Re: Re: thigh pain after hip replacement Maxine

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Hi Maxine, The OS told me before my surgery that my bones are small and that the smallest part they had would be a tight fit. So I'm thinking maybe that's what's causing my pain. What is weight loading? Thanks, Carmelbayleerocks <bayleerocks@...> wrote: ---Hi Carmel,I hope you don't mind my answering your post about thigh pain after hip replacement.It could be the weight loading, and the stem of the implant pressing against the inside

of the femur.I think a lot of these surgeons know what's happening but don't want to admit it so they just say they don't know what's causing it. I'm not saying YOUR surgeon is one of them, but I think it happens more than we realize.I hope you can eventually get it relieved. Best of luck to you. ..... MaxineIn Joint Replacement , Carmel Santos <pureenergy7@...> wrote:>> Hi,> > It's been almost two years since my THR and I know how you feel when you tell your OS that you are in pain and they can't find anything wrong. It seems all they care about is that the hip looks good in an x-ray. They don't feel the pain we have. I have been in pain since my surgery. My OS said everything looks good. So I ask him but why am I still in so much pain. He said, I don't know. I've had a bone

scan and been to a pain specialist. The bone scan was inconclusive. They also could not rule out that my hip is coming loose. I have not been able to move the way I want to since my surgery. I can walk without aids but can't walk too long because my leg starts to ache. It's very frustrating. Please keep me posted.> > Carmel> > Margaret <zztinau@...> wrote:> Hi Debbie,> > You know, they have no idea what is wrong. Sometimes I feel that they > consider the op a success, and don't care about how I feel. I get the idea > they think it is my imagination, or that they think I have too high > expectations of what it should be. There seems to be a total lack of > interest.> > And the trouble is that with the stick I walk quite well. Aussie > actually said he wished he could walk as well as I do, when he met me - and > that is

what the doctors see. If I don't use the stick for a day you can > really notice the difference. The walking I can cope with although it is a > great disappointment to me. (I just can't run the walking group at work > anymore and get frightened to go anywhere I have to walk.)> > The pain when there is no weight on it is my real problem. At night I > cannot get comfortable so I am getting very little sleep. I feel like I am > lying on marbles if I lie on my operated hip (my natural way to sleep). If > I lie on my other hip I just can't seem to find a position for the operated > leg where it doesn't ache. When I get really stressed I lie on my belly, > with my lower legs on a pillow. That way I can sleep for an hour or so.> > I also have pain on the "hip" where you carry a baby. It is sore to touch > and has been for at least the last 18 months.

I don't understand that pain.> > Aussie Margaret> RTHR 1990 revised 2004> > Re: thigh pain after hip replacement> > > | "Margaret" wrote:> |> | Aussie Margaret,> |> | You say everything looks good; what are they telling you is wrong? I > wonder if it didn't heal correctly. That's got to be so > perplexing/disappointing for you. Did you get a totally new hip or have a > revision?> |> | Debby (Northern California)> |> > Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger. > > > >