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Chronic Pain 2 years Post op- Hip Replacement
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@dannyandebbie I have had both knees replaced and both hips replaced. I have been having problems since I had my left hip replaced in September 2024. They fractured my ankle during the surgery and I left the hospital in a boot. When I saw the doctor for my two week checkup, he said they did not fracture my ankle and I didn't need to wear the boot. I could hardly walk, had to have help taking a shower, and my surgeon did not order PT. He told me to just walk. My GP looked at the x-rays of my ankle and said yes, he fractured your ankle. It is a different type of fracture and hard to see on an x-ray. My GP told me my surgeon had fratured the ankle of another one of his patients. They also lengthened my left leg and my GP said this happens. He told me to get a heel lift. My GP has ordered PT that I will start next week. When the pain is really bad, I take two Celebrex a day plus Tylenol which helps very little. Use lidacane patches. I wish I had not had my left hip replaced because I still have the pain in my groin I had before the surgery. My right hip has not caused me any problems. I have also had a lot more lower back pain since the surgery. I wish I could find relieve. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and am used to pain but this one is driving me crazy.
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@ldean31 I don't intend this as criticism but as information. Before you started with the replacement, did you ask your GP for his opinion? The medical community, even in large cities, is fairly cohesive and the members know who is good and who is not.
From your post it seems clear that your GP has seen bad work come from your surgeon.
A while back my neurologist had sent me to a rheumatologist to make sure that my problems were not in his domain. My rheumatologist is the top rated one in greater Phoenix. I am sitting in his office when he gets a phone call and apologizes and explains that the caller is his wife and she is getting a hip replacement the next day so he has to take the call. Who is the hip surgeon...Dr. Chow of course. The other members of the medical community know who is good!
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@ldean31 when my wife had her total bilateral she was black & blue from head to toe, chipped tooth and broken toe. She was in intensive care for 7 days before transferring her to rehab facility. Her third day there they dropped her in the shower, extreme pain and on heavy pain medication for 9 months. That was when her orthopedic surgeon said that she had a fracture pelvis on her right side and required surgery immediately. There was no new pain outside what she experienced from day one. We alway felt she was dropped during surgery but because they compressed the nerve in the left leg and as soon as it started to wake up (9 months later) she had this fractured pelvis. One doctor covered for the others……not even 1 apology! 2011-2022; 6 hip surgeries! Hips do not seem to bother outside of leg length difference but now, lower back, where the did the epidural, severe pain!