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@dzoneill, thank you for telling us more about your hip issue. You have overcome so much already and I have no doubt your perseverance will be empowering to some of our other members.
While my initial search has not found anyone who has experienced something exactly as you, but I will keep looking. I would like to invite some members who have had hip replacements and hip issues who will have some shared experiences with you in the meantime. @amber67, @beatricefay, @mnpat @grandmacheryl @popolopo @bobg10, @tallteri, and @sma1952 have all discussed hip replacements
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My hardware was removed. I have no hip joint because it was destroyed by the recalled implant.
I cannot bend my leg, it’s shortened and I cannot sit.
I am awaiting another surgery to rebuild my acetabulum or hip socket in a few months. I’m in pain daily but I am coping in the hopes this next surgery works do I can walk again.
Well here is my story. I had 5 different tries with a hip replacement each one resulting in infe tons. After many rounds of antibiotics and PICC lines and 6 months with NO hip they decided it was enough and would not go back in. Mayo Clinic said I was too young to live without a hip so they said they would attempt it one more time. The day before the surgery they called and said - for no particular rhyme or reason- that they would not be doing the surgery after all. I went 6 years with no hip and a 3 inch length discrepancy and shoe lifts. I too did not use a cane or walker. My gait was all messed up. I decided - after 6 years - to ask my doctor if he would consider one more try since we did a knee replacement and I had no complications from that. Well he agreed and I just passed the 4 week mark for my new hip. While I love that I am now even with both legs - I am in I so much pain from nerve endings that I cry most of the time. I am in Physical therapy three times a week and on Robaxin but let me tell you the pain can be unbearable. I see my doctor on Wednesday and I sure hope he reassures me that it will just take longer this time and that there is no permanent damage. I so cant use this leg - years of walking the way I did really messed up the muscles in this leg and I am unable to lift it up when I am lying on my back. and I am starting to worry. My doctor said they really had to pull and stretch to get the 3" length back so...... At this moment I would give back the hip and go without it again if I was told this pain wouldnt t go away!!!
In response to your question, my 53 year old sister was diagnosed with necrosis of the left hip. Basically, the joint had slowly “disappeared” over many years of her alcoholism which is a contributing factor to some necrosis ailments.
She eventually moved in with me and I helped her lose the weight and take control of her addiction in order to qualify her for hip replacement.
The surgery and recovery went well, until she moved back home and started smoking again, which caused her wound area to open up. Over the next year, she gained the weight back and was put back on oxygen.
In 2020, my sister passed away from Covid. She was 56.
Smoking and major surgery are a no-no. Hope this helps someone!
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I am also without a hip joint. Had revision like 2 times and the Dr doesn't want to do the surgery because I had mesa and staff infection. I have a 2 inch lift on my shoe I have to use a walker to get around. Its very difficult for me to do steps of any kind. I had to retire from my job which I was in my 26fh year had 4 years to go for full retirement.