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Originally Posted by stopdog
No -acupuncture does not normally leave any marks at all. Sometimes it can leave a small bruise but, at least on me, it was not often or usual. And I have had a lot of acupuncture for things like bicycle and motorcycle crashes.
I had a whole hip replaced outpatient. I was not a candidate for hip revision. I despised my interactions with the medical people but I am okay. Stairs were fine from the first day -going up was easier than going down but down was doable. I was in an opiate haze for about the first 4 days then only took them before pt because pt people are sadists -but at least they are useful sadists. They are also, or at least the ones I have hired, extremely extroverted and exuberant go-getter types.
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Thanks, SD, that helps to know. If you could do stairs with a whole hip replaced, then I imagine they should be fine for a more minor surgery for H.
And I like the term "useful sadists." The one I saw for a bit for my neck didn't seem particularly extroverted, but maybe he's an outlier. Or perhaps I was just sending off "don't talk to me" vibes, because H saw the same guy for a couple different injuries and said he was quite chatty. Then again, H is pretty extroverted, so perhaps he was the initiator of the conversation.