Upper Thigh Pain Months After Hip Replacement

@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

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.

My THR (right) is 8 months old. In the last month, I have had pain on left side mostly in thigh.
My diagnosis is that it’s either the numbness wearing off or osteoarthritis. Either way, it’s bothersome.
It seems to hurt and be numb both. 😳

Susan - has anyone suggested that may be the nerves that were cut, damaged or irritated during surgery healing? Nerves heal VERY slowly -less than one millimeter per day (less than one inch per month) which means a healing process. You can stimulate the nerves and lessen than discomfort - the technique that works may be different for each person.
Hear are some techniques:
Electrical Stimulation - aka TENS
Manual Stimulation - light massage, sometimes using a "bumpy" ball (like a dog toy)
Stroking along the affected area

Many years after hip replacements, I still have a small area in one thigh that is usually numb, but becomes painful when my arthritis flares. The funny thing is, it can't be arthritis because there is no joint there - just one of life's mysteries.

Sue

My daughter is just finishing dealing with a Workman's Comp orthopedic case.
NO progress was mad until her attorney insisted that a Certified Rehabilitation Coordinator be included in the case (your attorney should know how to find a good one.) Then she was able to get the doctors and therapy she needed, regardless of what the company said.
Has your attorney suggested this yet?
Sue

He hasn't He doesn't want to get involved yet because he doesn't want them to stop paying me. The minute he steps in they will quit paying me my wage. I'm going to talk to him again today.

They are actually sending me for a nerve conduction study, but I haven't heard from the doctor where or when yet. The workers comp adjuster just okayed it.
My PT thinks it's more an injury to my hamstring from them blowing through my femur, so it will be interesting to see what happens. I'm sure they probably did some nerve damage when they did that.

I am so sorry, your story is a nightmare. I had a right hip replacement six years ago and now have bursitis in that hip. That's bad enough. I love, love, dogs but I just don't know about bringing them everywhere. I worked at Nordstrom and was walking into another department and wasn't looking down and almost fell over a giant Irish
Wolfhound just laying on the floor and one of our managers slipped in some dog urine and landing on her back. I hope you get this resolved. Your Ortho sounds like he just hands everything off to his PA after he operates.

My primary care doesn't think I'll ever see the surgeon again because he messed up in surgery, and he's using the PA as a fire wall.
When this happened my boss didn't even acknowledge it, she didn't ask if I was ok, nothing. Then a week after surgery she fired me over email. All the way around this has been mentally and physically bad.

Julie I am so sorry this is happening to you. They say you have to be pro-active in your own health care but it seems you are fighting a huge system. I wish there was such a thing as a health advocate for your situation.