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Hi, @moemoe. Oh my gosh, you are such a strong person! 16 implants and all of those complications. If you could bottle that positive attitude, I would buy a lot. I feel ridiculous even posting to this site when I read about all of the brave people who are facing their problems with great attitudes toward recovery or improvement. Reading your post this morning is again making me rethink having hip surgery. It is scheduled for next week. The only reason I am having it is because my hip joint has been gradually fusing to the socket so that it does not move independently of the hip. It collapsed several years ago but I had no pain in my hip -- just in my lower back on that side, down the side of my thigh and into my knee. I now depend heavily on a cane. We don't go too many places because I worry about slipping with the cane, falling because leg can't move to the side, or getting up steps, etc. I get tired from walking/standing too long. I walk stiffly and bent over. But I can sit and sleep well and walk for almost a mile but slowly and with two canes on a local trail. Friends and family have encouraged me to get back to life with hip replacement. But seeing all of the major problems on this site that can come from this decision, I keep second guessing. I am so conflicted. You have my very best wishes that you find the right doctor/hospital soon for much improvement and then a great recovery.
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@mamie Remember, Mamie, most people coming to these sites come here because they have had problems. For every one of them, there are probably at least 100 people who are very happy with their outcomes. I have had two TKRs but if I had read all of the problems people have afterward I may not have had them. I am very glad that I did though, I can walk very long distances now and very rarely have pain, just some mild discomfort from fatigue after I overdo.
I know two people who had hip replacements within the last year and a half and both have been very happy with them. One if my brother-in-law. He and my sister love to take long walks but he had gotten to the point of no longer being able to do that. Now he is back to doing it and pain-free.
Good luck with yours. I hope you are as happy as the majority of people are. I think one of the predictors of success is having an excellent surgeon.
JK