Fennel
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Hi everybody, this is my first post.
I was born with hip dysplasia and had THR on my right hip about 12 years ago. In 2016, I had TKR on my left knee. My left hip, which has always been fine, started bothering me about a year ago. I had X-rays last week and it looks like half the joint is trashed and the other half is still OK, but may not have long, depending on how fast my arthritis progresses. The doctor is having me try Celebrex to see if it helps. If not, and if my pain keeps getting worse, he says I need to go ahead and schedule the THR. He says it will be anterior, that I won't have the post-op restrictions I had with my right hip years ago, and that it will be my easiest joint replacement recovery yet (as long as it's not like the knee, I'll be happy).
I have good days and bad days with the hip. The Celebrex seemed promising at first--I've only been on it a week--but now doesn't seem to be helping. Today I am limping badly, and when the pain is like this and I'm walking too much (like grocery shopping), I feel like I'm going to lose control of my bladder, which is awful. The issue lately is standing up from a sitting position--I have to go slowly and remain bent over, straightening up very, very carefully so the hip doesn't "catch" and give me a sharp jolt of pain. I'm not sure why I'm in this much pain, because the X-ray made it look like half the joint was pretty decent.
I'm leaning toward doing the THR asap, but I'm worried about going into a hospital with Covid, which is very bad right now in my state. And I know this is stupid, but I also feel like a wimp, because it's not like the whole joint is bone-on-bone. I'm curious to know how recovery from THR differs now from when I had mine 12 years ago. Is it really that much easier? Anyone out there who has had a posterior THR and a more recent anterior THR?
I was born with hip dysplasia and had THR on my right hip about 12 years ago. In 2016, I had TKR on my left knee. My left hip, which has always been fine, started bothering me about a year ago. I had X-rays last week and it looks like half the joint is trashed and the other half is still OK, but may not have long, depending on how fast my arthritis progresses. The doctor is having me try Celebrex to see if it helps. If not, and if my pain keeps getting worse, he says I need to go ahead and schedule the THR. He says it will be anterior, that I won't have the post-op restrictions I had with my right hip years ago, and that it will be my easiest joint replacement recovery yet (as long as it's not like the knee, I'll be happy).
I have good days and bad days with the hip. The Celebrex seemed promising at first--I've only been on it a week--but now doesn't seem to be helping. Today I am limping badly, and when the pain is like this and I'm walking too much (like grocery shopping), I feel like I'm going to lose control of my bladder, which is awful. The issue lately is standing up from a sitting position--I have to go slowly and remain bent over, straightening up very, very carefully so the hip doesn't "catch" and give me a sharp jolt of pain. I'm not sure why I'm in this much pain, because the X-ray made it look like half the joint was pretty decent.
I'm leaning toward doing the THR asap, but I'm worried about going into a hospital with Covid, which is very bad right now in my state. And I know this is stupid, but I also feel like a wimp, because it's not like the whole joint is bone-on-bone. I'm curious to know how recovery from THR differs now from when I had mine 12 years ago. Is it really that much easier? Anyone out there who has had a posterior THR and a more recent anterior THR?