Pain and lack of ability to walk without a cane six months after hip revision surgery

I've had 2 successful TKR and one THA.  On Feb. 22nd I had the second THA, an anterior approach THA.  On that same day, when questioned about the THA by the Physical therapist, I noted that I had a lot of pain and that I couldn't easily even move the affected leg.  I noted that this was very different from the experience I had with the other THA.  While I went home to an easy recovery with the first THA, I was never able to do any PT in the hospital and it was recommended that I go to a short term rehab facility.  I experienced the same pain and inability to lift the affected leg more than an inch off the ground.  I complained to the PT staff and found that the pain sometimes reduced me to tears.  13 days after the THA, I went with great pain to have the stitches removed.  the PA took an x-ray and told me that my pain was due to a fractured femur.  I was sent back to the hospital to prepare for revision surgery.  That night the imaging staff took and x-ray of the affected hip.  the following morning I was taken to the PACU to prepare for surgery only to be taken back to my room without explanation.  Later that day i had a CT scan of the THA.  I had the surgery on the following day.  It has been almost six months since that surgery and I have progressed but still have pain and can't walk without a cane.  the orthopedist told me to stop PT about four weeks ago and has no explanation for my disability only offering platitudes such as "everyone heals differently"   Recently I reviewed the tests including the x-rays that are posted on the hospital's patient portal.  You can imagine my chagrin to find that the x-ray take in the evening after I was sent back to the hospital because of the x-ray in the morning which showed the fracture (which I saw) that later x-ray showed NO FRACTURE...which explains why they called off the surgery the next morning and asked for a CT scan.  the surgeon assured me that the x-ray taken immediately after the first surgery did not find a fracture, but if the other x-ray taken in the same hospital 13 days later did not catch tthe fracture, is it possible that the first x-ray was incorrect and that I was sent out that that first surgery with a fractured femur?

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