sgraham
junior member
Hi all,
I had my right hip replaced in December of 2010. After a few uncomfortable months of recovery, I have been pleased as punch with my results. I've been able to do just about anything and have often been able to forget that I have a new hip! I've been riding my bikes (stationary and otherwise), walking, gardening, mowing, Geocaching, etc. and have felt great!
Monday of this week, I left the house and was heading to my car to run some errands. Suddenly, I was limping. Literally, I was fine one step and limping the next. No warning! I continued on to the store believing I could "walk it out" but that didn't work. I used the shopping cart as a crutch until I got home and then grabbed my old cane out of storage.
The pain is somewhat in the groin area, and down the front of my thigh. I've experimented with different motions. I can lay down and lift my leg with no problem. I can rotate my leg in almost any direction with no pain and a quick two minutes pedaling my stationary bike did not hurt. I can bring my knee up to my chest (well, as far as my old body will let me anyhow) without any pain. The only thing that seems to hurt is weight bearing...standing or walking.
Yesterday, after 48 hours of this new situation, I saw my ortho doc. The pain was somewhat improved since Monday but it was still an issue and I was still needing my cane. X-rays showed that everything seems to be seated fine and the bones look healthy. He put me on a regimen of toradol for up to 5 days and I will be having blood work done on Monday. (Have to wait for the B vitamins to be out of my system.)
I do have a metal on metal implant but not one that has been involved in a recall. I have no other symptoms.
I did do a little more than normal over the weekend. I helped lift a fairly heavy piece of furniture, I played horseshoes, I mowed the lawn, and went up and down quite a few stairs. I felt fine after doing all that, however.
Just before I went to the store on Monday afternoon, I put on my sneakers and crossed my feet up over my other leg to do that. I've done that numerous times since the surgery with no problems. ( My doc says I have NO range of motion restrictions.) I probably walked about 50 feet after that before the pain hit. Does anyone think that could be the cause?
Needless to say (but I'll say it anyway), I am very disappointed and frightened. I was SO very happy with the way I was feeling and now... :cry4: I think I would actually feel better about it if I had fallen or had some other definitive thing I could blame this on. Having it happen out of the blue is very disconcerting.
Has anyone else experienced something like this?
@Josephine:
Sheila
I had my right hip replaced in December of 2010. After a few uncomfortable months of recovery, I have been pleased as punch with my results. I've been able to do just about anything and have often been able to forget that I have a new hip! I've been riding my bikes (stationary and otherwise), walking, gardening, mowing, Geocaching, etc. and have felt great!
Monday of this week, I left the house and was heading to my car to run some errands. Suddenly, I was limping. Literally, I was fine one step and limping the next. No warning! I continued on to the store believing I could "walk it out" but that didn't work. I used the shopping cart as a crutch until I got home and then grabbed my old cane out of storage.
The pain is somewhat in the groin area, and down the front of my thigh. I've experimented with different motions. I can lay down and lift my leg with no problem. I can rotate my leg in almost any direction with no pain and a quick two minutes pedaling my stationary bike did not hurt. I can bring my knee up to my chest (well, as far as my old body will let me anyhow) without any pain. The only thing that seems to hurt is weight bearing...standing or walking.
Yesterday, after 48 hours of this new situation, I saw my ortho doc. The pain was somewhat improved since Monday but it was still an issue and I was still needing my cane. X-rays showed that everything seems to be seated fine and the bones look healthy. He put me on a regimen of toradol for up to 5 days and I will be having blood work done on Monday. (Have to wait for the B vitamins to be out of my system.)
I do have a metal on metal implant but not one that has been involved in a recall. I have no other symptoms.
I did do a little more than normal over the weekend. I helped lift a fairly heavy piece of furniture, I played horseshoes, I mowed the lawn, and went up and down quite a few stairs. I felt fine after doing all that, however.
Just before I went to the store on Monday afternoon, I put on my sneakers and crossed my feet up over my other leg to do that. I've done that numerous times since the surgery with no problems. ( My doc says I have NO range of motion restrictions.) I probably walked about 50 feet after that before the pain hit. Does anyone think that could be the cause?
Needless to say (but I'll say it anyway), I am very disappointed and frightened. I was SO very happy with the way I was feeling and now... :cry4: I think I would actually feel better about it if I had fallen or had some other definitive thing I could blame this on. Having it happen out of the blue is very disconcerting.
Has anyone else experienced something like this?
@Josephine:
Sheila
United States
!
I sat for an hour in church and got up so stiff that I could barely move. On the way back to the house we stopped at the home improvement store. Since it has been doing nothing but raining in my neck of the woods, I decided some walking around the mega store, with a cart as support, would give my leg a much needed stretch without the need for an umbrella and galoshes! It worked quite well and I got in about 20 minutes of casual walking. The discomfort seemed to ease. However, by the time we got home 30 minutes later, I was so stiff and sore I could barely move and the pain was back in the groin area. 
