Guest guest Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 Hi, Well so glad to hear that you are on the other side of all the problem with the hip and at least have a good explanation of what happened and a brand new chance to get your life back............ My wishes are with you to have a quick recovery of the hip situation and resolution of whatever this fever business is.........not good that sort of thing.........if only from the mystery part......... All the best and I hope of here of rapid progress in the future, Edith LBHR Dr. L Walter Syd Aust 8/02 > Entered the hospital on December 30 and came home January 3. I am an > official resurfacing failure as I knew deep in my heart. Just like ph, who I > have been talking with a lot, I had developed AVN under the cap. The doc said > that it came off in his hand and was fragmented and mushy. The cup was very > sturdy and he said that he could have picked me up by it with no trouble. I > received a large head THR. Doc didn't like calling it that though. He called it > something else but I can not remember what it was. I woke up easily and felt > pretty good, so much better than before. The surgery took 1.5 hours. The Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 Glad you are doing better, but am certain the group would be interested in your history. Could you give us some more info about your problems? When was your surgery? Who did it? What prosthesis was used? Was the femoral part cemented? What was your doc's explanation of the cause of your failure? We are all relieved that the " worst case scenario " had a good resolution. Take care Bev rbhr 2/19/03 DesMet > Entered the hospital on December 30 and came home January 3. I am an > official resurfacing failure as I knew deep in my heart. Just like ph, who I > have been talking with a lot, I had developed AVN under the cap. The doc said > that it came off in his hand and was fragmented and mushy. The cup was very > sturdy and he said that he could have picked me up by it with no trouble. I > received a large head THR. Doc didn't like calling it that though. He called it > something else but I can not remember what it was. I woke up easily and felt > pretty good, so much better than before. The surgery took 1.5 hours. The > horrible pain was gone and the usual soreness and some pain was there. This surgery > probably went better for me becasue I was a bit more prepared and the cup did > not have to be replaced...thank God for that. I think that I am going to fly > back from this much easier, but then I developed some other complications. It > just seems that I have a black cloud over my head. I have been having a fever > on and off for the past couple of months that comes and goes. The family doc > there ran a bunch of tests including bloodcultures, and heart ultrasound. > That was clear, but he wants me to follow up with ultrasound of gallbladder and > liver as my liver enzymes were also quite elevated. (maybe from taking > ibuprofen up the wazzu over the last year). doc said fever and elevated liver enzymes > could indicate gallbladder problems even though I have no symptoms. My > entire family has had their gallbladder removed so maybe that is it. I am sick of > these fevers. They range from 99 to 102 every night and now since the surgery > it has also been during the day. Anyway....my leg is now much longer than the > other but will be evened up when I have the other done. Of course I am no > longer a good candidate for resurfacing so I will have the same on the other hip. > I am glad that this part is over and that I see that I will be pain free in > this hip. It has not even been a week and I am doing so much more than before. > I am cooking and doing dishes (against my fiance's protests) I do have great > confidence, as does my doc, that this hip will give me as long a life as the > resurfacing. The only real negative is if it does need to be revised. I > don't think that it will. I have faith. This has to go my way this time....it > just has too. > > Jan aka Wannie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 I'm the other " failure " to whom Jan referred. I had the Conserve Plus implant where I'm pretty sure Jan had the Corin 2000 implant. Both our doctors made the same comment about the bones being mushy and the femoral implants coming right off in their hands. So I guess that only goes to show that it is more an individual thing and not so much device or doctor related. Of course, it could be a Midwestern thing since my doctor in Ohio and Jan's doctor in Illinois both practice in the Midwest. In answer to your other questions, I had my resurfacing surgery in 12/02 and my revision in 12/03. Jan, I believe, had her resurfacing surgery in 10/02 and her revision in 12/03. That leads me to believe that if you're going to suffer our fates, you'll do so in the first year with the onset of symptoms starting anywhere from 6 - 9 months. By 12 months it becomes unbearable, and you begin longing for revision surgery. Most likely the blood circulation is disturbed at the time of surgery, but it takes that long for the bone to die and begin collapsing under the cap. I can't speak for Jan, but it was a risk I was told about at the time I scheduled my resurfacing surgery. ph K. Waltenbaugh From: bevmushinsky To: surfacehippy Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 16:14:19 -0000 Subject: Re: Back from exploratory