Last night was my first at home and having taken a doliprane there wasn’t really anything you’d call pain - just that my thigh muscles felt very stiff. A bit like the day after a rugby match from my school days!
My best wishes for your convalescence and speedy recovery Brian, Regards.
PS Do I recall correctly you also needed a dentist certificate - that was in another thread?
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Thank you!
That’s correct. Thanks to a tipoff from SF I used Centre Dentaire Cholet who carried out so if the required work and provided the necessary certificate. I don’t know if this is a general requirement before surgery in France but it was certainly the case with CHU-Poitiers: no certificate, no op!
Yes normally they ask in the questionaire if you have any loose or damaged teeth or wear dentures. In some cases of serious surgery, teeth that are loose or damaged are required to be pulled as they could be knocked out and swallowed if the patient required breathing tubes etc and also loose teeth are dangerous in the case of bacteria going to the heart.
Poitiers’ concern was more about infection. There is evidence that patients with undiagnosed mouth infections are more likely to develop a wound infection after major surgery. There is the additional question about loose teeth, prothèse, of course…
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Yes it seems true from all I have read and watched, direct infection from bad teeth and gums, even its believed a link to heart and neuralogical issues.
I believe it is a requirement before joint replacement surgery, not general surgery.
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@Elizabeth_Cox - I hope the surgery goes well for you tomorrow.
My recovery continues to go well, and I’ve not needed anything stronger than Doliprane. I’m doing all the prescribed exercises most days which will help, I hope.
The only annoying thing is that I’m really not sleeping well. No pain, I’m just uncomfortable on my back especially with the bruising that has developed around the operated area.
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Any good putting a pillow beside the part that hurts, softer than a mattress
Thank you for the good suggestion but it doesn’t help me. Everyone’s anatomy is different though and I’m sure it would help many.
I slept on my side with a pillow between my legs which worked well.
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My Dad did the same.
Once again I find myself at the end of a long and apparently dormant, thread that I had never noticed before. Is it me? 
Very interesting nonetheless and a couple of points I would like to contribute. I haven’t read your book @JohnBoy but was interested to see that you used Lulu as publishers. I too used them and was amazed at how easy, and cheap, it was.
Anaesthetics, lumbar versus general. When I went into Perigueux for a prostate op some years ago I was not pleased when they told me that I would be awake throughout but, in the event completely painless, I was well pleased with it.
So much so that when I had an agonising blood clot later requiring another op, I was again displeased when they said it would be a general. Thankfully they changed their minds when I got there and the 2nd experience was even better as they left a monitor within my vision allowing me a a better than telly viewing experience. 
Anyway, having got through to the end I am pleased to see that, almost, everybody had a good outcome. One seems to be missing though, @Elizabeth_Cox I hope your op went well too?
Better late than never, David!
A quick update. My operation was the beginning of October, post-op I had nothing I’d regards as pain. I was off crutches completely after about 8 or 9 days and delighted with the increased leg/hip mobility.
At my first follow up x ray + consultation 6 weeks after the op the surgeon said that everything had gone perfectly and that my bones had started to encase the implant.
By this time I was truly delighted with the outcome. What I hadn’t expected was that my mobility would carry on improving. At the second consultation the surgeon confirmed everything was still perfect, but that he’ll continue to monitor me 6 monthly for the next year, then annually.
So today, 8 months after the operation I have better mobility than I’ve had for 20+ years, and no pain whatsoever. As a consequence of the hip being geometrically and anatomically correct, the persistent back pain and knee pain I’d experienced for years had also disappeared.
And like David, I hope @Elizabeth_Cox 's operation went well and that she’s made a full recovery.
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Hooray! Trampoline lessons can resume! 
Hi Brian,
I am really happy to hear that you are doing extremely well and are pain free making your op a really good intervention.
Yes my op went well and I was making good progress once the staples all 33 of them were removed and the bruising eventually went. Unfortunately at my last follow up with an x-ray, it was found that I have ankylosing of the spine and shows little nodules (parrot’s beak) growing on the discs, so was my hip pain due to that? The consultant said I had a hole in the cartilage on the left hip so he replaced that one although I felt the pain was more to the right. He has said he wants me to see a rheumatologist but I have not gone down that route yet as I have had a bit of trouble with an unknown cause of jaundice which is just coming under control with medication, liver biopsy showed nothing untoward. Probably we shall never know why it flared up like it did but at least I know I do not have any cancer or failure of the pancreas, kidneys or gall bladder, so a good overhaul.
I start physio again this week after 3 months and I keep moving and working in the house and garden although I do not have the same stamina that I did previously and have to rest a bit more often. Otherwise I am doing fine. My next x-ray and consultation in September will see how it is all going.
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Thanks for ‘missing’ me David! 
I quite agree with you David that a lumber injection far outweighs the after effects of a general as I am always quite sick after. Hopefully, that was my last major op although I have had a couple of minor ops since that required a short knocking out altogether and did not affect me too much.
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Good news then Elizabeth, and thanks for the update. 
Hi Elizabeth,
I’m very glad you’re doing well but sorry to hear of the complications. I think I was very fortunate that my problem was simply wear and tear due to one leg being too long.
Good luck with the physio. I hope that the strength and stamina return soon.
Best wishes,
Brian
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I’m hoping I won’t be needing one but ever increasing pain in my hips getting really annoying, particularly as I’m only 49!!! I’m hoping it is just hormonal and pass as it has for my older sister!