Is anyone paranoid about their hip?

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Debbs1027

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As you know i have had 2 hip replacement and a revision surgery. I also had a dislocation 3 years ago right before my 3rd hip revision surgery. And i am oh so cautious as to what i do. I walk a bit, when i have to. I will ride a bike, but the bad hip gets exhausted quickly. I wont go rollerbladding, because if i fall, it just scares me. I wont let anyone touch my left side, because its numb from the top of my scar, to my knee and its the most disgusting feeling to have someone even put there finger on my leg. Because i had the hip dislocation, i am totally paranoid it will happen again, and gosh that was the worst pain i have ever had, and i have two kids. Anyway, i talked to my surgeon about my paranoya, and he said, under my circumstances, that it expected to be very cautious about it dislocating, but also told me that in most of his patients, they have a dislocation during hte first 6 months, not 6 years like me!
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I don't even think much about my hip. I do anything with it with no worries. I am very active. I've been limited by my back somewhat, but never think twice about my hip.
You called one your bad hip. What is that all about. Aren't they both recent replacements?
judy
 
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oh no. The left one is my bad one.I was born with congenital hip displasure, but it was discovered when i was 8 months old. So, they first put me in a body cast, that didnt work, then a brace still nothing, so they started doing the surgeries on me, i had 21 before i was 15. After having my first hip replacement, i figured nothing could ever go wrong, so i did whatever i wanted to do. I was not even 3 weeks post op and i was riding a jet ski. (Dang i remember the bumps from the ocean, but i was having fun. After my second hip revision, i went roller blading, and did sports with the kids, playing soccer, baseball u name it. Then in 2006 i had the dislocation and since then i am totally chicken poop! I am just very very very cautious of my hip, and hate anyone sitting on my left side, like on the couch, or even touching it cuz i am numb from top of my scar by my butt to my knee.
 
I can fully understand your feelings, Debbs. It's perfectly natural after what you've been through so don't get paranoid about that! It may abate as the years pass, you can only wait and see.
 
Debbs, I think you have every right to feel paranoid about your hip with your history. You've been through a lot! I've had a fear of falling on my hip that had major reconstructive surgery 20 years ago and I've always planned ahead as to how I would fall so as not to mess up that hip again. I have a 2 foot scar as a result of the original surgery and a lot of numbness even after 20 years. Now I'm getting ready to have the hip replaced and some of the metal will have to come out. Both Jo and my OS say it will be a standard op but I still worry a little more about this surgery then I did my knees because of the years of being cautious.
 
My first Hip Replacement Revision Surgery, my os had to go in and remove the cup and liner, i am almost positive that he didnt replace the metal thats in my femur bone. The first os i went to , and the one that did the original hip replacement, put cement in. Cement is not really used for younger patients, because it tends to break away, and your body will fight it, thus resulting in loss of femur bone. So when the os did the 2nd replacement revision, and changed the liner and cup, he gave me cadavar cells to rebuild my femur bone, and i believe its in good shape now.

Now going in and having a revision done, i would think that in normal cases its just routine for the os. Me, well even my os admitted i am not the average patient. How in the world do you pop your hip out sleeping in a reclyner??? I still havent figured that one out yet. haha. but seriously, i have had a lot of work done on my left hip and pelvis bone, that i am not the normal patient. I just am very lucky that i can still walk.

Revision surgery, after the recoop time, which i found to be the same as when i had the THR *but again i was a special case) i was almost pain free, and that was absolutely amazing, since i had had pain since i was a little girl. So your revison, should go smothly i would imagine!!!!
 
Debbs, just a teensy weensy correction there - that might be the reason your OS had for not using cement but it's far from general. A lot of surgeons use cement as a standard - others use uncemented as their standard, age notwithstanding.
 
my first hip replacement, that was done in 1997, the surgeon used cement. But as a result of using the cement (AND my dislocations constantly) the cement broke away and started attacking my femur bone. Well thats what my new OS said before i got the Hip Revision surgery. So im no longer doing the cement, unless the part thats in the femur bone is in by cement. But i dont know. I know my cup and liner are held in via screws

Thank youo for letting me know, i had no idea that it was the doctors choice, i thought that if you where over a certain age you got the THR cemented in and if you where younger it was pinned in??? oh well learn something everyday!!

Thanks
debbs

 
Debbs,

I don't have any words of wisdom for you other than to tell you I'll say a prayer for you. I'm in NW Louisiana so not 2 far from you. I hope you eventually get to a point where it doesn't bother you as much.

When I first had my cervical spine fused I was a basket case when I rode in a car. My Neurosurgeon had told me that one car wreck could paralyze me so I was convinced someone was going to crash into us and do exactly that. That didn't happen and I had to have the fusion re-done anyway. It took another 5 years or so before I got to where I didn't cringe every time a car pulled in front of us or slammed on their brakes beside or in front of us. Finally I realized that if something is going to happen, I'm not going to be able to stop it.

I can live my life and take precautions, but I still have to live life. I can't stop doing things like going shopping just because a car "might" pull out in front of us. That could happen the next driveway up. I have to trust the faith I have in my God that whatever happens, He has it all under control. I'm still not sure where this Hip Replacement falls into in His Plan but one day I hope He'll tell me the answer. [/COLOR][/COLOR]
 
Yikes! No wonder you're so paranoid, Debbs! You are so active! If you sat around like a log, bet you wouldn't be so worry! But you have to live your life!!! Right????(:)0)
 
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