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having problems with my Wright medical hip implant

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jen1961
jen1961

has anyone else out there had any problems with there wright medical hip implant.....having pain in femur area and in the groin.....cannot be on my feet very long or I get sharp pains in the groin and femur

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  • hope4cure
    hope4cure jen1961

    Posted

    How long have u had the implant? Have u been to PT.. what dos UR do say? It's complicated. Muscles & tendons take guite awhile to heal. I occasionally still have pain 14 yrs after my first implant. The second has never really healed well 2&1/2 yrs later.

    Hip implants r like snowflakes no two are the same.

    my first hip implant took almost a full year to be comfortable and no pain. Even on a good day sometimes over do, 

    • juliette39133
      juliette39133 hope4cure

      Posted

      I like the snowflake analogy Hope. I too am suffering pain in the leg of the last replacement. Back on painkillers. It's nerve type pains and I feel it in the shin and into the foot.If I rest it gets better. I am probably overdoing it at the moment but am cutting back as much as possible. It's a hard lesson to learn that after thr things are better but I am never going to be "normal" for a woman of sixty.
    • juliette39133
      juliette39133 hope4cure

      Posted

      I saw a woman yesterday playing basketball with her grandsons. From a distance see looked like a young woman but she was older than me. There she was, leaping about and there was me, sat on the bench resting my aching leg. I know comparisons are an illusion because for all I know she may be a survivor of some other plague that flesh is heir to. Still.......
    • hope4cure
      hope4cure juliette39133

      Posted

      Just remember the things u can do not the things u cannot..focus on how lucky we r...pain is different and I too understand. I want to recognize the things I can still do..u can too! Maybe a lot different because we recognize our limitations & know we can do things differently..

      it now our new normal..biggrin

    • hope4cure
      hope4cure juliette39133

      Posted

      I cannot walk fast or run..or jump. But it can still ride ...I can't lift a gallon of milk but I can make cookies...

       

  • jen1961
    jen1961

    Posted

    Hope4cure I had the implant 3 years ago. Went to a orthopedic surgeon, had xrays and MRI done and he said all he could see was a little artheritis. My leg with the implant is a little bit longer. I thought artheritis pain was more like a aching not sharp sudden pain with certain movements?
    • hope4cure
      hope4cure jen1961

      Posted

      Arthritis pain is miserable. Sharp dull and screaming.. I have seen arthritis specialists . My rhumy has helped with meds for arthritis. A little arthritis is all it takes .. It's in a place causing pain it could be very painful .

      please see a rhumy they can help u out . Trials for many new meds are now approved and on the market now.. U could find a med to give u much needed relief, and peace of mind.

      TC&GB

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