Injured and feeling guilty blowing vaca. time

[Perseus0396]

Hi - so I ended up dislocating my hip (artificial) at the start of vaca. week. I had it reduced and am now in a leg brace on 24/7 hip dislocation precautions, i.e. no bending at the waist, can't bring my hip higher than my knee, etc. I feel so guilty that we can't really go anywhere, e.g., beach, since I can't sit down, go into the water w/ brace, etc. and I can't do housecleaning, repairs, etc. I feel so useless and pissed at myself for blowing our end-of-the-summer time off. Sorry, I know that others have it a lot worse.

[b1b1b1]

I also did that. It is unbelievably painful. How did you manage to get to the hospital? It is bad timing, but keep in mind that it could have been a worse injury, and the hip precautions won't last forever. Can I ask how you dislocated it?

[Perseus0396 in reply to b1b1b1]

I had both hips replaced in 2003; left dislocated 6 wks out from surgery and now right one dislocated as I was leaning over and in an extreme twist to the side (after so many years I forget about using precautions). It didn't really hurt that much, maybe because they're artificial and so well healed. It's frustrating that I can't even walk well with this leg brace, to say nothing of missing my almost-daily elliptical exercise routine.

[compasnet]

YOU NEVER need to apologize to us🙏. May God bless you and keep you and always watch over you and all of those who are fortunate enough to be loved by you and May you be blessed with much good health.🙏