Guest guest Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 Hi, anyone out there who has had a replacement fail after 6 or 7 years? I am having pain and problems -- nebulous answers from the Doctor except that the second surgery is worse than the first. Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 Hi Jan , I'm sorry to hear about that but I haven't felt good from the first one its been five years since my hip replacment and two years since my knee replacement I think this year I'm started to get better I went bowling two times I wish you luck I think someone will be able to help you or go to this site its www.zimmer.com they have a lot of stuff to read on this site. juneflower60 or susieklapratbock2003 <klapratbock2003@...> wrote: Hi, anyone out there who has had a replacement fail after 6 or 7 years? I am having pain and problems -- nebulous answers from the Doctor except that the second surgery is worse than the first. Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 Jan My RTHR would have been 6 years old on July 3. However, I am getting a revision June 7. At about 2 years it made a strange sound. Sort of a pop or crack. I was walking at the time and I could not put weight on it for a few seconds. This happened again walking and while bending into my SUV. My doc thought it might be loosening, but the head of the department said no and try PT. I did and it helped. By the way I never had PT post op out patient. So in August 2002 we were in a car accident and the knee hit the dash and pushed the hip. That January it did the pop/crack thing and it went down hill from there. Finally you can see that it is very loose on x ray. I am not overweight, nor overly active for 47. It is a Zimmer metal/poly cemented THR. My revision will be the same. Sue > Hi, anyone out there who has had a replacement fail after 6 or 7 > years? I am having pain and problems -- nebulous answers from the > Doctor except that the second surgery is worse than the first. Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 > Hi, anyone out there who has had a replacement fail after 6 or 7 > years? I am having pain and problems -- nebulous answers from the > Doctor except that the second surgery is worse than the first. Jan I just had a revision 6 wks ago for a failed hip that lasted only 7.5 yrs. It had loosened, but prior to loosening it was never right and for 7.5 yrs I couldnt walk with a normal gait. I delayed for a long time thinking that a revision would be no better and that the second time around wouldnt be as good nor as easy as the first. Turns out the second is easier and I can walk better now than I ever could with the first. I think it all has to do with the docs skill. If you're not comfortable with your docs answers I'd get at least one other opinion. There just is no reason to stick with one doc. Theres no doubt in my mind that the skill of the OS makes all the difference in the world. If I knew that the second would be so much better I would not have waited so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Susie A revision is where they fix the THR you already have in place. Hopefully just my stem will be replaced. The ball, cup and socket should be okay. It not I will get new. Sue > > Hi, anyone out there who has had a replacement fail after 6 or 7 > > years? I am having pain and problems -- nebulous answers from the > > Doctor except that the second surgery is worse than the first. Jan > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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