1. Community
  2. Operations and surgical procedures
  3. Hip Replacement

Extreme pain after stem cell injections

Posted , 9 users are following.

suzie95956
suzie95956

Hi all. I had my second round of stem cells injected on Thursday (2 days ago) and still can't put weight on my right leg without excruciating pain down my thigh. Even when I'm immobile it aches, while the other hip showed no signs of any pain at all? Is this something I should be concerned about?

0 likes, 20 replies

20 Replies

Prev
  • rebecca93271
    rebecca93271 suzie95956

    Posted

    I have the same reaction. Mine is 5 days out. Did your pain resolve?  If so, how long did it take?  Do you know why this happened? 
    • suzie95956
      suzie95956 rebecca93271

      Posted

      I missed your message, apologies! What happened with you? Mine was a staph infection directly related to the stem cell injection. 
  • jeanette74087
    jeanette74087 suzie95956

    Posted

    Hi 

    it’s been two months since I had stem cells put in both sides of my pelvic area. I have the same symptoms as you. I am getting concerned I may have a infection. A lot of pain even when I am immobil as well. I am not walking well as my balance seems to be off some. I have had stem cells in my back and it was very successful and no pain very soon after procedure. I wasn’t told not to do any special care, and I have been quite active. I am wondering if I have hurt my self in anyway? I see my doctor Monday I can’t stand this pain any longer. 

    • suzie95956
      suzie95956 jeanette74087

      Posted

      Mine was a staph infection - I ended up going to the hospital because the pain was so intense, was given an ultrasound and fluid was taken. They said it was just trapped fluid and sent me home with steroids.   It got worse after the steroids so I went back a day later and was admitted. They couldn’t determine where the infection was so did a wash out surgery just in case, and took bone and tissue sample while they were in. A  few days later it came back as a bone infection and I was put on IV antibiotics and sent home with a pic line when the pain was manageable and I could walk with crutches.  

      A week later the pain came back, by this stage I couldn’t even walk, so I was given a second surgery and they dislocated my hip and did another washout. I was in hospital for 5 weeks in total and kept the pic line antibiotics for 3 months. It was a hell of a journey and now means my hip replacement is likely to get infected so will be infused with antibiotics when they do it next year.  

      I hope you don’t have an infection, but I’d head down to the hospital rather than a GP and get checked out if I were you. Best of luck and please let me know what happens! ❤️

Back to top
Prev

Report or request deletion

Thanks for your help!

We want the community to be a useful resource for our users but it is important to remember that the community are not moderated or reviewed by doctors and so you should not rely on opinions or advice given by other users in respect of any healthcare matters. Always speak to your doctor before acting and in cases of emergency seek appropriate medical assistance immediately. Use of the community is subject to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and steps will be taken to remove posts identified as being in breach of those terms.