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Hip Dislocation 8 weeks post op

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Lindyloudee
Lindyloudee

My left hip replacement recovery was going pretty well until at 8 weeks it dislocated and had to be corrected under general

Anaesthetic. It was an extremely traumatic experience which has left me with sciatica and a complete loss of confidence. I am now wearing a brace for 6 weeks and having as much physio as I can without aggravating the sciatica. We have cancelled our planned holiday and I can't imagine when I might be fit to fly again...Weeks or months seem to be risky... More like a year!

Any one had a similar experience?!

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  • beth2509
    beth2509 Lindyloudee

    Posted

    My commiserations, that's a rubbish thing. I know how the cancelling your holiday thing feels - I had to cancel my holiday to Mexico this year; and for other reasons, it looks like you that I won't be able to fly next year as well as I need surgery on my ankle. It's like the whole point of working through everything is to have that nice holiday and it's all snatched away.

    ?Wishing you a speedy recovery...

  • ginger47520
    ginger47520 Lindyloudee

    Posted

    Oh my goodness. You have suffered much. Dislocation is very pai nful and scarey.Ifeel sad you have experienced it.

    Hopefully the surgeons have corrected the reason for the Dislocation.

    A lady from exercise class was 4yrs. Post op.and dislocated her hip by sitting on a low toilet seat.

    I'm at 2 an half yrs post op. I took a16 day tour to Ireland, Scotland and London. Involed buses,planes, trains,castle winding stairs,and uneven grounds.

    I did this with no problems at all.I loved this trip. Very happy i went there. The counties are beautiful and breathtaking.

    You will be able to travel later and have it to look forward too. Best of luck and healing too you

  • ihavenonickname
    ihavenonickname Lindyloudee

    Posted

    Then use the year to plan the holiday to end all holidays...in the USA we say make lemonade out of lemons...so sorry to hear of the dislocation set back...hugs
    • beth2509
      beth2509 ihavenonickname

      Posted

      Good idea. I had to cancel three weeks touring Mexico (my friends first time there but not mine, so it could have been worse). So I started planning a month touring central America for next year. Which now looks blown out of the water. So I am planning the tour of central America plus a tour of Iran for the year after. I have a tendency to have bank account piggy banks - I have a separate account for savings, one for travel etc.,. And my travel one is looking so healthy that I will definitely be able to afford both, and maybe even a third one. I'm wondering about a European river cruise next year because I could do that without flying, so it would not impact on surgery.

    • ihavenonickname
      ihavenonickname beth2509

      Posted

      I so want to do a nice long river cruise!!!! And Israel and Jordan. And Scotland.

      I just began a trip piggy this year!

    • jen5578
      jen5578 ihavenonickname

      Posted

      I just returned home from a trip to Bali! After my hip dislocation and other emotional issues I developed PTSD. I always had a fear of flying and being away from home. An old friend from high school was running a yoga retreat to Bali and begged me to go. It was life changing!
    • ihavenonickname
      ihavenonickname jen5578

      Posted

      Bali...you need to meet Gloria from Bali on the ankylosing spondylosis discussion group!
  • judith12644
    judith12644 Lindyloudee

    Posted

    I feel so sorry about your hip. Wishing you a speedy recovery, and hoping you get away somewhere fantastic eventually.
  • lynn48178
    lynn48178 Lindyloudee

    Posted

    I hope you don't mind me asking but how did you dislocate it? 

  • morriewynn
    morriewynn Lindyloudee

    Posted

    Hi Lindy

    Oh my goodness how absolutely dreadful. I am nine weeks post op; second op this year and I'm so terrified of dislocation. However, as I'm feeling more confident, I am tending to forget the twelve week restriction rule . This morning my daughter brought her brand new puppy to see me and without thinking,I bent to pick her up! Immediately had a pull in my thigh and inner groin pain which I can tell, I inflamed.

    Would you mind please , explaining what you did, if anything, to dislocate and also the symptoms?

    Reading on there are many people that this has happened to; it's so scary.

    I truly wish you well.

    Maureen xx

    • madla39168
      madla39168 morriewynn

      Posted

      Maureen , im just 8 weeks today and im also scare of dislocation. Reading on there are many people that this has happened

      to make me be more careful. My second hip going to be done

      March. 6 months after first one. Have nice day.

      Madla

  • jennifer_84257
    jennifer_84257 Lindyloudee

    Posted

    Unfortunately yes I have as well. I had 2 dislocations on the right side following THR (right side) I hate to be the barrier of bad news but you will likely need a revision surgery to correct the problem. I was also 8 weeks out when it dislocated the first time and it happened really really easy the 2nd time... I was sleeping! So, be really careful because after it comes out the first time you are highly likely to dislocate a second time. The X-rays I had in the beginning showed the hip was fine, and the ortho said that I just needed to heal some more. Well after the second time I knew something wasn't right and it wasn't! My hip was put in at a 0 degree antiversion (per the second opinion) Its fixed and now I'm 8 years out and doing pretty good, and recovering (4 weeks out) from left total hip replacement. Pray, trust in the lord and maybe get a second opinion.. no one knows the terror you feel following a dislocated hip. I'm so paranoid about this one coming out I'm almost afraid to move lol! And again, no one understands why I'm so fearful of that but me. Good luck and hope you find that you are maybe slower to heal rather than you having to go through yet another procedure to fix your hip!

  • rose0000
    rose0000 Lindyloudee

    Posted

    Lindy I am so sorry to hear this - it is the thing we all dread, and to have it happen to you must be truly hideous. No one can dress this up as being anything other than completely traumatic, it is bad enough going through a THP - much less a revision. I hope you will from now on have a trouble free recovery and will soon be planning a holiday.

    From experience with a uncomplicated THP my holiday four months post op was a complete waste of money, I was too scared to move and to relax, I fell over on an uneven surface and was so stressed out being overseas and in the middle east - where I have no experience of the hospitals there. My advice is to wait until you are feeling COMPLETELY confident, and trial run a few short breaks first....I wish I had waited to be honest - and I would have enjoyed it more. Spend the money on cheering yourself up at home if I were you.

    WIshing you the very best lovely - we are all here to get you through, and esp those with experience will really be able to help x

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