PT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.. I cannot stress that enough. Once the muscles have been strengthen then walking and living a normal life becomes easier .. Til it's no longer a issue...A life to value with no pain.. To mild pain.. U must follow UR PT advice in order to allow urself a chance at a good recovery. Always follow thru on check ups if u have any problems. Don't be afraid to ask for X-rays or records on the proceedure.. Keep handy for issues u may have down the line for other surgeons opinions.. Even if UR surgeon is touted to be the best in the land there is always room for mistakes. Know the manufacturer and serial # of the implant. Be informed stay informed.. It's UR health and UR worth every bit of concern.
Be good & do o all UR exercises as u can and u will build up strength.. If u ever have any issues call UR dr. I am not a dr. I can only speak from 3 THR Everone is different. Remember it takes time for the bones to heal ... By exercising u are providing much needed oxygen and blood supply to the areas for better proper & healing...
A 3 time THR...my story is to share my experiences.
hugs, peace & healing prayers sent UR way!
PT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.. I cannot stress that enough. Once the muscles have been strengthen then walking and living a normal life becomes easier .. Til it's no longer a issue...A life to value with no pain.. To mild pain.. U must follow UR PT advice in order to allow urself a chance at a good recovery. Always follow thru on check ups if u have any problems. Don't be afraid to ask for X-rays or records on the proceedure.. Keep handy for issues u may have down the line for other surgeons opinions.. Even if UR surgeon is touted to be the best in the land there is always room for mistakes. Know the manufacturer and serial # of the implant. Be informed stay informed.. It's UR health and UR worth every bit of concern.
Be good & do o all UR exercises as u can and u will build up strength.. If u ever have any issues call UR dr. I am not a dr. I can only speak from 3 THR Everone is different. Remember it takes time for the bones to heal ... By exercising u are providing much needed oxygen and blood supply to the areas for better proper & healing...
My last hip is recalled... STRYKER MANUFACTURER AGBll..PLZ see online for all explainations, will help u understand how important it is ti be sure u r healing correctly.
A 3 time THR...my story is to share my experiences.
hugs, peace & healing prayers sent UR way!
Thank you kenandr. Our advice is excellent, helpful to many of us. And you offer HOPE. Thanks again.
Sorry, meant YOUR advice lol
I hate to say it but it could just be that the 'good' hip was coping with the reduced activity but not the rehab. Could also be that the 'bad' hip was so painful that the twinges in the 'good' hip were disregarded - now they are more noticeable. Perhaps your good hip should have been called your not so bad hip.
However, providing you realise that every op is different, you will have a lot of experience to bring to your second hip replacement when it comes.
Good luck
'Not so bad hip' haha...correct.
Well you could argue that after the long recovery this time,there's only one way to go next time and that's up!
A friend of mines first op went so well that he was worried the second one could only be worse,but in fact that went as well as the first.
He did the right thing in choosing his surgeon very carefully,in fact it was the same guy one who did Alex Fergusons..one of the top surgeons in the UK.
But he did , have private health care though..
does anybody if you can actually choose your surgeon with the NHS??
I live in Scotland and I got the one I wanted within the local health area. I had to wait a bit longer and sign a disclaimer so they didn't get fined for over-running the waiting time guarantee. I've done the same with my knee which I'll be getting next month.
In principle you should be able to do the same in England but if you want to go out of area you might have to do a bit of persuasion. Talk to the most sypathetic GP in your practice. Good luck.
Your situation mirrors mine exactly,the dreaded osteoarthritis made my op much more complex..but I did wait too long before a replacement,always managing to find to find some lame,ha,excuse not to have it done..
Im a slow learner so will probably repeat the mistake of waiting too long for my next op...ah well.
Please don't leave it until you are limping and putting unusual loads on your new hip. Engineers and surgeons work on the assumption that you will be moving correctly after surgery and avoiding limps is more likely to give you a long implant life (plus avoiding repetitive impact loading, obesity etc etc).
I suspect I will need the other hip and possibly the other knee done as well, eventually, but with any luck they'll hang on for another year or two.
That's good advice Ross and completely logical...but human nature being what it is we tend to put things off which we know will be painful,even though we know we shouldn't..
Hopefully by early next year the pain,lack of sleep and mild depression of the first 12wks of my first hip op will be a distant memory and I will go under the knife again.
