Hi everyone I am so sorry about you guys that are having so much pain. My husband had hip resurfacing surgery and got a birmingham hip put in his left hip a year and a half ago and they damaged his femoral nerve and also it has shifted so they are telling him he needs to have revision surgery on his left side. The nerve pain is terrible on the left side. Now for the right side, he had a total hip replacement about 8 months ago and at first he seemed to be recovering normal, he has never been out of pain since the surgery though. His doctor is telling him also that it is bone spurs in his back and his discs. He has had 7 lapendectomy surgerys on his back, one only a month ago. They told him he had to get his back fixed before they would do the revision surgery on the left side so he would be able to rehab and walk after the revision surgery. There are times he can hardly move and he does not want to live on narcotics for the rest of his life. And also he is having awful pain in his right hip joint that radiates to his butt cheek and then down the side of his leg. We do not know what to do or who to trust at this point. We are a little nervous to have the revision surgery because of all the complications he has had. I was wondering do they pop out of joint? Has anyone ever experienced that? I feel so bad for him, I try to rub his muscles and work on his legs but it is simply not helping anymore. I want to take his pain away or make it better but nothing works! I would welcome any advice. Thank u
It seems apparent that this problem is no coincidence. As I read aloud all of the comments on this forum, my husband's face goes blank in disbelief that this many people are having 99 percent of the same symptoms he is. My husband has had 3 surgeries on his right hip due to deterioration, none of which have given him any relief. The first surgery (2008) was intended to revive the femoral head that was not receiving proper blood flow, so the surgeon perforated the bone by drilling small holes. The surgery seemed to give him a bit of relief, but it was short-lived. Once again in 2009 his hip began hurting again. Because the thought of another surgery made him quiver, he held off as long as he could, but his pain became too intense and he ended up having another surgery on the hip in November 2011. I was very skeptical about this surgery, and I questioned him going through with it. He decided to go along with the surgeon, because we are supposed to be able to trust they have our best interests in mind, and undergo a surgery that involved pounding a pencil shaped cadaver bone into his femur. I have never seen anyone in this amount of pain. It was non-stop. He suffered for almost a year until another surgeon decided to replace it. He underwent THR surgery 9/7/2012, less than a year after the last one. The pain has changed, but it is still chronic and unmanageable. Just like most of the replies to this post he is having severe groin pain that radiates to his buttocks, down his thigh and into his knee. And just like almost all of the replies he also was told that his back was causing the problem and was also referred to a pain clinic because this is the point when doctors begin to feel uncomfortable giving out pain meds so they rush the post-op sufferers to another doctor to avoid the state breathing down their necks by contributing to the junkie addict problem. If a doctor has managed to keep a patient from asking for medication, they have done well, even if it is because the patient has given up hope that they will ever be free from pain. The pain is so bad right now that he has become depressed and after reading all these posts he fears there really is no solution. It is chilling to hear my husband say that he wishes he had his old hip back. Has anyone found any relief, or anything that works? Was there any findings on any recall sites? It just seems that too many people are having the same symptoms. A THR is supposed to cure a bad hip, not make it worse; when a hip is replaced, what else can be done? More pain! I feel that I have lost my husband. We don't go anywhere or do anything because he is in too much pain. He is only 47 and we have young children to care for. He has been on disability for 5 years and now shows little hope of getting off of it and going back to work. What is going on with these hip replacements? There has to be a common factor playing in this because that is way too much of a coincidence. Please let me know if anyone has any idea of what this could be. It would be excellent if an Ortho surgeon were to stumble upon this forum and give some insight as to what could be causing all these people's pain.
