Hipster-2
junior member
- Joined
- Jun 22, 2020
- Messages
- 44
- Age
- 58
- Country
- United States
- Gender
- Female
Hello Team,
I have left THR tomorrow morning - 53-year old woman with an active career and lifestyle. I had right THR almost a year ago, and suffered some significant soft tissue complications that are still a quality of life issue today, though slowly improving. As that issue was apparently very rare, I will post all about it at some point to give hope to others who may experience the same. Short version - postop seromas are not innocuous!
My hip issues are the result of mild to moderate hip dysplasia and acetabular impingement; had I known this perhaps I wouldn’t have been a runner all my life, and chosen a lower-impact form of aerobic exercise instead. As it was, I experienced no hip pain until around 48 years of age when I tore the right labrum and DJD began to accelerate rapidly. By 2019 it was more than I could tolerate and I had the anterior THR. Although I had moderate to severe arthritis in the left hip at the time and knew the clock was ticking on that one, I was very disappointed when the labrum tore a few months after right THR. I hoped it would settle down with conservative management and I would have a few years before hip replacement was required (as I’d had with the right side), but the instability and pain accelerated rapidly over subsequent months. I was not scared at all going into right THR - I have high pain tolerance and have always bounced back very quickly after any surgery, minor or major. But since the last year has been such a dark hole of pain and disability I am far more worried this time around and hoping for a much easier go of it.
Best wishes to all for an uneventful procedure and smooth recovery!
I have left THR tomorrow morning - 53-year old woman with an active career and lifestyle. I had right THR almost a year ago, and suffered some significant soft tissue complications that are still a quality of life issue today, though slowly improving. As that issue was apparently very rare, I will post all about it at some point to give hope to others who may experience the same. Short version - postop seromas are not innocuous!
My hip issues are the result of mild to moderate hip dysplasia and acetabular impingement; had I known this perhaps I wouldn’t have been a runner all my life, and chosen a lower-impact form of aerobic exercise instead. As it was, I experienced no hip pain until around 48 years of age when I tore the right labrum and DJD began to accelerate rapidly. By 2019 it was more than I could tolerate and I had the anterior THR. Although I had moderate to severe arthritis in the left hip at the time and knew the clock was ticking on that one, I was very disappointed when the labrum tore a few months after right THR. I hoped it would settle down with conservative management and I would have a few years before hip replacement was required (as I’d had with the right side), but the instability and pain accelerated rapidly over subsequent months. I was not scared at all going into right THR - I have high pain tolerance and have always bounced back very quickly after any surgery, minor or major. But since the last year has been such a dark hole of pain and disability I am far more worried this time around and hoping for a much easier go of it.
Best wishes to all for an uneventful procedure and smooth recovery!