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    THR 11 months post op :'-(

    Nearly 2 years post op now. (Feb. 10th) The THR still hurts worse than it did before surgery. The revision specialist I saw, told me that it would never get better, but I still had hope. I guess he was right. The hip is permanently ruined and there is nothing anyone can do about it. I still...
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    THR 11 months post op :'-(

    I did see a revision specialist a couple weeks ago. He told me that most likely he can't help me but he ordered a bone scan to see if the prosthetic was still firmly in place and not shifting. We did the scan and I went back to see him a few days ago. The scan showed that everything looked...
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    THR 11 months post op :'-(

    My surgeon may have stuck his head in during the surgery, which from what I understand would make it legal. But from where I was laying, I didn't see him at all. Having been given a spinal for the surgery and some "twilight" I do remember a lot of it. Including asking Todd to show me the bone...
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    THR 11 months post op :'-(

    I had the replacement done in Seattle at the University of Washington by Dr. Paul Manner, who was supposed to be "the best". I've since learned that going to a "teaching" hospital like a University is not such a good idea. Especially if your doctor is running over three hours late for your...
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    THR 11 months post op :'-(

    My surgery was last Feb. Right hip replacement. I'm still at the stage where I regret getting it done. I spent the first 6 months on crutches because it was just too painful. I can at least walk on it now although it's more like walking around the hip rather than the hip moving properly to be...
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    THR Trying to recover Post OP Feb 10th

    I'm nearly 6 weeks post op now and I have nothing to report. Everything is still the same. No detectable improvement yet. Thanks Healthyhip12 for your continued encouragement and thanks also to Hoppy Nanny. That is also encouraging to hear from someone that had difficulties like this. I'm...
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    THR Trying to recover Post OP Feb 10th

    Thanks once again Healthyhip12! Just got back from the docs. The xray looks good. The incision sites look good. So they can't figure out why I can't put any weight on it or sit. So they gave me some long acting morphine and more dilaudid and tripled my nerve pain meds. The doc said to just...
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    THR Trying to recover Post OP Feb 10th

    Thank you for your kind words Healthyhip12! That is the first encouraging thing I've heard so far. They haven't talked about when they will do my left hip but it's "inevitable" apparently. Right now I feel like even though that my right hip had been collapsed since Sept. I could have gone the...
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    THR Trying to recover Post OP Feb 10th

    1. what are your pain levels right now? (remember the 1-10 scale: 1 = no pain and 10 = the worst you can imagine. And don't compare this with the bone-on-bone pain you had before surgery! I actually have AVN in both hips and my right hip collapsed back in Sept. So I didn't actually have the...
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    THR Trying to recover Post OP Feb 10th

    Those links make me feel even worse. According to those charts and statistics from people most likely much older and harder to heal than I am, I should be walking with a cane twice a day for 10 to 20 minutes. I can't put weight on my leg yet! Three steps and I'm in pain. I can't sit down. I...
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    THR Trying to recover Post OP Feb 10th

    I have had a very bad time with this. I have lupus which might have played a little part in it. Although my lupus has been very quiet for the last 10 years. I had the anterior surgery which I thought would be quicker to recover from and easier. I wasn't able to get up out of bed until the...
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    2014 February Valentines - Are you having hip surgery in February?

    It's definite now! The surgeon thinks I'll be fine for the MIS anterior and we're keeping the Feb. 10th surgery! Yipee!
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    2014 February Valentines - Are you having hip surgery in February?

    Possibly having the right hip replaced on Feb. 10th. Met with the PA last month.... I'll know more after meeting the surgeon up in Seattle this afternoon. Both hips have AVN, the right hip collapsed back in Sept of last year. There is a possibility that the doctor won't do surgery but my...
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    Holding out

    Yes I did check that out Elosarabrab. There are a couple in my area, and of course I've been to a couple. I did have the bilateral CD hip surgery last year by a certified OS. But I find it's much nicer to get a recommendation from an actual person that's been there, done that. So I really...
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    Holding out

    I would really like to! I'm trying my best to find a doctor that will do the surgery. :)
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