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Anyone else in their mid 40s and very active have a hip replacement?
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Jun 20 5:37pm | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
I have to agrre with (closer0043) AND (Sue, Volunteer Mentor). I was late 50's when I had my first hip replacement; I'm 72 yrs old now (2016 when I had 1st THA). I rcvd mixed reviews on joint replacement timing, having had TSA in 2004. Shoulders have lagges behind hips). My shoulder was really bad, but i made it 17 yrs before doing a reverse shoulder. My math may be off, but I spent 5 yrs in pain, ended up having to come off painkillers while rehabbing the TSR. I worked hard on my rehab - now thinking I could've avoided that with doing the shoulder earlier. My hip wasn't that painful ( had lots on mini displacements) but I said let's do the hip now that I'm back in shape and active with total shoulder in place. With the hip I was walking and back at my job in 2 months, hiking again in 6 months. My philosophy is don't suffer to delay the next remedy.
I will answer more specific quetions in a less hurried manner if that would be helpful.
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@reversed Thank you! I appreciate your response and the information and I definitely agree with your perspective. It’s taken me a while to get here… but I am definitely ready for the surgery and the relief I will feel. It’s interesting. What I have noticed to be the most bothersome during the day is the referred pain that the hip arthritis is causing in addition to the stiffness and the limitations on my physical activity. At night when I’m asleep the direct joint pain is definitely the most bothersome. Have you had any issues with referred pain? It literally goes all the way down my leg. My surgeon said that anything below the knee is not referred hip pain, but in this case I’m almost certain that he was wrong. When I received my last Cortizone injection, it took away all of the pain. All the way down my leg. Unfortunately, the Cortizone injection was short-lived because of how severe the arthritis is, but it did prove my theory was correct. The removal of the inflammation in the hip joint relieved the pain that was going all the way down my leg.
Any advice or stories or words of caution or words of encouragement I am definitely here for and would appreciate!