So sorry to hear of this. I had a hip pin and plate with 6 screws and experienced lots of pain more than two years. Has your grandfather considered interviewing several chiropractors and massauge therapists with consent of a medical doctor. Get a lifetime wheelchair handicap tag. That relieves stress. Try to help his life get stress-free for the while. Unbelievably, that helped with the pain, but I had to go about 2 to 3 times a week. He must be determined to go and ask for a lower office price after medicare or insurance doesn't pay anymore. A piece of advice from a 30 year old man gave about his rod in his leg, when I asked how did he recovered from a bad car wreck was that he would sit on the edge of his bed everyday and imagined that he could walk over to his closet someday. I began imagining lots of things I wanted to do again, but, first, I had to think the basic things that I took for granted and had forgotten as an adult. I have spent many hours and days to be normal enough to get by in life again inside and outward appearances. I looked for books to read. I searched the internet. I also have degenerative arthritis, and it requires me to go two times a week to my chiropractor. They will give advice on what exercises he should do. There is also Lazor treaments that I go tl another chiropractor in another town two times a week. This Lazor treatment finally relieved me of my pain after a fall. Not all chiropractors have or desire to place time or money in a lazor machine. Time! Time! Time! Also a regimin of whole body exercises that he could do every day on his firm bed instead the floor. I also wore weights on my ankle and tried to do simple phisics. I bought several kind of massage machines. Tends at the chiropractors office. See neurologist. He will can do several tests and prescribe nerve medicine. Again, massage is a good answer. There seems to be redua ndancy in my answer, but recovering hip pinning is very very slow process--patience, patience, patience and pain even he does all these things. People just don't see it the same way that have ever had this. Enough for now. You have a few tips to go on and great that you ask this. His pain is real. So sorry. Prayer--and others praying earnestly. I watched a lot of religious shows on TV. I learned a lot. I have hear it all there, but when I was in pain, I would do anything to go back to work. My income for the family budget was crucial. I am now retired and allowing my registry in x-ray lapse. So I am not a doctor, just a person that has a hip pinning and plate, both knees replaced, and scoliosis back due to the hip surgery. Also,all the bones around femural hip tocanter were broke, and the doctor had to scrape the bones for fibrous displeasia. Look that up on line. Concern and much pain existed and at 3 and 4 years, I felt better, but, after my regiments of doing the daily exercises, chiropracter twice a week, riding the electricarts during shopping, lazor treatments, religious TV, prayers, church attendance, very watchful not to fal, I can live. One more thing, one of my things I did was find benches like saw horses, placed a confort of soft quilts on them, and stattled them. I did safe things to improve my body's posture. Watching babie in fundamental moves. I believed one little thing elementary would help me recover. I still have aches and pains, but the sharp spiral fracture healed. My sharp pain weint away. Also the weeks of therapy for my knees helped. Marking time on 4 inch foam cushion. I joined a 24 hour fitmess club and worked out on machines at last. It is a serious thing to break a hip! Recent ankle therapy has helped tremendously. I fell in late July, and my ankles several weeks later were hurting more and more. I shad tressed the ligaments. I feel very good when walking. This may be a hidden problem.
So sorry to hear of this. I had a hip pin and plate with 6 screws and experienced lots of pain more than two years. Has your grandfather considered interviewing several chiropractors and massauge therapists with consent of a medical doctor. Get a lifetime wheelchair handicap tag. That relieves stress. Try to help his life get stress-free for the while. Unbelievably, that helped with the pain, but I had to go about 2 to 3 times a week. He must be determined to go and ask for a lower office price after medicare or insurance doesn't pay anymore. A piece of advice from a 30 year old man gave about his rod in his leg, when I asked how did he recovered from a bad car wreck was that he would sit on the edge of his bed everyday and imagined that he could walk over to his closet someday. I began imagining lots of things I wanted to do again, but, first, I had to think the basic things that I took for granted and had forgotten as an adult. I have spent many hours and days to be normal enough to get by in life again inside and outward appearances. I looked for books to read. I searched the internet. I also have degenerative arthritis, and it requires me to go two times a week to my chiropractor. They will give advice on what exercises he should do. There is also Lazor treaments that I go tl another chiropractor in another town two times a week. This Lazor treatment finally relieved me of my pain after a fall. Not all chiropractors have or desire to place time or money in a lazor machine. Time! Time! Time! Also a regimin of whole body exercises that he could do every day on his firm bed instead the floor. I also wore weights on my ankle and tried to do simple phisics. I bought several kind of massage machines. Tends at the chiropractors office. See neurologist. He will can do several tests and prescribe nerve medicine. Again, massage is a good answer. There seems to be redua ndancy in my answer, but recovering hip pinning is very very slow process--patience, patience, patience and pain even he does all these things. People just don't see it the same way that have ever had this. Enough for now. You have a few tips to go on and great that you ask this. His pain is real. So sorry. Prayer--and others praying earnestly. I watched a lot of religious shows on TV. I learned a lot. I have hear it all there, but when I was in pain, I would do anything to go back to work. My income for the family budget was crucial. I am now retired and allowing my registry in x-ray lapse. So I am not a doctor, just a person that has a hip pinning and plate, both knees replaced, and scoliosis back due to the hip surgery. Also,all the bones around femural hip tocanter were broke, and the doctor had to scrape the bones for fibrous displeasia. Look that up on line. Concern and much pain existed and at 3 and 4 years, I felt better, but, after my regiments of doing the daily exercises, chiropracter twice a week, riding the electricarts during shopping, lazor treatments, religious TV, prayers, church attendance, very watchful not to fal, I can live. One more thing, one of my things I did was find benches like saw horses, placed a confort of soft quilts on them, and stattled them. I did safe things to improve my body's posture. Watching babie in fundamental moves. I believed one little thing elementary would help me recover. I still have aches and pains, but the sharp spiral fracture healed. My sharp pain weint away. Also the weeks of therapy for my knees helped. Marking time on 4 inch foam cushion. I joined a 24 hour fitmess club and worked out on machines at last. It is a serious thing to break a hip!
i have had a hip replacement 2 years ago and it has never been right only now my surgeon is testing me i had bloods taken which showed an infection so the surgeon asked me to have fluid taken off my hip which came back sort of ok watever that means before all these tests started to take place the surgeon made me feel as if i was going nuts cause all xrays came back ok so u r definitely not alone i am now waiting to go back to the surgeon 4 an out patients app to see wat is next 4 me i am also trying to hold down a 36 hr a wk nursing job its so hard
It's saddening to read all your stories. You think after surgery, the pain will become less and you can move on with your life, but then you can't and everything changes forever. You keep waiting for things to get better, but they don't, and in the meantime you have to try to move on with your life, work around this new reality you never ever thought would become yours.
