fanny23
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- Apr 13, 2019
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Hello all. I’ve been keeping up with ‘old friends’ by reading your posts, those that have ‘disappeared’ I assume are fully recovered - well done them!
My 8 month anniversary is on Friday and progress is slow! My hip itself is healing well, just soft tissue aches and pains. However my back issues continue to be a problem. Thinking back over the last 2-3 years, I am sure that my achy back/falling over etc were due to my hip. I recall that The current problems really started following my 12days in hospital while my blood pressure was sorted. I have been to a pain clinic which recommended a diagnostic spinal injection for facet joint syndrome, which I had yesterday. It had no effect at all sadly. So I am still experiencing lower back pain, bilateral pain down the back of my thighs, calves plus numb feet. My posture is poor as I am trying to protect my back, I have little stamina and can only walk about 200 m in one go. We had quite an interesting chat with the husband of another lady in for treatment. She had had hip surgery from my surgeon and he said that a lot of his wife’s issues resulted from the surgical technique used. We both had the anterior approach, which has left a neat scar but may have left more trauma. If any one has any thoughts/info about this I would be really grateful to hear them. Thank you!
My 8 month anniversary is on Friday and progress is slow! My hip itself is healing well, just soft tissue aches and pains. However my back issues continue to be a problem. Thinking back over the last 2-3 years, I am sure that my achy back/falling over etc were due to my hip. I recall that The current problems really started following my 12days in hospital while my blood pressure was sorted. I have been to a pain clinic which recommended a diagnostic spinal injection for facet joint syndrome, which I had yesterday. It had no effect at all sadly. So I am still experiencing lower back pain, bilateral pain down the back of my thighs, calves plus numb feet. My posture is poor as I am trying to protect my back, I have little stamina and can only walk about 200 m in one go. We had quite an interesting chat with the husband of another lady in for treatment. She had had hip surgery from my surgeon and he said that a lot of his wife’s issues resulted from the surgical technique used. We both had the anterior approach, which has left a neat scar but may have left more trauma. If any one has any thoughts/info about this I would be really grateful to hear them. Thank you!