Scott
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- Apr 4, 2009
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Hello. I'm back after a long hiatus from the board. I had a THR of my right hip in May, 2009, and this board was a tremendous resource for preparation and recovery. I got quite busy with life and regretfully eventually stopped reading and posting.
I feel like I had great success with my new hip, though I pushed it too much and now need a revision.
A little background. Within a few months of my replacement I was riding and racing a road bicycle. Two years after the replacement I did my first triathlon and fell in love with the sport. Over the next four years I raced two full Ironman triathlons and four half-distance Ironman tris, countless other shorter distance tris and a bunch of 5/10/15/25K/half marathons and century bike rides.
My OS never "liked" that I was working the hip so hard but always told me to use pain as a guide, so I did.
At times I would have setbacks with pain and have to ease up or lay off for a few weeks and then recover again but for the most part I competed pain-free. I really learned to get a feeling for how hard I could push myself and what was pain versus soreness. Summer 2015 I was on a run and suddenly felt a pain that radiated down my thigh. It was excruciating and stopped me in my tracks. It was very poor timing as I was in the heavy part of training for my second full Ironman.
After a few weeks I went to see my OS and his advice was to rest the hip, so I unfortunately had to stop running entirely all the way up to my race and ended up run/limp/walking the race. I then took a few months off of no running at all. After that I tried to get back into it slowly but the pain kept coming back. This was different than anything I'd experienced before.
Fast forward to now after x-rays, MRI, blood tests and hip aspiration (that was fun), and I'm now scheduled for a revision. My OS believed from the beginning that I was suffering from wear but I had to go through a lot of tests to ensure there wasn't an infection or some other abnormality causing the pain.
Unfortunately, my OS doesn't know exactly which components are going to have to be replaced until he gets in but he suspects the liner and head (mine is large cobalt) if I understood him correctly. Something is definitely causing a lot of fluid build-up. I actually felt better just after they aspirated 20cc of fluid for testing. BTW, if you ever have this done, be prepared because "just a pinch" is a lie. LOL.
My surgery is scheduled for November 17th so I thought I'd come back and get caught up on all I've missed over the years. Looks like it's still an active and helpful group.
I've resigned myself to the fact that my running career is either over or severely shortened but hopefully I can still bike as much as I want and go on hikes with my wife and dog and generally enjoy outdoor activities.
I feel like I had great success with my new hip, though I pushed it too much and now need a revision.
A little background. Within a few months of my replacement I was riding and racing a road bicycle. Two years after the replacement I did my first triathlon and fell in love with the sport. Over the next four years I raced two full Ironman triathlons and four half-distance Ironman tris, countless other shorter distance tris and a bunch of 5/10/15/25K/half marathons and century bike rides.
My OS never "liked" that I was working the hip so hard but always told me to use pain as a guide, so I did.
At times I would have setbacks with pain and have to ease up or lay off for a few weeks and then recover again but for the most part I competed pain-free. I really learned to get a feeling for how hard I could push myself and what was pain versus soreness. Summer 2015 I was on a run and suddenly felt a pain that radiated down my thigh. It was excruciating and stopped me in my tracks. It was very poor timing as I was in the heavy part of training for my second full Ironman.
After a few weeks I went to see my OS and his advice was to rest the hip, so I unfortunately had to stop running entirely all the way up to my race and ended up run/limp/walking the race. I then took a few months off of no running at all. After that I tried to get back into it slowly but the pain kept coming back. This was different than anything I'd experienced before.
Fast forward to now after x-rays, MRI, blood tests and hip aspiration (that was fun), and I'm now scheduled for a revision. My OS believed from the beginning that I was suffering from wear but I had to go through a lot of tests to ensure there wasn't an infection or some other abnormality causing the pain.
Unfortunately, my OS doesn't know exactly which components are going to have to be replaced until he gets in but he suspects the liner and head (mine is large cobalt) if I understood him correctly. Something is definitely causing a lot of fluid build-up. I actually felt better just after they aspirated 20cc of fluid for testing. BTW, if you ever have this done, be prepared because "just a pinch" is a lie. LOL.
My surgery is scheduled for November 17th so I thought I'd come back and get caught up on all I've missed over the years. Looks like it's still an active and helpful group.
I've resigned myself to the fact that my running career is either over or severely shortened but hopefully I can still bike as much as I want and go on hikes with my wife and dog and generally enjoy outdoor activities.
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you have a different implant.
