Excrutiating pain after total ceramic hip replacement

hi chris

you are going through the exact same thing as myself im fed up of been pushed from one to other with 2 surgon's that made mistakes with my ops they will not admit to nothing they are always right they not my first op the femur head was loose ,not ligned up properly and wrong size head was put in i this was last october so did what you have got seconed opinion.

went to see a different surgon at a different hospital in feb 20/14 he told me about the above i was put as urgent but for what good this was i got it in may 20/14 im worse now than ever i never was told anthing about what he intened to do put my life in his hands he never came to see me after op i had to make my own appointment to see him never say him till this wenseday

. i always saw his under dog but in june i got foot drop my knee locked up cannot bend it so i have my leg in a splint since june i was at my wits end cryed hrs on end i can't walk im in so much pain from the scar wich is 12 inch long back ache groin pain and the pain from the foot drop is excuciating so wensday i had had enough i wanted answers got some.

i have had MRI scan , nerver conduction test both have come back ive got nerve damage,  ive got foot drop now in other foot i im now in two casts then to top it he told me ive got a tilted pelvis and 3 inch shoter leg hes now panacking as the colour of my feet look like ive got gangerine in them ive never seen a colour like em.

so before he will sort my knee out he wants to no whats caused the foot drop he said its not through the op well what the hell dose he think as caused it im panacking i have to live with all this and worry of ever walking again is he bothered is he hell hes sendind me now to a nurologist to get to bottom why ive got the foot drop's

i really lost it with him for messing me about ive not walked since last october  his register r as said keep having physio but now. Ive to forget about the knee been locked till he can get the results from nurologist im so depressed i can't even sit out its that painful im on warfrin he had the cheek to ask me why there were more words exchanged its a yr today since i had all this done

i havevent no atheritis but osteoprosis all this lot from a small fall im suing my first surgon if this dosent get is finger out after ive seen the nurosurgon im suing him i cannot take any more pain .

 ive tryed to cut it as short as i can but belive me i wish they would take both my legs of for what good they are ive been bed bound for a yr with no explnation layed on my back i weigh 6 stone from 9 getting no help from any one oh for got wasting disease im thinking of going private just for a consultation i really am sick up to the teeth now when he told me about this other foot drop and tilted pelvis i felt like punching him.

 are they surgon's or just butchers so you not on your own chris you can only take so much pain ive pins,plates,wire, longer stem you name it ive got it and not once have not been told ive all this pain all im getting you shouldnt be getting any are they thinking we are both imagining this pain  we bouth will end up in a mental home at this rate.the only thing i hope we bouth come out of this by keeping our chins up and see what other advice we get

christine x

good luck to you hope you get sorted out and keep fighting i am till i die.

Hi Chris, yes I had horrible pain after surgery. PAIN meds dif not cover all the pain either. Then I had physical therapy which caused more pain. The pain did ease as time passed though.

I don't know what typeTHR you had.mine was anterior. Nerve pain comes from the damage during surgery.It does take time for the nerves to settle down. My leg is still numb along the side and knee.

.knee pain was also associated with my procedure.also my ankles hurt too. After 12,wks I had my knee injected.That made everything better for PT and walking. I wished I had it done sooner. Hope things continue to get better for you

Hi Chris, I have just come accross this forum today. I have also had a total ceramic hip replacement but it was almost three years ago. Since six months after the op I have been getting stabbing pains in my thiigh. I also never lost the groin pain and have to lift my leg into the car. Right now this is all getting worse I have other joint problems and am going for a knee arthroscopy on Tuesday but have promised myself that I need to start gtting this thigh pain sorted out. How did you get on? I also have bad back problems but have never  had any treatment for this

I had total hip replacement of my left hip due to avascular necrosis in June 2010.  Ceramic ball, plastic cup, & titanium post. They think it might have been caused by high powered steroids I was put on when I had a severe MS exacerbation in 92 and again in 01.  However, I fell & injured my hip striking it directly on the femur at the joint level.  Maybe it was both.?  Anyway, as soon as I got home from the hospital & got into my bed, I had a SEVERE cramp in the front of my hip joint which lasted for approximately 20 excruciating minutes.  Since then It will grab at different times expecially when I get a little bit chilled.  It is now cramping almost daily even with flexions of my hip.  It feels like someone is stabbing me deep in the front of my hip joint with a knife.  I did go back to my surgeon and all he told me was "some people have pain after surgery".  I found your discussion on hip pain while researching this problem.  It sounds like many other people experience the same thing.  I did find this article that describes my hip pain almost to a tee.  Maybe it will shed a little light for you if you are still having problems.    http://www.boneandjoint.org.uk/highwire/filestream/40510/field_highwire_article_pdf/0/991.full-text ;    I copied it off & plan on taking it to my surgeon.  Sometimes we just have to find answers for ourselves.  I hope you have found some relief by now.  Good luck with it.

Actually your surgeon is probably right. My aunt had a terrible back and a bad hip, and after she was left in agony after the hip replacement she was told that the pain was inevitable. According to her second consultant you can't put a damaged back and a new hip together because it will cause more problems than it ever solves.

If it helps she did have later surgery on her back and she has gone from taking 62 pills for pain management a day to 3 and has almost no pain at all.

Hi

Sympathies -thought if i give my info something may resignate with someone

Had a great deal of pain in groin and front of thight and down to shin sometimes, its agony

Hip xray shows its fine, MRI on back and hip are classed as fine, very slight bulge which is normal and no nerve compression seemingly - but that doesnt add up to my leg pain??

seen lots of alternative therapist, only thing that eased it is accupuncture, have a lot of stiffness going on so presume arthritus too

New physio yersterday said it is NOT my back but the hip joint isnt turning due to inflammation and therefore back coming into play to compensate and putting pressure on the nerves

the exercisses have helped already but dont know how far it will get me, at least have a bit of confidence back to deal with the pain - inflammation needs to go down so using cold peas, Turmeric Tablets 400, Quircetin (google what helps inflammation and stiffness)

another physio has e-mailed to say it sounds like the fermural nerve is trapped but this not consistent with the results and of MRI. seemingly groin pain can come from the nerves NOT just from hip Thinking its the whole thing too, getting weight down and putting into place these measures doing the exeercises 3 times a day. also doing meditation and pilates to strengthen the body this is very important to hold you. I do think that depression with the pain makes it feel worse! the mind tunes into it - as the physio said, when an amputee has foot off, they still feel the foot for ages, this is because the brain is 'remembering' makes sense really

good wishes everyone xx

Hi there jus to say u ain't on ya own I had Total hip replacement in 2007 an had constant probs since I was 24 at the time my surgeon fobbed me of an discharged me when he knew I cudnt walk an jus recommended physio said my muscles etc had collapsed an needed to be strengthened after constant complaints 6 different doctors an 2 diff hospitals later through a routine blood test I found out the hip was faulty an had poisoned all my blood stream an my cobalt levels were 5 times higher than it should of been so the metal had poisoned my body an was splintering into my bloodstream I'd advise u keep at it an demand a blood test for this as it's quite common an certain  replacements have been called back due to a fault I've jus had it revised 6 weeks ago an now currently still on crutches but doing well 

Chris I have exchrutiating pain over 1 year after the surgery and my Dr. intially told me it was my back. He now agrees he was dead wrong. But know one knows what the hell is wrong?? My white blood court on the synovial fluild they extracted from my hip was 13000 times normal, evidencing extreme inflimation.

No firm diagnosis by any of the 5 differnent orthopetis and rumatogolist who have examin me?? Anyone have a diagnosis??

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