I'm 14 weeks into my Hip Replacement The recovery started off amazing. I was at the "top of the class". At the 5-6 week mark, I was walking up to 4-5 miles a day and doing all of the PT without any discomfort.
The day after the 6 week mark, I was walking when the repaired leg just scuffed over a dirt mound, no higher than a door threshold between 2 rooms, and bam. Not pain, but a very uncomfortable feeling developed. I went home and iced down, like I normally do after all exercise.
After a couple of days with continued pain and discomfort, I called my surgeon and got an appt for 4 days later. X-Rays showed a perfectly healing hip replacement. Maybe a muscle strain, I was told to slow down. I reduced my walking and PT. Another 2 weeks passed and no improvement.
I saw my primary, he eliminated some things. I made another appt to see my surgeon. More X-Rays, he thought maybe there was a slight fracture and wanted to be sure so he schedules a CT Scan. That next week I saw the surgeon to go over the scan, nothing. He wants me to shut everything down. Back on crutches, ugh!!! 2 days ago I saw the surgeon again, he is perplexed, in 30 years he has never seen anything like this. He scheduled some lab work to rule out an infection.
My other issue is that now my 2 knees that have TKR, Sept 2017/Jan 2018, are feeling discomfort, stiffness, crackling, and my right knee even slightly buckled. ( I did recently see that surgeon, X-Rays showed nothing). I know I need to hear back from the lab before making any determinations.
Just want to say a few things about this process. #1 Does the original pre-op lab work test for these type of infections? #2 My surgeon didn't prescribe antibiotics for after the surgery, is that common? #3 I think 4-6 weeks after the surgery the dr should request lab work to make sure everything is going okay.
I am also wondering if having recovered from Covid, 6 weeks before the surgery, has anything to do with this.
The day after the 6 week mark, I was walking when the repaired leg just scuffed over a dirt mound, no higher than a door threshold between 2 rooms, and bam. Not pain, but a very uncomfortable feeling developed. I went home and iced down, like I normally do after all exercise.
After a couple of days with continued pain and discomfort, I called my surgeon and got an appt for 4 days later. X-Rays showed a perfectly healing hip replacement. Maybe a muscle strain, I was told to slow down. I reduced my walking and PT. Another 2 weeks passed and no improvement.
I saw my primary, he eliminated some things. I made another appt to see my surgeon. More X-Rays, he thought maybe there was a slight fracture and wanted to be sure so he schedules a CT Scan. That next week I saw the surgeon to go over the scan, nothing. He wants me to shut everything down. Back on crutches, ugh!!! 2 days ago I saw the surgeon again, he is perplexed, in 30 years he has never seen anything like this. He scheduled some lab work to rule out an infection.
My other issue is that now my 2 knees that have TKR, Sept 2017/Jan 2018, are feeling discomfort, stiffness, crackling, and my right knee even slightly buckled. ( I did recently see that surgeon, X-Rays showed nothing). I know I need to hear back from the lab before making any determinations.
Just want to say a few things about this process. #1 Does the original pre-op lab work test for these type of infections? #2 My surgeon didn't prescribe antibiotics for after the surgery, is that common? #3 I think 4-6 weeks after the surgery the dr should request lab work to make sure everything is going okay.
I am also wondering if having recovered from Covid, 6 weeks before the surgery, has anything to do with this.
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