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THR Sarak - There's Life After a Hip Replacement

Thanks for your kind words.
How are things going with you?
I really want things to improve for you but I've heard Jo say that some of these issues that crop up can take some time to resolve.
So keep the faith my friend!
I imagine I will be doing double time today...will check back in soon.
Hugs...:loveshwr:
 
Thanks for thinking of me @Mojo333 despite everything you have going on. I think it may be best if I call my oldest Mike instead of Michael from now on.

Still had back issues with single heel lift but she decided I didn't need it any more (which was good because I was refusing to wear it). Now the back hurts as it tries to get back to normal. I finally got her to understand that nothing anyone had done with the back had helped the primary issue. She did more with testing hip flexor and decided that she thinks it could be a "soft tissue impingement."

PT communicated with the pain doc who thought I should stop PT and come in for a re-eval (good thing she responds to her - she's never contacted with with MRI results and her office hasn't called back after I left a message to make an appointment 2 days ago).

So I decided to take things back into my own hands. The surgeon the PT said handles these sorts of things apparently doesn't take patients who have had THR done by someone else. They referred me to another OS that is a revision specialist and handles impingements, etc. I have an appointment with him Monday am - hope to have more news and a new map for road to complete recovery soon!
 
@Harryn1 - He (Daniel) definitely is not Florence! I have wondered if Progressive will need to replace Flo with her twin sister. I've always equated my older son more with a tornado than a hurricane given the debris left in every room when he lived here and when he came for the weekend in college. The basement still has tons of the debris!
 
Prayers you get answers soon, Sara.
This is dragging on for you, I'm so sorry :console2:
Wishing you comfort.
@SaraK
 
Hi @SaraK
Here I am playing catchup again!
An impingement/revision specialist? You're scaring me!!:shocked:
But... I totally get it. We need answers.
Especially when you have one hip-side doing fine and the other hip is so uphill and problematic.

We go through these hip surgeries to get our physical lives back and it is pretty scary to realize something could actually require another surgery to resolve. Frying pan into fire?!?

I have really stopped all physical overdoing or actually just doing, since my second hyper extension and sorry to say it doesn't seem to make much difference with pain levels. If I take 2 Aleve at a time it helps. So something must be inflamed. I would like to take more aleve but stomach and the bone growth issue keep me to 2 every morning.
But I cannot do any one thing for very long. Too much walking- bad. Too much sitting- really bad. Laying in bed - yikes, sleep is elusive.

Consider this virtual handholding Sara. Keep us posted on your details!
 
Oh @BeBe - don't worry about me! The back issues will subside when there's enough time after it being messed with (probably a few more days). I told the PT that I sometimes wish I could go back 4 months and just decide to live with it. It's not where I want it to be but liveable!

Don't let the fact that he's a revision surgeon put you on alert. I don't think there's any reason we would be looking at a revision in the sense you are thinking about. It's just that he also does revisions and, therefore, is willing to see patients with a problem after another surgeon did a THR. He also treats the "young hip" so he is skilled in arthroscopic and dealing with impingements. If that's what it is, it means the tendon or muscle is rubbing on the hip or acetabular cup and irritating it. While they sometimes move the cup I have read that they are more likely to lengthen or release the psoas unless the cup is badly misplaced and creates the risk of dislocation or significant ROM issues.

If it's not an impingement, maybe he'll have a better idea of what the best treatment will be. :fingersx:
 
Yes:fingersx:. @SaraK

My OS said time, time, and more time. He said "see you next year"...
Also go and do next to nothing, just walk and not to excess with that either.
I'm not good at that...funny how pain makes laying low happen though.

When you said you wish you would have "just lived with it" is that because PT aggravated the back issues
or made psoas worse? Or you think the injections etc were not helpful?
Just clarifying - I should go back and re-read your thread

My issues became worse the more active I became after 2nd surgery. Coupled with this nonstop reinjury thing.
 
The PT gave me a sore back that I didn't have before and didn't do anything that made it better. The injections didn't help much or for very long. It's just been time and money to feel worse. I haven't had an OS actually tell me anything. Mine just Saud "here's a PT script" and "here's a referral to pain management" without any exam or listening to issue. I'm just hoping that this new one will listen, do a full exam and then decide what I should do. Inactivity didn't help and any walk over a mile irritates it.

Now, you need to stop re-injuring yours. We both need to get this fixed and get on with life!
 
Sorry there has to be a plan B but glad you have a plan B.
Time to join the ranks of the pain free.
Hugs and healing mojo coming at you.
 
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Glad you can read my typo filled posts from my smart phone.
Readers help:heehee:
Had to edit.
 
ODIC here I come! :rofsign:

I see the new doc on Mon and figure he needs an accurate picture of me and the issue with the psoas. That means it's time to do waaaaaay too much!

Band is about to start and I plan to dance my fanny off. Then sleep in until time to drag my body to the gym and let my trainer have her way with it. I plan to top it off with a long hike Sat and Sun. That should do it!:rotfl:
 
I am lying in bed reading this and laughing . He will certainly get the message if you do all that! Just make sure you can actually walk into the room for the examination!
 
:doh:not happy with your strategy...don't care about "proof"of your issues...care about you causing yourself pain and ongoing stress to whatever is holding up this recovery.

I think you just like to worry me on purpose! Please be careful.:beg:
 
Jeez...had to edit my post...think that pic came up enough times?:dubious:
How are you today?
What's on the agenda?

I'm hoping you will have a good day. You deserve one!:curtsey:
 
I just saw the doctor and heard the magic words. He isn't sure yet but suspects that the psoas tendon is rubbing against the acetabular cup.

He wants to do some blood tests to rule out infection and metal in blood, etc. (But said both were unlikely) and then will schedule a cortisone injection into the psoas tendon (he said the injections into the psoas muscle were unlikely to do much to fix help the tendon. If the injection helps it confirms the diagnosis. If it doesn't provide lasting relief, final alternative is surgery to release the psoas but that's the last resort.

This is where I've always thought this was leading so I finally feel like someone is listening and I'm on the way to getting better!
 
I'm happy someone is listening and you have a plan. While surgery doesn't sound appealing, neither does the pain you're suffering with. Wishing you the best. Keep us posted.
Hugs
@SaraK
 
@SaraK
Did your activity filled weekend intensify the pain? Or just always painful now?
Glad the doc wants to try tendon injection.
That has helped me in the past.
 
@BeBe - The activity filled weekend did increase the pain when lifting leg, etc. And decreased range of motion. But not much pain when stationary or walking. I didn't sleep as well because I woke up every time I turned over in bed (and I tend to be a restless sleeper). The main thing that hurt, though was my back - it's getting closer to being back to normal, though (thanks to ending PT's efforts to fix it). Once the back is back to normal, I'll be glad to get off these muscle relaxants! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the injection in the tendon works. I don't relish the idea of another surgery but will do it if that's the only way to get long-term relief.

How are your psoas issues doing. If you've already done the tendon injections and they've helped, but only for awhile, are they suggesting surgery or trying anything else? I've also heard of some doctors injecting into the iliopsoas bursa and that helping.
 
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