{"id":2885,"date":"2023-12-14T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T07:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/?p=2885"},"modified":"2023-12-28T11:55:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T18:55:47","slug":"hip-replacement-v-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/?p=2885","title":{"rendered":"Hip Replacement &#8211; v 2.0!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2885\" class=\"elementor elementor-2885\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f13f0d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f13f0d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-837c4e4\" data-id=\"837c4e4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-78d46d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78d46d3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e20181f\" data-id=\"e20181f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97cb6c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97cb6c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Well, it was finally time to do the right hip!\u00a0 The discomfort had been getting worse and making it way harder to do the stuff I actually retired to do!\u00a0 Like&#8230; walking, hiking, getting up and down from the couch, etc!<\/p><p>It&#8217;s been since May 13, 2021 since the last hip, so I wasn&#8217;t as anxious about the procedure this time!\u00a0 Dr. Kaper did this hip as well, as he TOTALLY ROCKS! As does all of his staff!\u00a0 He was very upfront about no two surgeries being exactly the same even though it was the same procedure on the same person and he was definitely right!\u00a0 This one didn&#8217;t seem quite as pain-free as the last one, but it sure wasn&#8217;t bad!<\/p><p>Donna picked me up from the Out-Patient Surgery center when I was done and I was home by 1:00 pm!\u00a0 Surgery was at 7:00 am!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-424ff79\" data-id=\"424ff79\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5eb976 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f5eb976\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/R-Hip_2-300x292.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2891\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/R-Hip_2-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/R-Hip_2.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d8b7005 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d8b7005\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c77302c\" data-id=\"c77302c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e116055 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e116055\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_9629-300x287.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2889\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_9629-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/retirement-rocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_9629.jpg 471w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba1d1cd\" data-id=\"ba1d1cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16c91ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16c91ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This was my view of the world for the first few days, but got up and walked around and did stuff every hour as that was what they suggested!\u00a0 I LOVED the Compression things they sent home to prevent DVT&#8217;s!\u00a0 It was like having my own personal massage therapist!<\/p><p>And other than totally passing out on Day 2 post-op and landing on the surgical hip on the tile floor, recovery was really smooth!\u00a0 Oops!\u00a0 So glad that implant was in there securely!\u00a0 Emily (N.P.) said it was probably an electrolyte imbalance so to drink Gatorade!\u00a0 INSTANT TURN-AROUND! 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