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    THR Old New Hip<

    I'm now set up for an epidural injection of my back next week. Hope it will help--all I know about epidurals is from working L&D. I guess my back pains are causing me to walk crooked as I'm again having pain in my hip...same pain and in same places as before the replacement. I still have a...
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    THR Old New Hip<

    @Jaycey @Krista That's what I understood the OS to be telling me...that the fx's were too old (healed) to do the kyphoplasty. NOT that I was too old. :heehee: Unfortunately, my back while MUCH better, will occasionally grab me mid-movement. Guess I'll just have to learn to live with that...
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    THR Old New Hip<

    I've seen my Neuro and OS...Neuro says the MRI basically boils down to lots of degenerative stuff most of which comes along with becoming a "senior" (??????) Ortho did some X-rays and the good news is my THR implants look good . The bad news is the X-rays showed a couple of lumbar...
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    THR Old New Hip<

    I've had nothing but a round of troubles this past week. I blew up with generalized edema, very short of breath, plus my back/hip/knee pain has continued. Saw IM, did labs. Said my BNP was ok so not CHF, but liver enzymes all elevated. Put me on lasix and aldactone TID for the edema...
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    THR Old New Hip<

    @YoungHippy Dr Greenlaw's name has come up a couple of times. He belongs to the same group my OS is in (Barton Arthur). Even though we are told to seek out someone not connected to your first OS, it would make my life easier to go to New Bern. What would really make my life easier would be to...
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    THR Old New Hip<

    Guess I'm "borrowing trouble" but does anyone have suggestions for a good hip revision doc near me? I'm a bit limited in my transportation options so would like to go no further than New Bern or Wilmington NC. Thanks...
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    THR Old New Hip<

    @YoungHippy where do you live in NC? In I'm Jacksonville...home of Camp LeJeune and the Marines! @Jaycey I don't have a TENS unit but have heard from several friends that they really help. Are the OTC units any good or should I ask for a doc to prescribe one so insurance can pay?
  8. annie1234

    THR Old New Hip<

    Thanks to all. Does BS have a back forum or is it covered in the "other joints" forum? Does anyone know of a good back forum on another board? I need lots of information!
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    THR Old New Hip<

    Thanks all. I very much agree about a back specialist. I think my OS is to see me to figure out how my THR,TKR and other bad knee impact on my back, then he will send me to the back specialist. Hopefully that one will be in the same group or at least at the same hospital. I am NOT eager to...
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    THR Old New Hip<

    I had my MRI and the report talks about spinal stenosis, several bulging discs, decreased height of a couple of the lumbar vertebrae.....The neurologist wants me to see Ortho. I've got an appointment with the OS who did my hip and knee...Hope he can sort things out as to what is going on. I...
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    THR Old New Hip<

    @Josephine Thank you....I just talked to the MRI people and am on for next Monday. They'll call if someone cancels and they can work me in sooner.
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    THR Old New Hip<

    @Josephine Thank you for your answers...I think :thud:. I'll try to get an appt with my OS as quickly as I can. Do you think I should go ahead with the lumbar sacral MRI? I've been fortunate enough to never have had back problems, but if I'm understanding you correctly it probably isn't...
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    THR Old New Hip<

    Here goes: 1. My scar most closely matches the antero-lateral but is more of an upside down "L" shape. I can't put my hands on my copy of the op report right now to be sure. 2. The pain levels vary from 0 to 10 and in no relation to what I'm doing or have done over the last few days. Last...
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    THR Old New Hip<

    @Josephine. Ask away! I'm looking for all the help I can get. Just came off a 18 hour shift and an barely walk. Have an appt with my neurologist this morning as the pain is also beginning to go up into my right lumbar area. Hoping he will do a CT scan or MRI.
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    THR Old New Hip<

    Hi! I'm about 4½ years out from my right THR and find my old thread has been closed.... I had trouble with pain at about the middle of my femur...about where the implant would end. It was xrayed with no signs of problems and eventually the pains went away. I've developed bone-on-bone...
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