Pain 10 Years After Surgery Posted: 05-26-06 15:47pm
My name is sara and im searching for
information. Im 19 years old and I had a
hip surgery around 10 years ago. My hip
had gradually slipped out of place and I
went to the hospital for x-rays. They
admitted me into the hospital on the spot.
The next day they put a pin in my hip to
put it back in place and stop it from
slipping. I went for my check up x-rays
periodicly for a year and a half. They
told me everything was fine, the surgery
couldn't have gone any better and that I
should never have a poblem with it again.
Well, lately i've been having slight
aches, nothing seriouse, but occasionally
my leg will lock and I become overwellmed
with panic thinking something terrible is
happening and im going to have to be
rushed to the hospital. If I sit in a
cushy chair and stand it hurts and
sometimes when I wake up in the morning I
have to "gimp" around on it until it feels
better. Im wondering why its doing this
and I think maybe it has something to do
with the fact that im sexually active but
im not sure. Does any one have this
problem with a hip pin and if so can you
shed a little light on this subject. Im
scared, I don't have the money or the time
to take off of work for a new surgery and
the recooperation the follows but if I
have to then I guess I dont have a choice.
:!: please help! Thank you so much!
Sara
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New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 6 Location: South Florida
Posted: 08-13-06 22:51pm
Hey sara,
i'm 26 years old, when I was 15 I too had
pins put in my hip for the same reason you
did, slipped captial femor epithsis, the
pain settled down for a number of years
but never went away, when I was 17 the hip
pain got worse and worse, I dealt with it
for years as my doctors put me on all
kinds of pain medication, tryed injections
in my hip etc.. My hip now had severe
artiritis, the doctors did a scope and a
scraping of the hip and found out I had no
cartdledge. Finally two months ago I got
the total hip replacement, I still have
pain but its different kind, remember i'm
only two months out from my surgery so i'm
still healing.
I knew my hip needed replaced when the
pain effected everything in my life, I
could not sit for a long time because of
the pain in my buttocks, when I walked it
hurt alot, I limped and could not sleep on
my left side.
Bottom line is this, I had close to the
same problem as you, it got worse until I
got the hip replacement. Not to worry you
because its not that bad, a hip
replacement may be in your future, just
hold out as long as you can and visit an
ortopedic to see what they can do to help
deal with your pain and slow down the
process.
Your going to hear doctors telling you
that your too young to have any problems,
just look at this message board, as you
can see being young has nothing to do with
it, and take it easy when your having sex
(but still have some fun)
if you have any questions feel free to
contact me.
