Hip replacement with CRPS

Posted by BeBold @bebold, Dec 5 5:40pm

I fell back in March and I recently found out that I have a torn labrum in my hip. I've been trying to figure out where I can have surgery and go into an Inpatient Rehab that's not a nursing home after surgery.

I also need a surgeon to do the hip replacement, which is what they say I need at age 70, who is aware of the special needs since I already have CRPS. ( course today I was realizing I might be lucky to find a surgeon willing to do a hip replacement with preop CRPS.

Trying to figure all this out has been a nightmare for me. I'm in Asheville North Carolina and I started with a surgeon here in town and it's really not worked out so I've ruled him out. He's not doing surgery until April and I'm not even allowed to meet him until 2 weeks pre-op. So I could waste the entire winter and then find out that I don't like this guy at all. The front desk staff is terrible (mostly)

Anyway I just got off the phone with David who's the clinical liaison between Mayo Clinic and Brooks Rehab. I think I finally found a place that will make the whole thing much easier for me. He was the nicest guy. Has anybody have feedback about being post-op at Brooks Rehab in Jax near Mayo?

Now that I have discovered that going to rehab would not be an issue like it is here I need to find a hip replacement surgeon (anterior replacement) who is knowledgeable about CRPS. They are very specific things anesthesia needs to do if somebody has CRPS.

Even David from Brooks Rehab said I was right to be very concerned about CRPS spreading postop. They even have a physical therapist there who specializes in CRPS.

Recommentions (or do not!) For hip replacement surgery who is good with preop chronic pain. Ie. Not somebody who says take Tylenol an hour after surgery and will understand that I'm on crutches now and have been most of my life and will continue being on crutches after my surgery.

I hate that this ends up so complicated because truly all I did was fall last March.

Thanks.

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