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    THR Loose Hardware?

    Welcome back Euxpat. I’ve been amazed at the number of soft tissue issues I’ve had since my two THA. Only the two most recent, PT’s have helped me past those significanty. They’re both Doctor of PT-trained and got me into different approaches helping me with bad piriformis problems, some glute...
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    Revision THR Hip Revision Needed from 2002 THR

    Hi folks, I'm a happy camper now, that I've had both 2nd and 3rd opinions on my R hip that may be moving toward revision. Both the new ones agree with me and all my other providers; I think the last hip surgeon somehow got a mental block with me, sometimes it can be a personality clash. I've now...
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    THR New Here - Difficult Painful Recovery - 3 months post op

    Hi Jamie and all. I meant to explain that Dr. Crane was speaking of having a steroid injection and then having to wait a year before having a replacement surgery, not about a steroid injection following surgery. I sure agree with you that RaphPalo's situation needs a new opinion and resolution soon.
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    THR New Here - Difficult Painful Recovery - 3 months post op

    Another thought. The surgeon who did my original hips, Dr. Hal Crane, in Denver, CO, gave a lecture in 2017 which is recorded online; he's since retired. But I learned from his lecture that a steroid injection at the site of a hip replacement within a year of the injection has a 30 % higher...
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    THR New Here - Difficult Painful Recovery - 3 months post op

    I'm also so sad to hear what you're going through due to a poor fit. At least it's validating that it's not your doing. I hope you do get a second and third opinion, as these follks here have advised me to do, with the most experienced replacement surgeons you can locate in NYC. It's worth the...
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    Revision THR Hip Revision Needed from 2002 THR

    Oh, and I got my courage up and asked this surgeon of his experience; he does 500 hip replacments in a year, and 10% are hip revisions, so that's 50, which seems fine to me. He was knowledgeable, and asked me to track down the exact hardware put in in 2001, so I've done my best calling that...
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    Revision THR Hip Revision Needed from 2002 THR

    Today's 2nd opinion hip surgeon was more reasonable, did the appropriate exams, saw very early wear which is just what I and my other providers also think, is not afraid of my spine issues, and is willing to take me, follow my old replacements about once a year or sooner if there is more pain...
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    Revision THR Hip Revision Needed from 2002 THR

    Thank you Jamie. I"ll keep these in mind. Actually, I'm seeing Dr. Todd Miner next week, who is in the same clinic as Dr. Jennings. And that clinic is where I had Dr. Doug Dennis, for years, who is excellent; he did my L /TKR 6 years ago. I would go back to see him, but I am told he's retiring...
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    Revision THR Hip Revision Needed from 2002 THR

    Hi Deni444. I looked into him, thank you for your note. He sounds like he gets the big picture, how all these parts and processes influence others. Chronic pain is so important to address! I had fibromyalgia briefly when I was between surgeries and totally disabled, and I get how that process...
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    Revision THR Hip Revision Needed from 2002 THR

    Thank you for all the names. Today I'll see one 2nd opinion hip surgeon about my hip possibly needing revisioin, and next week a 3rd opinion. I got the referrals from my rheumatologist who agrees with everyone else including my spine rehab doc and me that my mild, dull, ache, hip pain on...
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    Revision THR Hip Revision Needed from 2002 THR

    Thank you all for responding. I see that Jamie moved my issue into a new thread, thanks. My R THR was 2001, not 2002. To Deni444, thanks for sharing your Dad's journey, good luck to him! I've done loads of walking, hiking, in the past, without this hip signal until it started gradually about...
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    Revision THR Hip Revision Needed from 2002 THR

    Hi Pumpkin, I remember you from 6 years ago! The joint I'm concerned about is R THA, 2001. Long story. It has served me great, all this time. I mostly exercised in therapy pools, so very little impact over these years, but now I'm doing more walking and the walking is really great for back...
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    TKR Purple swollen leg 5 days post-replacement

    Hi folks, it looks like I never gave a follow-up from my TKA which now is 6 years ago. I saw a physiatrist for the Numb/dead feeling I got in that lower leg, and nerve conduction/EMG studies confirmed I had pulled a peroneal superficial sensory nerve, so at least it wasn't me that was wrong when...
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    Welcome to the January Jackpots' 2019 Knee Recovery Club

    I had Left knee replaced Jan. 30, 2019. Please add me to the Jan. Jackpots. Thanks, nell41
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    TKR Purple swollen leg 5 days post-replacement

    Hi folks, I have a new problem I’m hoping is just temporary: my foot feels numb, some tingles, and seems to walk sort of dead weight, slapping on the ground, and behind my knee is still very sore. My PA blames it maybe on “something wrong with your L4-S1 fusion,” as he says peroneal nerve...
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