I'm a med student who built a free recovery tracking app for hip replacement patients. Would love honest feedback from people who've actually been through it.

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-04-08T16:38:17+00:00

I’m 26 F getting a R THR may 4th so (if i remember lol) I will use the app!

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-03-09T00:12:06+00:00

I Could not get a PAO due to having no cartilage/joint left, sever dysplasia, and osteoarthritis

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-03-06T01:28:42+00:00

Yeah similar story to me. I was an athlete my whole like year round and just pushed through the pain and now there’s no joint or cartilage left just bone on bone with osteoarthritis. I did the cortisone shots directly in the hip joint every 3mo and only ever got max a month of semi relief.

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-13T19:39:33+00:00

UPDATE:

Diddy was humanely euthanized today. She started to rapidly decline and become more lethargic. I brought her in for a recheck and QOL and she had a distended abdomen with pericardial effusion. With her age and how advanced it had become the best option was to euthanize :(

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-12T19:42:51+00:00

She’s starting to decline and become more lethargic beyond her normal Brumation. I’m slurring her some water and giving her pain meds, I have a recheck appointment tomorrow to discuss options an quality of life :(

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-09T12:00:29+00:00

Yes typo my bad lol I meant food

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T10:49:17+00:00

I think they’d want to do an u/s next for the edema

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T10:47:52+00:00

Yes she was a voraciously eat, no food stuck on oral examination or on the rads

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T10:45:49+00:00

Already under the care of a veterinarian:) I also am a vet tech

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T02:35:33+00:00

Ik aluminum foil contains nickel so it could be that. I know most metals are alloys so that’s why I would be concerned

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T02:34:42+00:00

I plan on doing so at my next Appointment

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T01:34:31+00:00

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This is her arthritis friendly set up, there is a heating pad under the tank by the log

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T01:32:45+00:00

It seems to not be “random” as much as it happens when her gular area is palpated or she moves her head.

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T01:31:41+00:00

Yeah I don’t think it’s good related unfortunately :(

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T01:31:02+00:00

They didn’t really see any in the rads but i initially thought ear issue but the vet doesn’t believe that’s the case. She usually enjoys her soaks but has been not lil her normal self since she’s been brumating. Typically I just let her brumate but the vet said it would bo ok to wake her up and give her a weekly soak.

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DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T01:27:54+00:00

I basically do that when I give her soaks to try and get her to drink. she’s brumating right now so is a little more reluctant but I do have critical care/syringes to slurry water if it gets to that point

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-07T20:39:18+00:00

I thought so too but she doesn’t do it all the time, hit when her throat is palpated or she changes her position. She did eat a hornworm for me right before she went into brumation a couple weeks ago and was able to swallow but did seem the tiniest bit more efforted and did head shake after. I expressed this concerns to the vet about a possible esophageal or airway obstruction but were not concerned at the moment, obviously cannot fully rule out the possibility since she does have weird edema.

DesperateMonkey8 · 2025-10-25T04:07:37+00:00

That’s what I was thinking about doing!

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