Can you function normally after a hip replacement?

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Brubby The 2nd said:
Your ability to post on internet forums will be untarnished
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peachlover669 said:
this is true however it does get annoying having to start every post with "as a person with a replacement hip"
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is it like non binary that they have to start every post with their pronouns? And people with replaced hips gotta always start with their medical histories?
Boldizar said:
No way such surgery exists. If it happened to you, you'd probably die or become a cripple who shits zirself.
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old ladies get those surgeries like all the time xd and they live for 5 more years before they die from heart attack or stroke I was wondering if you can live fine if you go on for longer.
 
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Tram Fan said:
is it like non binary that they have to start every post with their pronouns? And people with replaced hips gotta always start with their medical histories?
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Well, as someone with IBS otherwise known as Irritable Bowel Syndrome it becomes a necessity for online discourse as without such disclosure people will be unable to sympathize with your point properly.
 
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OrionBalls said:
They're going to have you walking the day after. Do the PT, and you'll be fine.
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If there's pre-op PT, do that too, and listen to the post-op restrictions. For the first three months or so, you need to follow them to avoid a dislocation, but they vary a little depending on whether they used the anterior or posterior approach.

Tram Fan said:
old ladies get those surgeries like all the time xd and they live for 5 more years before they die from heart attack or stroke I was wondering if you can live fine if you go on for longer.
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Hip replacement can last 15-20+ years, depending on activity level and type of implant.

The old people who break a hip, get a replacement and die were usually not in good health to begin with. Often they were too demented to understand/participate in PT and thus don't get their ambulation back, but some never quite clear after anesthesia, or end up with pneumonia.


Get your friend a toilet riser; that'd be a thoughtful present.
 
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