| To the best of your ability you'll prepare for your hip | | | | physicians and friends available. Ultimately, you have |
| replacement surgery; you'll take all prescribed | | | | to do the work in order to get yourself back on your |
| medications and follow to the letter any dietary | | | | feet. |
| suggestions of your doctor. Most people go a step | | | | As a person looks on the days written in their |
| further and start planning for their hip replacement | | | | recovery diary, they can see how far they've come |
| recovery, which is where most of your challenges | | | | and how close they are to where they want to be. |
| begin. | | | | From a psychological stand point, the recovery diary |
| After your surgery you may stay for a day or two, | | | | in this case stands as a written form of |
| but then you're discharged home and once there, the | | | | self-motivation. |
| opportunity to push forward or give up is presented. | | | | Hip replacement recovery time can vary from four to |
| There have been some patients that were able to | | | | 12 weeks. Undoubtedly, there will be days when it |
| recover almost immediately, going virtually pain free | | | | might seem too hard; days when maybe recovery is |
| on walking and jogging trails. For others the inside of | | | | going slower than you hoped. Don't let yourself |
| their home may be all they really see initially. | | | | become emotionally overwhelmed. Write in your |
| Regardless of the category you fall into after your | | | | recovery diary your frustrations and describe in detail |
| hip surgery, a recovery diary is a good way to keep | | | | how you feel and what you want to do to feel |
| an eye on symptoms your body may exhibit during | | | | better. Sometimes just letting off steam is all that |
| it's healing process. | | | | can and needs to be done in those moments. |
| Writing down the feel, and if possible the look of the | | | | Your recovery diary can be kept forever or laid aside |
| wound is a good way to help your doctor understand | | | | after you're completely on your feet. The purpose of |
| more clearly your progress. Between medications, it's | | | | it is really to serve as a mental aid to yourself during |
| easy to overlook signs of healthy healing or concern, | | | | a time when your body is physically strained. Several |
| so a diary is a good way to make sure that you | | | | studies show that a person keeping a diary during |
| notice all that you can. | | | | times of physical hardships are more likely to handle |
| Often times people find it easy to just sort of glide | | | | them better than those that don't. With a diary to |
| along during recovery, letting one day roll to the next | | | | keep track of symptoms, progress, and emotional |
| without a moments pause of what's been | | | | stages, it's very hard not keep trying for a quick and |
| accomplished. Hip replacement recovery is a very | | | | healthy recovery. |
| proactive process, regardless of the amount of | | | | |