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Femoral nerve damage after THR 2nd time in 5 months

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amy49848
amy49848

Just wanted some input to know if anyone else has had this problem I think this is what I am suffering from had total hip replacement in October came out 3 times had it done again in March now have numbness from hip down to knee can't walk up stairs and in doing research This Is What It Seems like my problem maybe I have an appointment with a neurologist can anyone else relate to having this problem

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  • linda38528
    linda38528 amy49848

    Posted

    Oh goodness Amy - what a horrible experience you have been through. I have no experience with this but just wanted to send you hugs as you struggle to untangle this problem. Wishing you much better luck in your consult and subsequent treatment.

    Regards,

    L

    • amy49848
      amy49848 linda38528

      Posted

      Thank you for your thoughts and keep meat in your prayers
    • linda38528
      linda38528 amy49848

      Posted

      I will take a wild guess here and guess that I am to keep you (meat) in my prayers! Of course!

      But that inadvertent slip (which happens to me all the time in this forum) reminds me of advice from a friend who is a nutritionist - you need lots of protein in your diet to help recover properly. As many of us struggle with appetite issues, it is worth repeating this and to encourage all of us to turn to protein shakes if meat, etc turns us off.

  • sally051266
    sally051266 amy49848

    Posted

    Hi Amy, I had a RTHP ten years ago, then had LTHP 5 weeks ago. I am getting numbness in right hip and pain, also wakes me up at night it gets so bad. Is this the same thing as yours? I really don't know what to do.
    • amy49848
      amy49848 sally051266

      Posted

      Yes I get a burning and it feels like mosquito bites it's very weak I can't stand on it now they're sending me to a neurologist thinking maybe it was some kind of nerve damage but I have severe pain in the hip across the back down the other hip and in my k
    • sally051266
      sally051266 amy49848

      Posted

      Yes I get a burning sensation too and pins and needles, not got any pain in back yet or other hip. How long have you had this and did you go to your doctor about it or your specialist?.
    • amy49848
      amy49848 sally051266

      Posted

      I have had this since I had the hip revision surgery done in March and he is just now sending me to a neurologist for a nerve study but my leg is numb the only feeling I get is that tingling and burning he is not sure what went on
  • renee01952
    renee01952 amy49848

    Posted

    hi Amy,

    welcome to our hippies forum and for posting your first thread. ..

    I am so sorry to hear what you are going through. ..

    you're not alone anymore and hopefully you and Sally are able to join forces. ..

    sending both of you light, love and healing. ..

    big warm hug

    Renee

  • Rocketman_SG6UK
    Rocketman_SG6UK amy49848

    Posted

    Amy,

    Goodness, multiple hip operations - hope that you didn't get my surgeon who messed up my new hip by putting the ceramic socket in at an angle.

    I do get odd pains now and again, nothing constant, and certainly not that old OA 'lightning bolt down the leg' feeling.

    I do get odd needle pricks in the scar area, and some pain in the front of the thigh at times.

    Best wishes

    Graham

  • paul19337
    paul19337 amy49848

    Posted

    Hi Amy,

    Yes I can definitely relate to your problem, the first part of this reply I posted a year ago, you will see I am still fighting.

    20 months ago I underwent THR at the Royal Orthopeadic Hospital in Birmingham 4 days after discharge I emailed the consultant to say I was in terrible pain ( I had my left hip replacement one year previously so I knew what to expect in pain levels. he saw me 3 weeks later and said it would settle down. He admitted they had trapped the lateral cutaenous nerve which created Meralgia Parasthetica in my thigh but this would go needless to say it hasn't. more seriously having paid to have endless test done privately the surgeon that did my left hip op told me yesterday that my pain is caused by the wrong size implant being used and it is moving in my femur causing all the pain when I try and walk. I am now having CT and ultrasound to prove that diagnosis. If confirmed I will have to have the whole operation done again with more months of rehab. To think prior to this I played golf twice a week climbed to the top of St Paul's cathedral . Needless to say the surgeon that created this has never bothered to contact me since December 2nd . The Royal Orthopeadic Hospital has been useless and don't even bother to reply to my emails and my formal complaint made on 12th December,  for anyone going there beware Mr Mc Bryde's web site makes many claims but be very sure you get a second opinion. This op was by direct anterior approach the other methods more common are lateral or posterior which one did you have. My one which involves no muscle cutting no sleeping on your back for 6 weeks, walk in a week, drive in a week, so it seemed a no brainer to choose this approach which is used widely in the US and Australia.

    NowJune 2016--- Complete revision op in June 2015 9 day in hosp then Dec2015 another op to decompress  lateral cutaneous nerve, my thigh 6 months later is just as sore and painful. Pain in my thigh when walling for only 10 mins is excrutiating I have always said it must be the femoral nerve as my leg gives way when I put weight on it , 7 consultants later endless private tests EMGs MRI's CT scans, ultrasounds and hospital appointments, I have not met one consultant that can say how they can put it right. Today I am off to see the spine surgeon who did my successful spinal fusion in 2012 to eliminate the problem is not coming from my back.

    Good Luck Amy keep fighting hopefully we will both get it solved, if I get any info I think helpful I will post it here,

    Best wishes 

    Paul

    • amy49848
      amy49848 paul19337

      Posted

      Paul my problem sounds identical to yours they had to go in and put a bigger ball because it kept coming out the first time and I think mine's exactly the same as yours they have that nerve caught and I had previously had back surgery like you and now the back pain has come back and the other pain in the hip has come back to sounds identical to yours just the beginning I guess of a long road I go to see the neurologist next week I'm only the second person this doctor has had to do a second hip revision on and I think he pinched the nerve let's keep in touch and see what we can work out thanks for your reply I helped a lot
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