Hello All,
First post looking for help. Thank you in advance for listening.
My THR was March 20 2019. Things didn't go well from the start but mostly stupid stuff. I had to wait in post op for five hours, massive pain. Finally go to room with massive pain, basically given the weakest percoset (?) 3/xxx every four hours. Still massive pain. Asked for more, no joy. Sent home with instructions to take pain pills at a certain interval (don't remember interval) for a week. Prescription did not cover a week and when asking for more they treated me like a drug addict. I kept saying, maybe something is wrong.
I have been in pain ever since, 5 to 8 pain sometime during the day is normal right now. Good days are 3 to 5. Never a day with out pain. My biggest concern s the swelling. My operative hip sticks out 1" (25MM) further than my other hip.
Due to this, I moved up my one year appointment to today. OS has no explanation for the swelling. Going to get a Bursa shot Thursday in the operative hip due to a pressure point he found. He got blood checked today and is negative for infection. He does not feel anything is wrong with the hip or procedure. As mentioned above my main concern is the swelling. It's not like it's just a little swelling. It is 1" of swelling in the area around the opening site. No fever, no redness.
Other symptoms: Pain when standing, pain when lifting, shooting pain down leg, thigh is still pretty numb, thigh has pain, can not lie in bed very long on that side, and I still have muscle spasms in the operative thigh.
So my quest here is to get informed opinions about this and informed in general. I would also like to know what my next steps are. I will get the Bursa shot on Thursday and keep moving forward. However, I am an engineer (I know!) and would like to have a plan. Having a plan will help me keep them on track, I think.
Thank You
First post looking for help. Thank you in advance for listening.
My THR was March 20 2019. Things didn't go well from the start but mostly stupid stuff. I had to wait in post op for five hours, massive pain. Finally go to room with massive pain, basically given the weakest percoset (?) 3/xxx every four hours. Still massive pain. Asked for more, no joy. Sent home with instructions to take pain pills at a certain interval (don't remember interval) for a week. Prescription did not cover a week and when asking for more they treated me like a drug addict. I kept saying, maybe something is wrong.
I have been in pain ever since, 5 to 8 pain sometime during the day is normal right now. Good days are 3 to 5. Never a day with out pain. My biggest concern s the swelling. My operative hip sticks out 1" (25MM) further than my other hip.
Due to this, I moved up my one year appointment to today. OS has no explanation for the swelling. Going to get a Bursa shot Thursday in the operative hip due to a pressure point he found. He got blood checked today and is negative for infection. He does not feel anything is wrong with the hip or procedure. As mentioned above my main concern is the swelling. It's not like it's just a little swelling. It is 1" of swelling in the area around the opening site. No fever, no redness.
Other symptoms: Pain when standing, pain when lifting, shooting pain down leg, thigh is still pretty numb, thigh has pain, can not lie in bed very long on that side, and I still have muscle spasms in the operative thigh.
So my quest here is to get informed opinions about this and informed in general. I would also like to know what my next steps are. I will get the Bursa shot on Thursday and keep moving forward. However, I am an engineer (I know!) and would like to have a plan. Having a plan will help me keep them on track, I think.
Thank You