Hip Replacement at 44 years of age

Hi Ts,

Post surgical pain in a procedure as involved as a hip replacement is common.  You may just need more time for the nerves to recover, it takes time.

The other issue that you should have been told prior to surgery is that the replacement may not resolve the pain or increase your mobility - ever.

Often, the doctor/surgeon are reluctant to tell their patients this.  The patient goes in thinking they'll be pain free and have full motion and it usually doesn't happen.

Get another opinion.  That he's getting defensive indicates there may be something behind this pain.

Good luck.

Thank you. I had to call for an emergency visit because my leg was red and hot to the touch Friday. My Dr. seems to think its something with my back instead of my leg. With that said they prescribed amoxicillin 825mg to be taken 2 times per day. I don't think that has anything to do with my back. Its my leg. Always has been. I almost wish I had never had this hip replacement.

Apparently so, the nurse said it was otherwise he would have prescribed what im taking. They have not said exactly what it is.... nothing direct and no answers. They don't know what it is other than saying "That's Really Odd" I had to have someone at work snap a photo of my leg and left buttock when it was extremely red around the incision and my upper thigh that wrapped around to my left buttock when I was asked to take it prior to him going into surgery that day. Once they saw the photo they asked me to come in immediately. The doctor made arrangements to see me out of surgery. He still didn't say much about what it is.. he marked the redness with a marker and made arrangements to see me Monday. After Monday the head and assistant surgeon were like we don't know basically.They re-prescribed a bunch of antibiotics and had me go in after hours yesterday to a imaging center for an MRI to scan my leg and then another for my back. About two hours in the MRI. Its a day gone by and yet I have not heard anything back. I really wondering what is going on. Of course tomorrow I'm going to call for the results but really bent out of shape I have to worry about following up on something as serious as it is. Its possible the imaging took a day to process. In the mean time my leg is so irritated just by the slightest touch. It bothers me just sitting at my dispatch job and seems like Im up walking around every hour at work. The mornings waking up really bothers me. I wake up and just sweating all over with severe sweat running down my face while getting ready for work. Its really embarrassing. I have to take a cloth everywhere I go. All of this....I really mean it. I am really tired of it. In the mean time, the nurse (whom I really think cares a lot) has recently trimmed back the pain meds. I have found myself taking the meds just to elevate the pain and irritation over the last month. My whole point in asking for help is 1. I wanted this problem to be fixed when I had my hip surgery and for life to be normal. 2. I did not have this surgery done to create a new problem. 3. I don't want to be on pain meds for the rest of my life just to make it feel like im normal. Its becoming a really big emotional problem and physical problem for me. Im tired. And not only emotionally but physically. What do you suggest? Really. I need some serious help and advice.