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If anyone can help me It would be much appreciated my father had a total hip replacement in August 2014 and after day 2 post op has experienced numbness in foot and toes and at times severe pain in that area and lower part of his leg, this keeps him awake at night. His actual hip is repairing well but has now been left with this awful discomfort.....if anyone has gone through the same or knows of anyone please advise of treatment or next steps....it's obvious nerve damage has occured. Thanks in advance.
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DonDon71 Elizabethstar5
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patricis Elizabethstar5
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What did your dad's doctor say when you reported this? If you are not happy you should get another opinion as you dad does not need to be in pain.
You should get some good advice from this forum, but since we dont know your dad's health history we can only offer what our expereinces have been like.
Wishing you all the best for your dad, Patricia from Toronto
Elizabethstar5 patricis
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The surgeon said the damage may repair itself but everything we have read doesn't sound good, my dad is in good health and has always been very active throughout his life, it just upsets me to see my dad like this...again any advice from anyone would be much appreciated.
edarlingb Elizabethstar5
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My heart goes out to your father; it's a dreadful condition.
No matter how assertive I was, it got me nowhere. However, I would still advise you to push this as far as you can. You may be luckier than I've been.
My symptoms have, very, very slowly, improved just a little. For the most part, I've just had to learn to live with them.
I do hope your father gets some sort of respite and recognition of the problem. I wish you well
Elaine
NE England
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I should add that I had so many problems that they did a revision op 2 years later, but that did not help at all; in fact it probably worsened things.
However, 3 weeks ago I had my other hip replaced and despite massive misgivings, it's gone perfectly. Different surgeon, who said he'd looked at X-rays of my other, first, hip and thinks he can help me with the pain, involving a 3rd op on it. Will be great if it works.
I'm more hopeful at the moment than I've been for 7 years.
So, I'd say confidence in your surgeon is paramount and then, if necessary, cause mayhem in order to be heard and have your issues addressed. Don't know where you're from, but here in UK, we PAY for this service and deserve the best possible care!
arslan7229 edarlingb
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Hey, Its been 6 years of this Post. My father is facing the same issue after Total hip replacement of numbness, electric shock like feeling, needle like feelings and burning sensations and due to this he can't sleep. I want to know did you recover from that situation ?
debbie04463 Elizabethstar5
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beachbum1957 Elizabethstar5
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My experience: I had my total hip replacement on July 17, 2014, After i woke up, i had therapy but my legs hurted and under pain meds. My upper leg near my knee felt numb but it went away. I would be concerned for blood clots and limited movement of his leg. He should be able to raise his at a minimum remember two days post op wont be able to move like a person with 4 weeks post op.
May also be the anesthesia still working that cause numbness.
Does he still have pain groin/hip area?
It may be something else he is experiencing.
Elizabethstar5 beachbum1957
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joy47826 Elizabethstar5
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For me I believe it's all from the short leg issue as I have worse arthritic knee and foot/ankle...but the nerve damage is very much with me 4 yrs post op.
So many of us have been left with messes is all I can say, wish it were not so. J
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