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Get a hip replacement recovery kit and bring the leg lifter to help get in

and out of the car on way home and to get in and out of bed. Keep it iced and keep moving as much as you can including steps. Avoid the painkillers if you can ( the nerve block keeps the pain down for a few days). Everybody I know who has taken the pain meds for a few days also got constipated. They tell you to use collace, but take a laxative from the start. Also get some Glad "press and seal" to cover the bandage when you take a shower. The leg lifter and the sock putter-oner really make life easier. Good luck
Link: Hib replacement recovery kit
Posted: 07/07/2026 at 01:00 PM ET
(In response to this post by RhinoVT)

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OK, folks, beginning my journey to being bionic tomorrow a.m. If you need
RhinoVT • 07/06/26 01:46 PM ET
Rhino, hope the surgery went well and you are at home on the sofa with the
HokiesDiver • 07/08/26 02:02 PM ET
Get a hip replacement recovery kit and bring the leg lifter to help get in ◄
HokiesDiver • 07/07/26 01:00 PM ET
My wife is just recovering from one, 11 weeks ago
VaTechie • 07/06/26 08:52 PM ET
Did dbl total hip replacements summer of 2010, just do rehab, u be good 2go**
astrohokie • 07/06/26 06:33 PM ET
I'd like to get a hip replacement. I've got necrosis in left hip.**
IB4TECH • 07/06/26 05:29 PM ET
^Godspeed/God Bless^**
bourbonstreet • 07/06/26 05:10 PM ET
You are a brave man. Best of luck.**
Coach McGuirk • 07/06/26 04:36 PM ET
My titanium collection: 2 hips, left shoulder, right knee...
Culpeper Hokie • 07/06/26 04:36 PM ET
"We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better...
Spud • 07/06/26 04:44 PM ET
Hips are comparatively routine with very few complications
tallahasseehokie • 07/06/26 04:29 PM ET
Had both mine replaced
Arachnid • 07/06/26 04:00 PM ET
Good luck!**
EDGEMAN • 07/06/26 03:52 PM ET
BTW - you may have seen this NSIR thang- but if so OR if not -**
PhotoHokieNC • 07/06/26 03:50 PM ET
This is what my wife suggested . . .**
RhinoVT • 07/06/26 03:57 PM ET
USB?**
TomTurkey • 07/06/26 02:51 PM ET
Do you have the sound effects too!?**
ColoVT82 • 07/06/26 02:49 PM ET
Good healing to you!**
PhotoHokieNC • 07/06/26 02:33 PM ET
^^^ He's more machine now than man, twisted and e-ville ^^^**
JoesterVT • 07/06/26 02:21 PM ET
Better, stronger, faster.
Brown Water • 07/06/26 02:15 PM ET
Best wishes and prayers for a good surgery. Update us on...
Spud • 07/06/26 02:12 PM ET
I've been limping for a over a year. Beyond time to get it done. **
RhinoVT • 07/06/26 02:27 PM ET
It's been about two for me but I'm not as old as you
HokieMacDaddy • 07/06/26 02:41 PM ET
severe osteoarthritis. I wanted a cortisone shot before going to Portugal
RhinoVT • 07/06/26 02:56 PM ET
oof - hope the procedure goes smoothly!**
HokieMacDaddy • 07/06/26 04:05 PM ET