Liza’s Side Effects

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Liza, 59, is a married lawyer with two adult children. She was an avid skier and though she had reconstructive surgery on her knee 16 years ago, she was able to everything she wanted to activity-wise. Liza hid her new, chronic pain for about a year. She had to help herself get into her car with her arms. When she finally got a doctor’s opinion, to her surprise, she was told she needed a hip replacement. The pain had been radiating from her hip and Liza mistook it for knee pain a common mistake with this diagnosis. She was initially in denial but after getting a second opinion with the same diagnosis, she decided she had to do it.

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ContributorLiza, 59Read Full Bio

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Liza, 59, is a married lawyer with two adult children. She was an avid skier and though she had reconstructive surgery on her knee 16 years ago, she was able to everything she wanted to activity-wise. Liza hid her new, chronic pain for about a year. She had to help herself get into her car with her arms. When she finally got a doctor’s opinion, to her surprise, she was told she needed a hip replacement. The pain had been radiating from her hip and Liza mistook it for knee pain a common mistake with this diagnosis. She was initially in denial but after getting a second opinion with the same diagnosis, she decided she had to do it.

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Liza felt that the pain post-op was somewhat worse than her pre-op pain. She thinks it was mainly due to the incision. She used pain meds for the first week but not after that. Liza and her husband actually had fun doing the exercises prescribed to her by her physical therapist. Her husband was her main caregiver and he felt a part of the process of making her feel better. Liza was able to work from home after the first week. Then she went back to work. She left earlier than before but found it nice to focus on something else rather than her “broken body.”

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