Update to my hip replacement

why do you need a revision?

I'm only 37 and just had my right hip replaced using an anterior approach 5 weeks ago. We are too young and I'm so sorry you have to have a revision. Why is that necessary already if you don't mind me asking? Hopefully it will be well worth it and you can be pain free for a long time to come.

wow why a revision so soon? I have two new hips i hope to last the rest of my life i am 60 good luck for your surgery

oh so sorry Nicole, your very young and then to deal with a revision in such a short period . Can you tell us why you needed the first hip surgery ? Was it other than OA or desplasia, dislocation, accident, infection? would it be possible to ask why your having to go thru a revision in less than two years. that is indeed discouraging. anytime thr fails it can be a set back and more that most have to cope with. the reason why I ask all these questions is to help obtain more information on hip implant diagnostics for primary and revision surgeries ie and complications ? information is key!

Just to help give you my experience with hip implants i had both hips done and a revision on one hip 6 years after the primary surgery due to chromium and cobalt build up toxicity , metallioisis, pseudo tumors. corrosion of the stem component loose femoral component, among some of the issues and severe pain. What are some of the symptoms you have experienced ? yet my other hip had thr over 20 years ago. quite a contrast with the two hip joints . it always amazes me to think thr has been around since the 60's and today more implants are done every year with new techniques , and better technology. yet there are complications that has been rarely made public for the average patient.

i hope that your revision surgery goes much better than the primary and you can more in a positive direction to get thru whatever you need to get your health back and living a good quality of life and happy to be have thr in your past and moving foreword. sometimes the frustration factor of it all can be a lot to cope with. I hope you have lots of home support and you definitely have a lot of helpful hippies here that are always around to help.

Hi,

I'm so sorry you are having to have a revision. I am 36, I had a left side THR nearly a year ago. I had dysplasia from childhood, so had ops at 2, 3, 13 and 17, before this last one at 35. I had a dislocation in the hospital but now it all seems really good, thank God.

What is wrong with your replacement? And do talk to us here. I can't tell you how depressed I was to be in continual pain before the op, and to see myself limp and be unable to do what I wanted to do. I felt very old and like suddenly my life was very full of bodily complications I felt too young for.

I don't have children, but I imagine that would have been worse: at the time my father was very ill and I felt like I was letting my family down and needing their attention when we should have been focusing on my Dad. I imagine this feeling is worse with children, coupled with a feeling of having no energy and time. I also felt very isolated from friends who had no real idea what I was feeling day to day, which is natural. I have a few friends I should have trusted more.

I hope you are feeling ok today and not in too much pain. Sending love and empathy, if that doesn't sound too twee. xx