@daisy22 my wife as well had multiple hip surgeries, both interior and exterior. The hips after 6 replacements seem to work fine according to her. However, she continues to suffer from lower back pain and a lot of numbness. She was 52 when she had total bilateral and it has been 14 years! What I see is that her orthopedic surgeon specializes specifically with hip joint replacement, nothing much to do with scar tissue and/or nerve damage. In fact when my wife came out of surgery she was black and blue from head to toe and I mean everywhere including her shoulders and breast. She can hardly walk and always uses a grocery cart when in a store to hold onto; her elbows sometimes bleed from the constant leaning on them. The pain she was suffering prior to surgery is nothing compared to what she experiences daily now. There are times that she will offer for a little intimacy which is hard on both of us because of the pain one goes through for a (little) enjoyment. Nonetheless, she seems to find it to be a bit of a tension reliever. As we travel on in life we both have to find ways to find what comfort we can daily. There is a lot to be said by the power of our minds. When one is in pain there are times that pain becomes quite intense yet a few minutes of intimacy seem to relieve the intensity for quite a period of time. I am only using this as an example to point out the power of one’s mind; visiting grandchildren, shopping, a brief visit at a casino….all of these things help relieve anxiety and pain and when not enjoying these things the pain is Always worse! That being said, first and foremost, be your best advocate, blood work to rule out infections, Cobalt / Chromium and staph infection; to which my wife had had all over the corse of this past 14 years. We knew something was not right from her first surgery and her primary orthopedic surgeon declined expressing that it was all a healing process and a weak drive on my wife’s part. I was working full time yet trying to assist my wife where I could, they had her on heavy narcotics for over 9 months until I felt enough was enough! Requested blood work, staph infection along with extremely toxic levels of cobalt and chromium poisoning. To this day, if we could go back in time I’m thinking she never would of had the initial surgery. Honestly, from what I see, try and find something that you constantly look forward to and something that you enjoy and try to focus more on that and less on the pain, pain is very controlling! At the same time Be A Strong Self Advocate if you sense something wrong, you know your body better than any doctor! Good luck!