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Walking without a hip joint

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@mrsocko

Hey there, I am 38, male and had a shattered femur neck in okt. 2022, so I got emergency surgery where they screwed my femur neck together with a few pieces of metal like it´s a grade schooler´s shop homework.

Took me a while to get back on my feet again, and now it looks like one of the screws went a bit backwards and the whole thing sunk in a little, and the result is that my leg can´t move outwards in certain angles because the implant is limited space wise.

I have 2 different orthopedic doctors knowing ALL of my history and my drug use, one of which took 170 Bucks for 1 appointment, telling me "Yes, you most definitely need a full hip replacement."

And today I have this guy in the hospital where I wanted to get sliced up telling me "nah, you need to go back to the hospital where you got that shotty implant to take it out, we can´t do that here,
but if you come back afterwards or tell you to come here we can totally do it if we really need to..." (?)
(Most renowned University Clinic in all of austria ladies and gentleman)

And I have a feeling the conversation went south when I told him about my IV use of my medication, even tho 170 bucks for half an hour doctor told me it wouldn´t be an issue unless I shoot up in my legs, which I dont.

He also was like " We had a patient who got a hip replacement, used IV and we had to take it out because he got an infection, and now he lives with no hip joint.
Is that REALLY a thing or is he just bs-ing me?

Thank you for any answer!
Mfg. Mr.Socko

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Replies to "Hey there, I am 38, male and had a shattered femur neck in okt. 2022, so..."

Yes you can live with no hip joint. My husband had his removed 4 years ago following several infections. He uses crutches to get around when outside but indoors he can move small distances without. He requires one shoe to be adapted in height to allow both legs to be the same length and uses this outdoors. He buys Nike trainers with a thicker sole, so you don’t notice the difference with his jeans on. Hope this helps.