Hip Replacement.

All being well DH is having a hip replaced using a spinal anaesthetic next Tuesday. Everything seems positive about that, quicker recovery times etc, no queasiness and you do get given a sedative too. Good luck with your op.

I had so much sedative with my knee op I was asleep before being taken in to theatre.

I had a spinal when I had my knee replacement. The sedative was lovely. I woke up feeling refreshed and the op was all over. Mind you my legs stayed numb for hours after. They felt like huge sausages under the covers!

I am 4 wks from my THR and recovering well. Please do not worry about the Epidural with sedation both of mine were done with this with no problems at all.

I have had epidural or spinal for several Caesarian sections. Worked well and much quicker recovery compared to GA. Your legs do feel weird for a while and can look heavy and fat!! Settles over next 24 hours or so. Hope all goes well.x

I had an epidural with my second C section for baby #2. My blood pressure crashed just after she was born. I am not sure I would want a hip replacement with that if I ever needed one.

I had a spinal block for my hip replacement, it was so easy. I felt nothing at all and without the side effects of a general anaesthetic recovered felt well afterwards.

I had a hip replacement with spinal anaesthetic and everything was fine. You wake up very quickly and the injection provides pain relief for 12 hours. I was up, dressed and walking the next day. Stairs the day after and home on the third day. The most important thing is to do your exercises . I also had a few sessions of hydro therapy which I think helped. I always call this my miracle operation.
One hint - even when I was off crutches at home and using a stick, I used crutches when I went out. It makes you more visible to others.

Yes to what has been said. Do your excercises now for strengthening the thigh muscles. Cluttock benching as it's called in this house.

many thanks for all your replies. Everybody seemed quite positive about the epidural experience- so you've given me lots of encouragement. Thank you. Will let you know how it went.

The best info I found was from the NHS royal Berkshire hospital . ( I'm nowhere near) if you can find their patient information leaflet and download it as a PDF I found it's advice and exercises much much better than my local hospital one.

Nowadays the plan is to re-mobilise and back home within 2-3 days. With an epidural you don't even have to recover from a GA.