Glad you are doing better, but am certain the group would be interested in your history.Could you give us some more info about your problems? When was your surgery? Who did it? What prosthesis was used? Was the femoral part cemented? What was your doc's explanation of the cause of your failure?We are all relieved that the " worst case scenario " had a good resolution. Take careBevrbhr 2/19/03 DesMet Entered the hospital on December 30 and came home January 3. I am an official resurfacing failure as I knew deep in my heart. Just like ph, who I have been talking with a lot, I had developed AVN under the cap. The doc said that it came off in his hand and was fragmented and mushy. The cup was very sturdy and he said that he could have picked me up by it with no trouble. I received a large head THR. Doc didn't like calling it that though. He called it something else but I can not remember what it was. I woke up easily and felt pretty good, so much better than before. The surgery took 1.5 hours. The horrible pain was gone and the usual soreness and some pain was there. This surgery probably went better for me becasue I was a bit more prepared and the cup did not have to be replaced...thank God for that. I think that I am going to fly back from this much easier, but then I developed some other complications. It just seems that I have a black cloud over my head. I have been having a fever on and off for the past couple of months that comes and goes. The family doc there ran a bunch of tests including bloodcultures, and heart ultrasound. That was clear, but he wants me to follow up with ultrasound of gallbladder and liver as my liver enzymes were also quite elevated. (maybe from taking ibuprofen up the wazzu over the last year). doc said fever and elevated liver enzymes could indicate gallbladder problems even though I have no symptoms. My entire family has had their gallbladder removed so maybe that is it. I am sick of these fevers. They range from 99 to 102 every night and now since the surgery it has also been during the day. Anyway....my leg is now much longer than the other but will be evened up when I have the other done. Of course I am no longer a good candidate for resurfacing so I will have the same on the other hip. I am glad that this part is over and that I see that I will be pain free in this hip. It has not even been a week and I am doing so much more than before. I am cooking and doing dishes (against my fiance's protests) I do have great confidence, as does my doc, that this hip will give me as long a life as the resurfacing. The only real negative is if it does need to be revised. I don't think that it will. I have faith. This has to go my way this time....it just has too. Jan aka Wannie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 hey, that really sucks that you and ph had to redo surgery on your hips, I hope the new ones give you no pain for life. JEff > Entered the hospital on December 30 and came home January 3. I am an > official resurfacing failure as I knew deep in my heart. Just like ph, who I > have been talking with a lot, I had developed AVN under the cap. The doc said > that it came off in his hand and was fragmented and mushy. The cup was very > sturdy and he said that he could have picked me up by it with no trouble. I > received a large head THR. Doc didn't like calling it that though. He called it > something else but I can not remember what it was. I woke up easily and felt > pretty good, so much better than before. The surgery took 1.5 hours. The > horrible pain was gone and the usual soreness and some pain was there. This surgery > probably went better for me becasue I was a bit more prepared and the cup did > not have to be replaced...thank God for that. I think that I am going to fly > back from this much easier, but then I developed some other complications. It > just seems that I have a black cloud over my head. I have been having a fever > on and off for the past couple of months that comes and goes. The family doc > there ran a bunch of tests including bloodcultures, and heart ultrasound. > That was clear, but he wants me to follow up with ultrasound of gallbladder and > liver as my liver enzymes were also quite elevated. (maybe from taking > ibuprofen up the wazzu over the last year). doc said fever and elevated liver enzymes > could indicate gallbladder problems even though I have no symptoms. My > entire family has had their gallbladder removed so maybe that is it. I am sick of > these fevers. They range from 99 to 102 every night and now since the surgery > it has also been during the day. Anyway....my leg is now much longer than the > other but will be evened up when I have the other done. Of course I am no > longer a good candidate for resurfacing so I will have the same on the other hip. > I am glad that this part is over and that I see that I will be pain free in > this hip. It has not even been a week and I am doing so much more than before. > I am cooking and doing dishes (against my fiance's protests) I do have great > confidence, as does my doc, that this hip will give me as long a life as the > resurfacing. The only real negative is if it does need to be revised. I > don't think that it will. I have faith. This has to go my way this time....it > just has too. > > Jan aka Wannie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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