Chat group now! 🙂

So – hello there fellow HIPSTERS and welcome to The Hipster Club!  We’ve been initiated, we’re bionic…and we set off ALARMS (at the airport)!!!!

XOXO

Jodi