Sciatica pain after THR

Hi Linda. My first surgery on my right was 11/2 with a dislocation two weeks post op just getting off the couch. My revision was on 11/18 then I had my left hip done on 2/15. I was just shy of two weeks when I started having the pain. The pain is on my right side where I had the revision. I was scared something went wrong because I could not do any weight bearing on that leg but I was confused because the leg that I just had surgery on was feeling great. My surgeon told me it was due to being off balance for so long and my X-rays looked great. Well I am taking a round of steroids and today was my first day... it already is feeling much better. I haven't received my appointment for my MRI yet. I hope it will be something simple.

Glad you're feeling better. It's tough being in pain and having the fear of something wrong after a dislocation. That's so crazy how that happened to you!! I'm not to sure how i dislocated mine. I was told the sofa was not a good place to sit at. I had gone to rehab for 2 weeks and before i came home they brought me home to look at how things would be set up at home since I was in a wheelchair and hopping on one leg with walker. They looked at my sofa & recliner and said those would not be places i could sit in. My wheelchair became my to go chair and still is mostly outside on porch. I have my husband put it out there before he leaves for work. So did they have to redo the whole hip? I have a lot of nerve pain. Just touching my thigh on the side is so sensitive. If I could get over that I'd be good!! Well let us know how you are doing and how your appointment goes. Hugs 🤗 LD

Mine happened on my couch as well. I was getting up from a sitting position and I heard the pop and looked down and my leg was just dangling there. My surgeon told me it was like the perfect storm. The stem settled too far into my femur giving the head too much room and it just came out. He redid the whole hip. I was in surgery from 5pm until almost 10:30pm. He said the smaller stem kept dislocating when he put it back in soooo I got the biggest stem they make in both legs, he assured me that it would not happen again. But really once it happens to you you're scared to death of dislocation all the time! I am so ready to back to work and back to living on my own. Right now I'm staying with my parents, I'm only 38... but man I don't feel it!!!

Wow hearing a pop!!! I never heard anything. I did notice that my hip was higher and when I laid in bed my leg was shorter my foot was touching my ankle of the other leg. I was like that for a week or so. I was still walking and doing exercises but it was a little difficult and a little painful 😖. My dr tried to pop back in but couldn't so he cut me open again to find cup and stem were loose and the ball of hip was caught up on back side of cup. And I get scared of dislocating it again. Currently I can't get to 90 degrees hip flexion. Which is all dr allows me. I'm maybe at 83/85. Almost there but it's been slow. Do you have hip precautions? I've heard that one you dislocate a hip and they pop it back you are at higher risk of another dislocation. So are you able to move hip good?

Oh my goodness, you were like that for a week and was able to move? I was screaming, I couldn't make it off the couch. They came and took me in the ambulance. I laid like that for 24 hours and I was on morphine every two hours. But I have no precautions but they went in via the anterior approach. And other than the back pain I'm doing rather well. I still feel like my legs are different but I suppose they would with the biggest rods in there. I am so sorry your recovery is taking longer. I hope my MRI doesn't show anything else. I work in surgery and I'm so ready to go back! I'm always here if you ever need to talk. I have taken up collecting plants and bird watching. I bought a new puppy and I do massive amounts of online shopping. I better get well before I go broke!!!!

Lol 😂. I just bought a convection oven on QVC!! Wow that's something on the level of pain you were in!! I remember reading and hearing that you would be in level 10 pain if you dislocate your hip!! So when I went in for my checkup and find out I dislocated it it was a surprise to me and dr. He was amazed at how I was not in severe pain!! Well I hope all goes well for you. Thanks for the offer!! I get sad a lot cause of this pain. I'm still limping too. I had dysplasia of the right hip. You? Do you limp? Why did you have hr surgery?

Yea I was in surgery too for 5 to 6 hrs both times. My first surgery was anterior. The second had lateral. Which involved the butt muscle. Now that bothers me. Not to mention my muscles were short prior to surgery for years. Now they are stretched giving me tendonitis and bursitis. I was an 1&1/2 inches short. LD

Sadly I'm still limping but I still use my walker because of the severe pain I've been in. I hate it too. I refuse to go out beyond the grocery store and maybe a trip shopping with my mother on the weekend. My surgeries were due to osteoarthritis and hip dysplasia. He said it was the worst case he's ever seen and I was by far his youngest patient. My physical therapist discharged me yesterday because he said there wasn't much he could do with me. Really I think he was just lazy. I can think of all kinds of things to do but he said until I have my MRI i need to take it easy. Soooo I get bored so easy and at times I get down too. There is just so much I want and need to be doing. I have a 7 year old that needs attention.

Sofas are dangerous things - it was getting off the sofa that caused my hip to crumble pre-op! 

I was private for my replacement, and I thought the physio was useless too. I know there are some great ones out there in the NHS but it seems there are a lot that aren't too. If you can spare a bit of cash, I'd really recommend a few sessions privately. I've had a private physio for nearly two years now, and she is my lifeline to a sensible world! Just because your are waiting for something doesn't mean there aren't things you can do to help yourself. 

The other thing that is useful if you can source it is any form of hydro therapy. I'm lucky - we happen to have a private pool not far from where I live. NHS pools are now few and far between thanks to cuts, and massively over subscribed. But when I was looking for somewhere, I did notice that quite a few hotels locally had pools where they had private exercise classes that were very reasonably priced. The non weight bearing quality of water may help.

At least you had 18 good years on your hip. He told me the more active I am the sooner I will have to have mine redone. He thinks about 10 years, I will be just shy of 50. I am excited for summer to come along. I was planning a vacation but I think I might have to wait awhile for that. Glad to hear you are in no pain, that is really the worst of it. When you have no pain possibilities are endless and you can progress in healing more quickly.

Have fun on vacation!!!