Does anyone know how soon you can sleep on your side after a hip operation and how soon you can bend I feel I can do these things after 10 d

[eloise10]

Days but don't want to do damage. No input from anyone just sent home to get on with it changing dressing and injections left to you.

[Ginsing]

If any doubt ring the ward sister who looked after you and ask she will no what is right xgins Happy Christmas

[Mdaisy]

Hello Eloise10,

Sorry to hear you are recovering from a hip operation at the moment & I hope you have sufficient pain relief. It is unusual to be sent home with very little advice, however nothing surprises me as the NHS are put under more & more stressors.

I have found these links which you may find of interest;

nhs.uk/Conditions/Hip-repla...

nhs.uk/Conditions/hip-fract...

I would advise considering contacting your GP or community nurse to discuss your requirements post discharge from hospital. They may decide you need a Occupational therapist to visit you at home and usually the community nurse would like to visit to check the wound site at some point.

I think the normal time frame is 6-8 weeks before you can sleep on the hip you were operated on, however you should make sure this is correct by contacting either your community nurse, the ward you were discharged from or NHS Direct.

I wish you a very speedy recovery and the best wishes possible for the festive season

Emma

FibroAction Administrator

[Fibrofoggiest]

Hi Eloise, I agree with gins and Mdaisy, for your own peace of mind, it may be good to give the ward a ring and just clarify the situation. I had my left shoulder replaced in 2011 and I think I waited probably way way to long before I slept on that side, which had been the side I'd slept on right from being a child. However for the two years leading up to the op, that wasn't even a vague possibility as the pain was horrendous if I even tried to......I learnt to go to sleep on my right side of those years and then after the op I had to go to sleep lying flat on my back so that my left shoulder was kept in position......very odd !

A friend had her hip done back in October and she is walking just like normal now, from the day she came home she walked and increased the distance daily, amazing us all, but she has had a perfect recovery but of course she hasn't got the rigours of Fibro to cope with alongside it like you have.

I hope you get the information you want and feel much better very soon

Foggy x

[Morwenna]

contact your community nurses .. usually from your doctors surgery or located in a hospital ring either and they will put you in touch with then and a physiotherapist who will help you opps already said sorry

[fibro]

I notice from your previous post its a hip replacement that you have had

You should not do any of that until you have been for your first check up, which is usually 6-12 weeks after your op.

I'm no stranger to hip operations or hip replacements

I wish you a good recovery.

This may help you, from the NHS guidance.

nhs.uk/conditions/hip-repla...

[lcm27]

Hi, my hubby had a new hip 2 yrs ago. He was discharged after 2 days and back home with a list of exercises from the hosp physios. He was allowed to sleep on the hip straight away but only on the hip that had been done! We put pillows at his back to stop him turning over, its that which can cause the new hip to come out. The physios rang 3 wks after the op to check on his progress and his exercises. He saw the consultant after 6 weeks post op and was back at work (manual job) after 8wks but part time for a month and then full time. Having said all this we had a big questionaire to fill in before the op for the physios, height of chairs, beds, toilets etc. As these are all raised for me he used all of the bits and I gave up my bed rail to help him in and out of bed. So contact the hospital and get chorus and verse as to dos and donts. Provided you dont go mad they want you walking and exercising the hip, to stop stiffness and blood clots. The physios should provide bathboards or shower stools, we used carriers taped to the dressing to stop it getting wet. After 3 weeks he went down to 1 crutch and had to walk 5 mins a time twice a day and built this up but again the physios should know. Hope this helps. I ended up with physical exhaustion afterwards and took months to recover but hey it was worth it cos I was determined his op would work.

[eloise10 in reply to lcm27]

This was very useful thankyou