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Upper Thigh Pain Months After Hip Replacement
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@juliepoolie71 Wow, that's a hip horror story if I ever heard one!
As a five time hip implant/revision patient I will tell you frankly that the one and only time a surgeon treated me that badly (not a surgical fracture - his was a refusal to see me or answer the nurses' pages during a post-surgical crisis) I was DONE with him and changed docs. I was encouraged to do so by my primary, the charge nurse and the hospitalist, who referred me to a new surgeon. The Ortho practice was reluctant to allow me to switch, but when I reported what I had experienced with the other doc, and offered to file a formal complaint, they couldn't switch me fast enough.
Have you considered changing doctors?
Sue
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The problem I am having is this is all Workmans comp so they won't let me switch. I do have an attorney so I'm hoping we can figure something out. My primary care is also now involved so hoping something good will happen. They want me to have a nerve conduction study done, and Workmans comp is making me do it, even though I have zero nerve issue symptoms.
The whole reason that I had to have this hip replacement was because I was hurt at work. I tripped over their dog and went flying into a metal filing cabinet and my hip took all the impact. I had severe tearing of the labrum and the cartilage to the point the only thing they could do was replace it.