paticake
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United StatesI had my first THR on 12/12/17. I am a healthy 63 yo female. Everything went so well that I decided to go ahead and get my 2nd one done on 3/13/18. Surgery went well and I returned home to recover. On 4/2 I woke up not feeling well. Really tired and more hip pain than I had been having. By afternoon I was running a fever and felt pretty bad. By late afternoon I called my surgeon who instructed me to be seen in the office by his partner( he was leaving on vacation) early the next morning. By the next morning I was so lightheaded that my husband literally had to help me into the office. My BP was 90/60. The surgeon felt I had a superficial infection. She treated me with oral antibiotics and dressing changes. The following day my daughter in law who is a nurse came to help change my dressing. She did not like the way it looked. The surgeon had me come back in the following morning and decided to take me back into surgery to clean it out. She still felt it was superficial. It was not.
So began my journey. I was hospitalized with IV antibiotics and scheduled for revision surgery 4 days later. I was seen by an Infection Specialist while in the hospital. I was pretty sick for a couple of days. I had the revision after being transfused (4th surgery in 3 months). My recovery was initially frustrating. The Rifampin(sp) made me sick, I was also on Bactrim 2x per day. within a month or so I was definitely feeling better.
I continue to recover and feel I am getting close to my baseline. I am still taking Bactrim 2x day and being followed by my infection doctor. I was finally cleared by my surgeon.
I am however still really scared that the infection will come back. The antibiotics are doing a number on my Liver and Kidney functions (watching these carefully) but the doctor wants me to continue the antibiotics at least until next month for my next appointment. He may then reduce it to 1X. Just wondering if others have been through this?
So began my journey. I was hospitalized with IV antibiotics and scheduled for revision surgery 4 days later. I was seen by an Infection Specialist while in the hospital. I was pretty sick for a couple of days. I had the revision after being transfused (4th surgery in 3 months). My recovery was initially frustrating. The Rifampin(sp) made me sick, I was also on Bactrim 2x per day. within a month or so I was definitely feeling better.
I continue to recover and feel I am getting close to my baseline. I am still taking Bactrim 2x day and being followed by my infection doctor. I was finally cleared by my surgeon.
I am however still really scared that the infection will come back. The antibiotics are doing a number on my Liver and Kidney functions (watching these carefully) but the doctor wants me to continue the antibiotics at least until next month for my next appointment. He may then reduce it to 1X. Just wondering if others have been through this?
