@emaries Hi, so my problem is intermittent. My surgery was in Oct of 2022, posterior approach, apparently with the older style, longer stem prosthesis. Pain when I experience it is mid thigh sometimes radiating up towards my groin. I do not have pain in my hip. Although hard to describe I sometimes have a feeling of weakness in the leg when I'm turning while bent over working and a weird inability to pick up my leg while bent over to pick something up. My concern is that I have more discomfort now than a year ago. But the pain up to now has never been bad enough to stop me from my normal daily routine. I'm self employed with two businesses working 6 or 7 days a week at 71. I joke with people that I can do everything I have to do but nothing that I want to do. Until I had the hip replaced I was a runner for 50 years. If I attempt to jog even 10 steps that's when I get sharp, deep pain in my thigh.
I'm actually going back (next week) to the person I saw post surgery for PT. Curious to get her opinion on what might be going on. I resumed working a month after surgery and because I'm so active stopped doing PT exercises. I have wondered if I simply didn't do the necessary work to build up my leg post surgery.
I certainly don't want another replacement when it seems the recovery time is quite a bit longer. But I also don't want to wait until I'm older and complications could be much worse.
It's frustrating because I have four friends who raved about their hip replacements and said I'd be so happy I did it and I've been less than thrilled.