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I've been reading all these experiences people have had with hip replacement. Has anyone gotten a haematoma? I am 2 weeks out from my surgery. I saw my Dr yesterday because I did not know what this Hugh swelling on my hip was. He said it was a haematoma like it was nothing. He mentioned possibly a surgery for it, but really didn't want to do that. It may not be a big deal to him, but it is to me. It looks like a deformady. How am I to fit into my clothes? I am icing and using heat 4times a day, and massaging. Does anyone else have this problem? How fast does this take to get back to normal size. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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shirley17649 pat30148
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Sorry to hear about your problem. Haematoma is a long word for bruising I think. Perfectly natural and it will probably disperse, given time.
I understand how you must be feeling about this "thing".
Applying ice packs is definitely a good idea.
Try not to worry,
Hugs,
Shirley
linda72833 pat30148
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shirley17649 pat30148
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Just looked it up and it is a collection of blood , usually after an operation or injury. Yes, sometimes a haematoma will need to be drained, so keep that in mind. Maybe your doctor is one of the "wait and see" School of Medicine?
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linda72833 pat30148
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pat30148 linda72833
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Too bad they don't ask us for our opinion. I think it's a God like attitude.
linda72833 pat30148
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If you didn't have a drain that could explain the swelling and large hematoma. It's too bad they didn't put one in for you. It will go down, it's just going to take longer than if you had a drain. That's probably small comfort right now but keep hanging on.
shirley17649 linda72833
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I love your line "God thinks he's a doctor"
That has made me laugh and that is saying something when you have a new hip.
I know one or two doctors that this really fits.
How is the haematoma?
pat30148 shirley17649
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Lucindagl pat30148
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Hi Pat, I know you posted this a year ago but my physio thinks I have a haemotoma too, and says I must get it checked out by the surgeon.
May I ask what happened with yours? I too thought I had a completely disformed operated hip at 5 weeks (today) as I'm walking really really well and really straight for the first time in years, but I'm in so much pain and it looks completely different to my non operated hip! My surgeon is away so I went and asked the physio what she thought.
What happened to yours? Was it successfully removed? Did you have to have surgery?
Thank you...
GoneFishing pat30148
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Good luck to all the new hippies reading this.
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