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Partial hip replacement surgery
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I do have osteoporosis but I have had it for a long time. I’ve had other breaks but they always healed but I didn’t have surgery except Kyphoplasty on my back. My hip fracture was caused by a fall. I am 85 years old and I do have arthritis. It’s been almost 6 months and my doctor (nurse practitioner) said it should have healed by now and be out of pain
Their solution was to have a hip replacement. At my age that is not an option. My body couldn’t take another surgery as I’m still healing from the last one. I am going to physical therapy twice a week and I think that helps. Do you think something like prolia ore evenity would help?
Thank you for your response.
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I cannot answer about the osteoporosis drugs, that would be a question for your primary care doc. But I totally agree with the other posters here - when you have a problem, the surgeon should be seeing you. If not, I would look for another surgeon. Even if the answer is not a hip replacement, they should be able to help figure out a solution for the pain.
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Why did you originally do a partial?
I am shortly turning 80 and had a left hip replacement a couple of years ago. There was never any discussion of doing a partial. I originally had a hip surgeon at Mayo who told me he had just done a total hip replacement on a 105 year old woman. So I don't think age itself is an issue and I have arthritis all over my body as well as stenosis in my back. But we are all different and our bodies are very different and our ability to tolerate surgery is very different.
I am concerned that you are only seeing a nurse practitioner. I had a followup with my surgeon's PA and I had no problem with that because my surgery had gone great. No problems, no pain. For routine followups I often end up seeing PAs or NPs BUT if you are having problems, your surgeon should be meeting with you and you should be demanding that.