Kingster23
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I had my right hip replaced with the anterior method September 16. I believe I had an epidural nerve block. Subsequently I have had (mainly lateral) nerve pain down my thigh from the surgical site. It's largely what I would call cutaneous nerve pain in that it hurts to touch the thigh. Initially it was very painful to have clothing or bedsheets touch my thigh. I'm happy to say that things seem to be (very) slowly improving. However, the other strange complication is the loss of muscle mass in my right thigh. This was apparent soon after the surgery (within a week or so) and it hasn't improved much since. Interestingly, with physical therapy three times a week, I seem to have gotten pretty good strength in the thigh. But it is nevertheless disconcerting. My thighs were thin to begin with, but now I feel like Big Bird on the right side. Does anyone have any similar experience?
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