Significant increase in pain

Adding: it was a significant fracture. They fixed the downstairs part of it, but left an upper bit unrepaired...

Necrosis is never good.Get that checked out.Did you hear that vibration was good for healing the bone?There is this therapy where you stand on a platform that vibrates and supposed to improve circulation to the area.I have a bed with a massage setting which I put on before sleep and it really does help your bones feel better.Take care.

I'd be demanding that x-ray asap, if it were me! It's never a good sign if pain gets significantly worse this long after surgery. Best wishes, Belle. Hope it's not serious.

Hi Belle,

I would not hesitate to call my surgeon about this. If you cannot see the surgeon quickly - see your GP.

Even if it is not necrosis (I hope not), better to have this worry off your mind and it could be an easy fix.

Sending big hugs and some of Renée's healing light.

Please let us know what they find and how you are doing.

L

I would certainly raise the issue with my GP, a change that doens't sound like good news, and he can write a letter for you to the specialist raising his concerns if there are any, of course he can also arrange an x-ray or ultrasound to see what is going on if anything, and foward those results to specialist as well.  Best wishes from a fellow hippie.

Belle, I don't know if this is true in your case... but I will tell you about my experience... where I've had repeated bouts of upper thigh pain on the op side.  At times it's been excrutiating.  I went to my surgeon and told him about it... I told him the best way I could describe the pain was as if my leg was "broken."  That's how bad it could feel... and I couldn't put any weight on the leg when I feel this thigh pain.  He told me that in essence... it IS fractured... as the rod from the replacement and my own bone/femur have not yet grown together.  He also told me that in younger patients this can last as long as 2 or 3 years.  My hip replacement was the result of a "reconstruction" done many years prior after a car accident... so I actually had a trauma surgeon do my surgery in Los Angeles.  He was fabulous.  All that said... I'm over 2 years down the road and I still feel the pain when I get too active.  Hope you find relief soon!!!

If it were me, I would definitely go and get it checked out. Any unusual pain after such a while must mean something. If it's not that then at least you will be reassured ??

Good luck

Jacqui

I was diognoaed with necrosis when i was 7 year old. Its not a fun thing to be dealing with. But about 4 weeks after my surgery my pain came back, felt identical as before, came on when either just resting or when i was walking now making it impossible for me to walk more than 10 minutes without wanting to burst into tears. Know one seems to know why but i hope you get some answers and hopefully its not AVN

hi belle, 

Goodness girl, i am so sorry to read this --- Are you still working those long hours?

Definitely make an appointment with your surgeon soon - 

What are you doing about it right now? Can you stand on it , or walk ? 

Angel blessings

renee

Sorry to hear about your problem. I hop e you get it sorted soon, there is nothing worse than being in pain and not being able to get it sorted. I should demand an X-ray it's needed to give you peace of mind. 

Let eat us know how you get on

Brenda C

Hi Belle,

Like the others, I hope your appointment went well and you got good advice toresolve matters. Please reassure us that you did not have any necrosis.

Sending extra hugs,

L

Update (not much of one):

I saw the doc on Thursday. She seemed a little concerned that I can't completely flatten the op leg and also that I told her it feels turned in (has since the op). But she didn't seem overly concerned about that. 

I've been referred to have an x-ray (which I'll do on Tuesday) and will then return to the doc on Wednesday for an extended appointment. She will write up a detailed care plan. Depending on what the x-ray reveals, she'll either send me back to the hospital clinic or send me to physio. I could go to physio now, but if there's something wrong it could make things worse. For my hip, that is. It would definitely make my hip pocket worse; in Australia, if you have physio without a care plan, it costs a fortune and you can't claim any of it back on Medicare; with a plan, you can make Medicare claims.

She'll also organise the bone density tests I have been neglecting.

Even though I have to wait a few more days, I'm just at home until Monday so it's not too bad. 

And the doc visit was enjoyable. She asked me on the way to her office if I minded that she had a medical student in tow for the day. I didn't and had a great chat with him in between talking to her. Turns out that come Monday I start my masters degree classes at the same university he attends.