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I have been looking around the forum for the past week or so and found some interesting info that has put my mind to rest. The most valuable so far is that it is normal for my new hip to “clunk” – thanks for that! I have fairly long story and would like to share it - not only for my own benefit (I don’t have much to do right now) - but also in the hope that it may help someone else.<o>
</o> I am a 37 year old (turn 38 tomorrow, actually) South African man and received a Left THR on 3 September 2009. I had Perthes disease as a young child which was only diagnosed when I was about 16 or 17 when it was too late to do anything about it. It resulted in a flattened and widened femoral head (doctor’s called it mushroom head) and shortened left leg, about an inch or 2.5cm. The socket of my hip had formed to fit the malformed head perfectly and while the range of motion was limited it was not chronically painful. The doctors told me that the malformation would increase friction and thus expedite the onset of osteoarthritis and that a THR was inevitable. A case of WHEN and not IF!<o>
</o> I led and active life until about 3 years ago when severe pain resulted in me undergoing a hip arthroscopy, debridement and microfracture, followed by annual hydro cortisone injections and manipulations when the pain recurred. However, at the beginning of 2009 the pain got worse and nothing else was helping and my surgeon advised that now was the right time to undergo the THR. Having always known this day would come I was fairly resigned to my fate and cleared my diary for a September (spring in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1>South Africa</st1></st1:country-region>) operation. The deterioration of the hip prior to the operation was rapid and I crawled into the hospital – looking forward to the operation and the relief and I had been told it would bring.<o>
</o> Things have gone fairly routinely. However, even though I have always known that I would need to undergo this operation nothing really ever prepares you for what it is actually like. Perhaps we don’t want to think about how much of a major operation this is before hand or we might no go through with it. A form of denial, I guess.<o>
</o> The pain was severe for 3 days post-op and then tapered off. I was sent home 5 days post the op. The pain dropped off again significantly on day 8 post-op. I am pretty mobile although I am now experiencing acute pain within the joint on some movements (this is new and started 14 days post-op).
I am now 16 days post-op and I feel like I am on the mend – although I am totally paranoid about a dislocation. I have been told that young(er) people are more prone to dislocations as we often recover quicker and therefore have the ability to get into positions and do the things we are not supposed to do. I detest having to sleep on my back and the thought of 4 more weeks depresses me - so I try not to think about it.
I am interested to be able to share my experience and to be able to check in with others so at to make sure what is normal and what I can expect from my new hip. Hopefully this will allow me to stave off some of my paranoia and stop myself from bugging my surgeon or physio- therapists with stupid questions.<o>
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Kind regards<o></o>
Gavin
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I have been looking around the forum for the past week or so and found some interesting info that has put my mind to rest. The most valuable so far is that it is normal for my new hip to “clunk” – thanks for that! I have fairly long story and would like to share it - not only for my own benefit (I don’t have much to do right now) - but also in the hope that it may help someone else.<o>
</o> I am a 37 year old (turn 38 tomorrow, actually) South African man and received a Left THR on 3 September 2009. I had Perthes disease as a young child which was only diagnosed when I was about 16 or 17 when it was too late to do anything about it. It resulted in a flattened and widened femoral head (doctor’s called it mushroom head) and shortened left leg, about an inch or 2.5cm. The socket of my hip had formed to fit the malformed head perfectly and while the range of motion was limited it was not chronically painful. The doctors told me that the malformation would increase friction and thus expedite the onset of osteoarthritis and that a THR was inevitable. A case of WHEN and not IF!<o>
</o> I led and active life until about 3 years ago when severe pain resulted in me undergoing a hip arthroscopy, debridement and microfracture, followed by annual hydro cortisone injections and manipulations when the pain recurred. However, at the beginning of 2009 the pain got worse and nothing else was helping and my surgeon advised that now was the right time to undergo the THR. Having always known this day would come I was fairly resigned to my fate and cleared my diary for a September (spring in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1>South Africa</st1></st1:country-region>) operation. The deterioration of the hip prior to the operation was rapid and I crawled into the hospital – looking forward to the operation and the relief and I had been told it would bring.<o>
</o> Things have gone fairly routinely. However, even though I have always known that I would need to undergo this operation nothing really ever prepares you for what it is actually like. Perhaps we don’t want to think about how much of a major operation this is before hand or we might no go through with it. A form of denial, I guess.<o>
</o> The pain was severe for 3 days post-op and then tapered off. I was sent home 5 days post the op. The pain dropped off again significantly on day 8 post-op. I am pretty mobile although I am now experiencing acute pain within the joint on some movements (this is new and started 14 days post-op).
I am now 16 days post-op and I feel like I am on the mend – although I am totally paranoid about a dislocation. I have been told that young(er) people are more prone to dislocations as we often recover quicker and therefore have the ability to get into positions and do the things we are not supposed to do. I detest having to sleep on my back and the thought of 4 more weeks depresses me - so I try not to think about it.
I am interested to be able to share my experience and to be able to check in with others so at to make sure what is normal and what I can expect from my new hip. Hopefully this will allow me to stave off some of my paranoia and stop myself from bugging my surgeon or physio- therapists with stupid questions.<o>
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Kind regards<o></o>
Gavin
United States
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