As I keep telling myself the next one could be relatively pain free as it has been for quite a few friends of mine.
yes i have had 2 in less than 7months all through a small fall last october due to first one not been done properly by one surgon not ligned up, loose, wrong size femur head been inserted leg disclouration then on may 15 this yr had the same done again by the surgon that picked upon it he did an hip revision and still not worked. dose not say alot for him ether.
so no better than the first ive been bed bound since last october couldnt walk went for second and im still bedbound can't walk i have had to chase an urgent appointment up to go back next wensday
i cannot belive two surgons can make the same mistakes like this plus its the same symptom as first one im in agony with same pain's my district nurse and gp picked up on it this time it isent right and been the same sympton's just like the first time its a long story but trying to keep it short i don't think i will ever walk again as im getting weaker as the days go by its so painful i can't sleep properly for it im at my wits end
i had physo coming on both occasions but they had to stop it as it was making it worse.so you not on your own on this question i have got a lawer onto the first surgon if i don't get some answers from this one he will be joining the first one in the same claim for neglect.
plus i was supposed to have had the second done in januart but they had the ward took of them which as caused the delay also my gp as wrote to him
i never saw him after the op i was sent to another hospital for him to do the revision and not seen him since and now i have been told they have nothing to say i had any op if this isen't neglect then what is.
i lay day and night just crying its like my life is not worth living im crippled and been an active person i was as been took away from a silly little fall thats causing all this trouble.
hope you or any one as better luck than i haveing.
probbly same as me sorry got carried away by explaing my own experience yes i have and missed this out bad surgon's or surgion
all the best to you and hope yours works out.
anyone knows a good lawyer?... I had my thr on august the 4, still in much pain, follow all the direction in therapy. left me with a bad limp and can not work, the dr still do not know what is wrong. simply take pain meds follow up every month and still charging me copay. What to do?
adding also the thr was to big for my body, my body hip is at 90 degrees and the surgeon put a 120 degree hip in my body he stated, to big? still having pain and swelling.
Can I ask as i am 13 weeks post op and still off work as I am a cook and a lot of bending/stretching because I work alone and this last few days am getting excruciating pains off and on in top of leg and getting really worried. Don't need crutches to walk but still limp and sleep is still crap should I be worried.
I had my hip replacement just over 2 years ago and had pain like you in the knee and thigh and the more I walked the more pain i was in. I moaned and moaned and eventually said i wanted a revision. All hell broke loose and a flurry of tests - the last was a gamma ray test which shoed a glow at the bottom of the stem, This showed I was having an issue and after 2 years no further bone growth would fill the gap and like you it was uncemented. FINALLY after much talking and discussion about risks etc i stated that at 52 i had poor quality of life pain daily and wanted to see if they could fix it by a cemented revision so i can lead a normal life - and am looking at this going ahead at the end of March 2015. They were reluctant to do this as I was the ONLY failure on their ops and statistics count and i obviously count! so keep moaning all of you that have a BAD amount of daily pain after 8 months as you need to ensure they monitor you to make sure you get the result you need!!!
F found your post interesting as I'm 11 weeks post op and have been disappointed as I have heard all these report from people who have said how well their ops went and they were exercising and back to pain free lives immediately.
I don't know if I'm over doing the exercise but I'm working hard to get my muscles toned to hold the new joint in place, but it's rare I don't have any pain or discomfort and still need to take co-codamols regularly! I can't help but wonder if there is a problem, I still feel similar pain in my groin that I felt prior to the op!
I had my right hip done 2 years ago too. My left hip was done 10 months later. Everything was fine until 6-7 weeks ago when I lifted a large ceramic planter to remove the caddy underneath and in doing so, strained my back. The back pain was gone after about 2 weeks, but immediately after I began feeling pain in my thigh (hamstrings?) and knee that just keeps getting worse. I walk about 4 miles 3-4 times a week and I am not sure if i am doing the right thing or not. I am also not sure any more if the thigh pain is due to the ceramic planter or if it is a sign of something else? I am planning to schedule an appointment if it does get better in a week or so.
kenandr
Good Afternoon, I know it has been some time since your revision. Please tell me what problems led to you realizing the problem. I had a lthr on Nov 10 last year and a revision because of infection on Dec 02. Since that time I have pain when I step onto left foot. It is a sharp pain that goes straight down my leg and across the knee joint. This is becoming a very long process.