At least, that's how I feel. I haven't had surgery. I was in a car accident when I was 26, in March 2011 and immediately after, my right hip started to hurt. At first it was a burning sensation in my groin, but within days it started to spread, flare up my back (to my ribs) and down my leg until my foot was 'asleep' nearly constantly. It didn't pass, and it weren't just sore muscles, so I saw my GP who gave me Diclofenac. The pills didn't work, and the pain got steadily worse, up to the point I had to call in sick at work.
I have seen so many specialists, PT's, have had scans, X-rays, EMG's, name it all. Nothing can be found. But I am in pain 24/7, there is no relief except when I lie down for most of the day. You will all understand that this gets old really quickly. I went through rehab and they told me I just had to push through the pain. As a result the pain got so much worse i could barely walk anymore. I now can walk for about 30 minutes straight on a good day. Sitting on a regular chair is always a challenge, and often even lying down is painful. Heat helps, but I can't be in the bathtub because it hurts too much.
I haven't really worked since I called in sick. I lost my job (obviously) but I have no idea how to move on from here. I was on tramadol for a long time, until drs started to imply I was an addict looking for attention. I am now off these opioids because they slammed holes in my memory. But even though I can go without meds, doesn't mean I am doing well. I have a TENS device that sometimes helps, sometimes not.
You will maybe understand me when I say I fight depression on a daily basis. Pain sucks all the happy out of you.
I don't know why I am telling this. My story is so different from yours - you all have been through so much more already. But I know what it's like to be in pain always, I know the desperation and the exhaustion that comes with it.
I want to tell you that you are all fighters. It takes so much energy and courage to get up every day and go through the day, and find things you can enjoy and get positive energy from. Hang in there, dear people. Even though it's hard, keep fighting. If not for yourself, for your loved ones, because it is a burden for them, too.
Happy holidays, and thanks for sharing your stories. It made me feel less alone.
Neuropathic pain. Two drugs, Valpro and Lyrica. The nerve ends are in revolt. These two are for epilepsy but their on goings alliviate the pain and settle the damaged nerves down. I know as in my case, I hope it works the pain is terrible,
Try neuropathic pain I am using Valpro and Lyrica, Both for epilepsy as they dumb down the nerves. It is a try but anything against that horrible pain, talk it over with your doctor, it took 18 months of wrong diagnosing to come to this.
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After surgery everything was going well until I started getting pain down the thigh and sometimes slightly to the right side. It comes and goes,sometimes I have it all day other times it may only last a few minutes.It feels like a deep corky,like someone has kneed me in the thigh.
I am having the same issue. My surgeon said less than 1% of those who have this surgery get this. Lucky us. I have tried P.T., cortisone shot, and am now doing acupuncture, which is helping somewhat. BUT, I can not do any exercise. Every thing seems to aggravate it. My doctor said it could take a year to get better. My surgery was over 8 months ago. My pain is in the groin area, and piriformis muscle area. The P.T. thinks my spine, along with the piriformis muscle is compressing the sciatic nerve. I was given a stretch for this that does help somewhat. It was worse before I began stretching. But it never seems to go away completely. There is also a nerve that wraps around the hip into the groin. This is where most of the pain is. Acupuncture has given me the most relief. I have been to 5 sessions, 1 per week. She is treating the nerves in my outer hip and piriformis area around to the front. I have had about 50% improvement, but am worried as the improvement is not progressing as fast as it did the first 2 treatments. I have another session today, in which I plan on asking more questions about what we can do. I came across your post while doing research on the nerves. I have heard of neuromuscular therapists. I will try that next if I think the acupuncture has become a dead end. I am also going to ask my surgeon for an MRI. Have you had one of those yet? It is very frustrating that after the high hopes of the surgery, you are left with this. My hip is better than it was presurgey. I am not in constant pain anymore, only when I move my leg in certain ways. But it seems in order to function, I have to move my leg in the ways that cause pain.
I had surgery a year ago and I am experiencing a sore , burning pain in the buttock and going down to behind my knee. The incision area is also sore and my leg is 4 cms longer than the other. I find it painful to sit, drive and lying down is only slightly better. I am in more pain now than before I had hip replacement. I am looking for a second opinion as I am getting extremely frustrated as I cannot get back to a normal life. I am 61. I wish I had never had it done!!!!!
What sort of implant did you have? If it was a metal on metal go back to the surgeon asap. I am a victim of these implants and have set up a website to give information to people who are suffering.
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