45 swm has BADLY worn out hip from hip replacement in 1993

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Hello, I am a swm 45 living in the L.A. area, I am on ' Medi- cal " so my

insurance is very limited, I have had a right " hemi " hip replacement in 1993

at Harbor General UCLA hospital by Dr Schmallzreid, I feel that the operation

was NOT sucessful, I was told by my doctors that I would not limp any longer

nor would I have any pain, after years and years of " chickening " out of the

operation, I finally got the courage up in 6/19/93 to do it, I NEVER ever walked

straight, I have been in total madening insane pain for over 18 years, I take

40 vicodin tablets every day for pain (it hardly helps) I was told by doctors

at

Stanford University (Dr Goodman) that my hip is so BADLY worn out, they fear

it may collapse at any time.............................this was in 1998

I do not know what to do, I feel that another operation may not work again, in

the mean time, I spend most of my time chasing pain releif that does not work,

I am writing this post in crazy insane pain, I can rarely sleep, not much of a

life

at all, and I am not exagerating anything at all, if any thing its all a gross

understatement, anybody have advice please ?

thank you !

Barry