Thank you so much Paul

Thank you 🙏

Thank you kindly

Thank you so much 😊 already looking forward to better days ahead 😀

Thanks guys, hope everyone is doing well. 😀😀

Thanks for the encouragement. It already feels better I don't have the hip pain now just the operation pain.

Thank you. Chelle is doing everything. I’m being well looked after 😀

@@AlanAndChelle excellent! Speedy recovery!

Oh no that sounds really bad. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Thanks Caroline. It did go well, I had my op in Woodend. For me with maybe one exception, all the staff were great. It was just the say that they sent Michelle away without explaining what was going to happen that was a bit upsetting. More so for Chelle than me I was too nervous to spot it at the time. The other three people on my ward had knees done. One went home the same day the other two were still in when I left. I think that a knee is more involved than a hip. The guy next to me had two hips done at the same time last year. He wasn’t worse off than that but he was able to compare the two operations. He didn’t enjoy any of them. Hopefully you get yours done soon so that you can get some summer enjoyment.

Hi, no I didn’t have to go through that. My father in law however has been sent to the dentist before he can get his hip done.

They only offered be the epidural. The only choice I was given was to be awake or to be given a sedative. I said that I didn't want a sedative as that can prolong your stay in hospital. In the end they did sedate me, all I remember was the surgeons first cut. Then they woke me up a couple of hours later. I highly recommend that course, I had no felling of sickness and recovery very quickly from the epidural. If fact the whole process, for me was a pretty smooth affair and as stress free as it could be.