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I had a total hip replacement 12 years ago after 5 years it got infected.I had 2 surgery trying to clean it but had to get it taken out. Had 7 spacers put in and 7 pic lines 14 surgery in 3 years altogether and around 7 different antibiotics.The infection is still there it comes out like a faucet threw a little hole in my hip. Fan you tell me what antibiotics work for you?They have mention amputation once or twice but I won't do it.I am walking on crutches and my leg feels like it is getting stonger just need the infection to go away.
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PS. They've mentioned amputation to me as well, but not because of infection, because of a damaged femoral artery. Not fun to think about that. 🙁
To geek girl thanks for the information I was on vancomycin for a long time too I am going back to the clinic next week maybe they will.give me something that works this time
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Wow! You have been through a lot. I've had 4 surgeries in the past year. A few PICC lines. One spacer. One of the surgeries was to remove pelvic and femur bones because my doctor thought the infection was in the bone, which is why it came back. Anyway, the antibiotics I used were vancomycin (IV) until I had a severe allergic reaction, then they switched me to daptomycin (also IV). After a few weeks of that I switched to oral doxycycline which I am to take forever. Suppression therapy they call it. It took about 5 months after the last surgery for the hip wound to heal and stop draining. After the 3rd surgery they used a wound vac to help it heal, but I don't think it really did that much after a certain point. Probably because there was still infection. I hope you get some resolution to the infection.