Getting Into Bathtub

[nohorn]

I may be headed toward getting an artificial hip. With a hip replacement, will I be able to get in and out of a normal bathtub. I detest showers, always have, always will. I love my bubbly tubers.

[ummmm]

Not for about 6+ weeks but if it's successful you should be able to.

[jno]

here's some advice I pasted from a vanished page:

Wait at least 6 weeks before attempting to have a bath. Have someone else to help, if possible, the first time you try the bath. Sit on the side or end of the bath and swing your legs in. Keep your operated leg straight as you get in and out, and lower yourself in and out by taking your weight through your arms. When you are in the bath, you can relax your leg. It is advisable to use a non- slip mat in the bath.

Remember you can buy walk-in baths:

http://www.bathingsolutions.co.uk/walk-in-baths?utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=bath&utm_source=google&uuid=dee6fe27-bd5c-40e7-97d6-0f4303c36249

There are quite a lot on the amrket

[Postdog]

My partner has one. Not for some weeks but eventually yes. She actually finds it easier than before.

[nohorn]

Thanks for your replies. Very helpful and alleviates my worries. Thats how I get in and out now, with my arm strength. I guess when I no longer have arm strength I will maybe get one of those walk-ins.

[Sqad]

nohorn......good morning.

You clearly prefer a bath to a shower.

A hip replacement does indeed make having a bath a hazardous procedure and depends largely on confidence, confidence that you have with your new hip.

Confidence takes time....maybe 5 months, maybe a year........maybe never.

Getting into the bath should not be a problem, but getting out again and slipping in the bath are quite different and difficult.

A shower is clearly out of the question for you and hence i would get a walk in bath BEFORE having your hip replaced so that you can get used to the new equipment.

[nohorn]

Thanks everyone; things to think aboutl

[dekkypoo]

I had a new hip Feb 2012, within 8 weeks it had healed completely and I have been having regular baths ever since, NO PROBLEMS!!

[whistonian]

You could use a bath lift Nohorn. http://www.betterlifehealthcare.com/products.php?catID=15&subID=34&gclid=Cj0KEQjw8aeiBRCknPXk-u_V_4gBEiQAD2-mgWIr3E59mh2uVs54s65rGPXgaWA0wwSYoa6yK8oFT64aAodt8P8HAQ

My wife used one of these when she had her lower leg amputated until we fitted a wheel-in shower unit.

[Peter Pedant]

and good luck with your hip

had an assessment from someone whom I had last seen as an ortho reg in Sep 1986 and he said to me - correct your hip is knackered

For the resurfacing one the other side 2008 I had worked out jno's method of getting in and out of a bath without dislocating the hip

also try to get an occupational therapy assessment - they will put in various stuff

I have a pole (!!) and fall bars around the bathroom courtesy of the NHS
and whenver I use them I think: thank god I paid my taxes for 40 y

[jourdain2]

I'd no problem with baths after my first hip replacement in 2005, but grab handles are a help at first. I think I was bathing, with help in and out, after 4 weeks, driving after 6. I walked a mile 4 weeks afterwards. Make sure you do all the exercises the physio gives you! Just had the other hip replaced and that isn't as stable as yet, but I like showers, so that's OK... Good luck!