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Anyone had a hip replacement at a youngish age?

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D0G · 15/11/2019 15:42

Posted in chat as this is outing me a fair bit and I’d like it to disappear at some point.

Long story short, 2015 I had a riding accident, horse reared toppled landed on me and broke my shoulder pretty badly, 6 ribs, 3 vertebrae, punctured lung and hip socket. The hip didn’t need operating on at the time and as I was only 29 they wanted to wait to operate.

I Had several ops on arm eventually culminating In shoulder replacement, The shoulder although limited movement wise is the best it’s been. Sod’s law now my hip is horrendous, I’ve had some xrays and have severe osteo arthritis in my hip and back. I’ve been in so much pain it’s unreal, and I’m no wimp I’m crippled in morning and struggle to even sit up. Everything is painful! I’m waiting to see the specialist but gp thinks it’ll need replacing. I’m a bit concerned they’ll say I’m overweight and not do it, I am a bit although I have lost loads of weight, a lot of this is due to limited movement.

Has anyone had replacements and did it change the pain you were in also how long till you were up and about again?

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thenightsky · 24/11/2019 23:43

Well done! Which approach did you have? I had superpath and only needed crutches for the first week.

slalomsuki · 25/11/2019 10:10

@thenightsky just the routine, bash it out quickly hip replacement for me although I was in a private hospital which gave me some privacy.

It's sore and I'm tired today and can't find a comfortable position to sit in. I'm in my own today as DH has gone to work and the rest are at school. Having to plan everything I do and how to move. The dogs are confused and won't be getting a long walk until later when everyone is home.

slalomsuki · 12/12/2019 08:46

3 weeks on and it was the best thing I ever did. Pain free apart from the scar and can almost walk again on the leg without much support. Still use one stick for safety but in the house I can take baby steps and move around without it. It's amazing how you quickly lose muscle strength though through not using it.
Physio starts to kick in big time next week so I expect to make great strides. The biggest thing I get is everyone comments on how I am walking upright now which I always thought I was but clearly not.

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thenightsky · 12/12/2019 08:55

Yes, I get told I look taller now. It's because I am standing up straight instead of bent at the hips.
Are you doing your one hour a day laying flat on your back to help with the straightening out? Once you can lay on your front you can do hip flexor stretching and that help enormously too.
Well done.

slalomsuki · 12/12/2019 15:23

@thenightsky it's just simple stretching exercises at the moment probably until next week. I still have a bit of swelling round my ankle on the hip side but apart from that not much else. It's hard lying on my back all the time so I have to make a conscious effort to do it during the day. The only thing I do on 2 crutches is going down stairs but that's a confidence thing.

Mydogsnotfat · 12/12/2019 15:59

I had my hip replaced along with my femur and knee and a bit of tibia in my early 30's having had everything bar my hip replaced at 15. It worked well however not now as I have long term infection but that sadly is just one of those things and not that common. I had a lot of pretty good useful years. I still rode, did horses etc and now my daughter has her own and I still do a bit of mucking out and driving the trailer around and crewing at low level endurance so not all bad!

slalomsuki · 27/01/2020 17:23

Just following up on this. How long did everyone have off sick after their operation. I'm on week 9 so far

Anonymous2610 · 16/05/2025 17:40

TemporaryName123 · 15/11/2019 16:13

Hi! I had one done at 21 and my knee done at 27! Due to a vascular necrosis. Each time I waisted until the pin was too much to bear then was so relieved to get it done! With the hip, it was 10 weeks on 2 crutches and 2 on one. Honestly, you will need help. Especially with kids. You can’t bend your body more than 90 degrees at the hip while recovering which makes even putting on shoes impossible. So you will need to ensure you have someone to care for you (and your animals) while you focus on recovery. Not what you want to hear I know, but I would rather be honest with you on the recovery question. BUT I will say, 10 years on, the hip is brilliant! Has never given me an iota of pain, I still wear stilettos and live a totally normal life! I would 100% recommend this surgery. Any other questions, please ask. I’ll have to get the other hip done at some point (when it gets symptomatic) and obviously revise the existing one when it also needs revision.

Hiya.
I know you’ve posted this almost 6 years ago but was wondering how it’s been for you since the surgery? Has it caused any complications or anything? Did you get your quality of life back would you say?
My husband is 39 and we recently found out he’s got AVN on the hips too. It’s at quite an advanced level so he’ll eventually require bilateral hip replacement surgery. Been quite a lot to process as we just weren’t expecting that. But I’ve been doing a lot of research and it seems post surgery, it becomes a distant memory in most cases?
Apologies for all these questions, just want to hear from someone who’s been through similar experience (albeit you were a lot younger when you had yours done!)

Thanks in advance!

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