OP
OP
billyedtimmy
junior member
CanadaHope fades. 
I can't believe what a difference things are lately compared to a month or even two ago (In a bad way): In April, I was walking comfortably with ZERO pain and no walking aids, even up to 2 km with only the side-effect of varying degrees of stiffness.
However, since this most recent 'episode', over the past 2 weeks I've only improved slightly (from using both crutches to just the cane about 80% of the time yesterday). I thought I felt well-enough yesterday to do so (and the garden was desperate), so I did a bit of weed-pulling in the garden. Today I could barely walk across the parking lot at work! The pain is SO similar to my pre-op pain, it's disheartening. I can't believe how such relatively modest activity puts me back so easily, and I'm 6-months post-op as of last Friday!
Everything else during my recovery process (e.g., overdoing it at the gym) was always swelling/stiffness. This new stuff just feels like a bone-pain. It's a sharpness that increases with weight and/or distance. I've called my OS to request an X-ray. I don't know what else to do to rule out a skeletal/implant issue. Any suggestions?
It's interesting (perhaps) to note that this onset of pain in the past few weeks comes at a time when the joint feels least stiff/tight. For instance, my ROM took what felt like a relative leap (e.g., can tie my shoe easily and even put on my sock with 2 hands some now). Is there any correlation? Is it possible that my strengthening over the past few months was only applied to a specific 'range' of motion and now that I can move more the muscles that weren't 'worked' previously are really mad from relatively little use? No post-op pain was ever like this before though. Arg.
I'm in Canada, so who knows how long it'll be before my OS gets me an X-ray requisition and has time to review it. I need hope. Second to that, I need booze.
I can't believe what a difference things are lately compared to a month or even two ago (In a bad way): In April, I was walking comfortably with ZERO pain and no walking aids, even up to 2 km with only the side-effect of varying degrees of stiffness.However, since this most recent 'episode', over the past 2 weeks I've only improved slightly (from using both crutches to just the cane about 80% of the time yesterday). I thought I felt well-enough yesterday to do so (and the garden was desperate), so I did a bit of weed-pulling in the garden. Today I could barely walk across the parking lot at work! The pain is SO similar to my pre-op pain, it's disheartening. I can't believe how such relatively modest activity puts me back so easily, and I'm 6-months post-op as of last Friday!
Everything else during my recovery process (e.g., overdoing it at the gym) was always swelling/stiffness. This new stuff just feels like a bone-pain. It's a sharpness that increases with weight and/or distance. I've called my OS to request an X-ray. I don't know what else to do to rule out a skeletal/implant issue. Any suggestions?
It's interesting (perhaps) to note that this onset of pain in the past few weeks comes at a time when the joint feels least stiff/tight. For instance, my ROM took what felt like a relative leap (e.g., can tie my shoe easily and even put on my sock with 2 hands some now). Is there any correlation? Is it possible that my strengthening over the past few months was only applied to a specific 'range' of motion and now that I can move more the muscles that weren't 'worked' previously are really mad from relatively little use? No post-op pain was ever like this before though. Arg.
I'm in Canada, so who knows how long it'll be before my OS gets me an X-ray requisition and has time to review it. I need hope. Second to that, I need booze.
