Chani
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Hello there. My mother had a fall and emergency hip surgery. Her procedure was a Bipolar Hip Hemiarthroplasty - Socket and Ball. She is 72 and quite active.
From her first physical therapy day (which was a day after surgery) she felt a "slipping sensation" or "shifting" in the area of the surgery. We are 3 weeks and 3 days post surgery and she still feels this. She was worried it might be a dislocation but her PT told her she would be in extreme pain if it was a dislocation.
So, my question is, has anyone experienced this? Could it be her new parts? Her muscles? It's freaking her out that she can feel this shifting/slipping every time she takes a step. Also, we have a primary care appt today and an appt with the surgeon on Thursday. When asking questions about this issue, is there certain vocabulary words we can use to explain to the doctors better?
She's also feeling a great deal of anxiety since she was so active and now she really can't do much (yet). It was a traumatic accident and a painful road to the surgery. So the sensation she is feeling is being looped in her brain over and over. She's scared.
Okay, thanks for any advice. I'm going to see if I can get her to join the forum -- we'll see.
Best.
From her first physical therapy day (which was a day after surgery) she felt a "slipping sensation" or "shifting" in the area of the surgery. We are 3 weeks and 3 days post surgery and she still feels this. She was worried it might be a dislocation but her PT told her she would be in extreme pain if it was a dislocation.
So, my question is, has anyone experienced this? Could it be her new parts? Her muscles? It's freaking her out that she can feel this shifting/slipping every time she takes a step. Also, we have a primary care appt today and an appt with the surgeon on Thursday. When asking questions about this issue, is there certain vocabulary words we can use to explain to the doctors better?
She's also feeling a great deal of anxiety since she was so active and now she really can't do much (yet). It was a traumatic accident and a painful road to the surgery. So the sensation she is feeling is being looped in her brain over and over. She's scared.
Okay, thanks for any advice. I'm going to see if I can get her to join the forum -- we'll see.
Best.
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