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THR A 39 year old's recovery

I've been drinking with my meds at night. I know it's terrible and it does scare me, but it's the only thing that I have found to help with my pain.


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Amen to that Donor!!


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@whiteshoecovers my hubby and I went to stanford last year for a very complex 2nd knee replacement for him. His world renowned surgeon said....have a drink with your evening pain dose as both increase the effects of each other. True...I was shocked but hubby did just that for his recovery. We are not talking a bottle we are talking a drink. But why it had to be the really expensive JohnnyWalker....surgeon could not explain to me. I thought the cheap costco stuff should suffice but nope. It's a fine line I think because we read things that really are scary. Best to you today....
 
Well alcohol seems to be what's missing from my regimen. Bummer. I don't drink, but looks like that would be a way around the difficulty falling asleep. Maybe I should try in the name of restful sleep ;)


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How is it going fellow 39 yr old? I've never had a cortisone shot so no clue how that feels right away. Better?


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I had the iliopsoas injection today. While the process of setting the needle reproduced my pain, the injection did not relieve it at all, in fact it flared a bit. We waited about and hour and did the obturator and that was the same story. Unlike my groin, my emotions have grown numb to these disappointments.
 
Please don't dispair. Pain sometimes is worse before it's better with cortisone injections. Give it a week or 10 days to see if it will help. I hope it does.
 
@whiteshoecovers @Jamie is right!!! I've had so many injections in my life in just about every joint. There have been times I've said what the hell have I done! !! The pain was much worse in days after, and a good doctor will prepare you for that. Or at least tell you it may not kick in for a few days. Don't give up!!!
 
Hang in there. I hope it starts working soon.


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Hope it works too.

Worth noting that the inguinal, illiohypergastric and genitofemoral nerve pass through the psoas. Defending on where the pain is one of those could be involved.

Any sensory disruption or tenderness on your skin? Any pain radiating up to your iliac crest?



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What they all said ^^ It can take some time for it to work. I was actually surprised when it worked so fast for me. And if it doesn't work then you know you were barking up the wrong tree and you'll have to keep looking. I'm still trying to figure out all my aches and pains. Thinking about getting some rolfing/myofascial work because i'm sure my fascia is all kinds of screwed up and causing continued issues from head to toe. Oh yeah and just to help you feel better...guess who pulled a lower back muscle doing deadlifts last night? Yup, this idiot right here. :banghead: I was no where near my max so I thought I was taking it easy and I need stronger glutes, been working on all this in PT so it wasn't crazy for me to be doing them. So I'm back on the couch, ice, barely moving and we go on vacation to the beach tomorrow! I guess if a shark bites me (we'll be in the Outer Banks) I'll be happy if he bites my left leg off including my hip - just call it a day with the whole darn thing! :rotfl:
 
There needs to be a frowny face instead of just a heart for like! You two are in a serious bad streak of luck! Hope your vacation isn't ruined!


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Well I've been petering along with no real progress. I see two PTs a week, one does exclusively soft tissue work and the other is an ortho PT and he does mobilization and (tries) strengthening. I do walk better than I did a few months ago but am not better. Even these PTs are getting pretty frustrated. At my PTs suggestion, I am getting a couple botox injections into my adductor and glute min. My glute min is too active, has way too much tone and really limits my mobility. After he spends a couple minutes "releasing" it, my mobility increases so much it's almost laughable. And since all my pain is in my adductor, and that tissue refuses to get better from almost a year now of constant work, we are going to inject that too. (botox temporarily paralyzes your muscles for about 6 months.)

I'm supposed to make a 1 year follow up with my THR surgeon, but I'm inclined to skip it.
 
I found a combination that has actually worked! I kept asking for botox to paralyze my overactive muscles but no one hear had heard of that being done. Dry needling was a god send for me. It took awhile to find all the right muscles, I think it was like uncovering the layers of an onion. We attacked psoas, glute med and rectus femoris which helped but I still couldn't walk around the grocery store without pain. The Sartorious muscle was the hidden key and once he dry needled that I could actually feel my glutes activate easier and they became the primary muscle group instead of the hip flexors. So the combo of dry needling and pilates based physical therapy made all the difference in the world to me. The Pilates physical therapist was able to really break down the movements so that I wasnt "muscling" through things but actually using the right muscles in the right way at the right time.

But then Sunday I slipped on mud during a hike and cracked a rib in my back...so yeah..i'm not meant to be pain free!
 
I just read through your thread. The entire time I was thinking, "Something is really wrong." I'm really sorry you've had such a difficult time.

One thing that has helped me with pain is to release as much grief as possible. Have you been able to cry? I mean intense crying and sobbing. It does move a lot of energy. I don't mean to sound too woo woo, but it might help.

I really hope you find a solution. What a disappointment.
 
whiteshoecovers said:
I'm supposed to make a 1 year follow up with my THR surgeon, but I'm inclined to skip it.
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Given what you have experienced I would not recommend skipping your one year follow-up. Even if the implant is fine, it is important to have record of your situation at one year and then at intervals recommended by your surgeon.
 
@whiteshoecovers How are you getting along? I read your posts and they sound a lot like what I am going through.

I would love to hear an update from you!
 
@Marvy I sure wish they would come back and update also. Other than the extreme pain alot of this is my story word for word. I have a feeling I may have some nerve issues going on and maybe I am not feeling the full extent of what is going on.
 
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