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Total Hip Replacements
#21
(07-03-2022, 10:22 AM)Ferrit47 Wrote:
(06-03-2022, 09:49 AM)Saki Wrote: ??? I'm back.
Hey Saki  Welcome Back.
Long Time since Ive seen you on our Threads.I miss Everyone from The Odridginal  One.
Not many have folllowed  us here as yet.Hope you are well.
Take Care Saki.   Smile Smile
Not doing to bad all things considered, hip seems to be fine its the rest of the body thats trying to keep up with a brain that still thinks its 50 years old.
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#22
(08-03-2022, 11:14 AM)Saki Wrote:
(07-03-2022, 10:22 AM)Ferrit47 Wrote: Hey Saki  Welcome Back.
Long Time since Ive seen you on our Threads.I miss Everyone from The Odridginal  One.
Not many have folllowed  us here as yet.Hope you are well.
Take Care Saki.   Smile Smile
Not doing to bad all things considered, hip seems to be fine its the rest of the body thats trying to keep up with a brain that still thinks its 50 years old.
Welldone  Saki   Keep popping in here. Good to see Smilie face here.
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#23
My wife needed hip replacement at age 35. Apparently the ball of the femur had no blood supply and had started to die. She battled on for 20 years and finally had the op. She was quite guarded in her movements but still taught Bellydance for 3 years more. 2 years ago just before the 1st lockdown she tripped over our dog in the kitchen and dislocated her hip joint. Massive pain had to call the Ambos in. They gave her morphine didn’t help much so they gave her a good dose of ketamine ( she was singing like Michael Jackson). Off to Whangarei hospital. Surgeons dose her up and knocked her out while they tried to wrestle the joint back in, even under a general age was still crying out in pain. 5 attempts and xrays later it was declared to be back in place. Picked her up the next day and took her back to our batch. Within an hour it had popped out again and it was déjà vu. This time after a few days they decided to put in a whole new larger joint. Picked her up after a week and got home (Bombay )the day before lockdown. She was quite paranoid for a fair while until the dog passed away. Now she is a little less apprehensive but has 3 dogs helping her in the kitchen, Common phrase in the kitchen seems to be For God.’s sake get out of the bloody way, you trip me up and you’re dead.
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#24
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#25
Hmm. Mine should be done. In theory.
I hate the idea. Metal and get metal poisoning? Or ceramic and take the risk? The last surgeon I saw was honest, he said they can't really say how long they last, because no-one has had one long enough to prove or disprove the manufacturer claims.

And as he said, nothing is as good as the original. I've read a lot of user comments about dislocations. Well, not surprising as you don't get artificial tendons holding it all there, only your muscle and skin.

Rather creeped out by this:

However, because joint replacements are made of metal and plastic, it is difficult for the immune system to attack bacteria that make it to these implants. Bacteria like to stick to metal. Since the metal implant does not receive any blood flow, our immune system has a hard time identifying the bacteria, so it does not know how to respond and kill it. If bacteria gain access to the implants, they may multiply and result in a joint infection.

Despite antibiotics and preventive treatments, patients with infected joint replacements often require surgery to cure the infection.
There was a guy in the UK who had to have extensive surgery - and no longer could have any artificial anything as there wasn't much left after they stopped it.

And of course, the age thing, they can only do it so many times, due to how much of the real you they have to take out each time.
Happened to a friend of mine(Older), she couldn't have a 4th and was in a wheelchair thereafter.
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#26
Hmmn, Piroska, you say... "Mine should be done. In theory."

Not wanting to be thought as picky but, if you need a Total Hip Replacement, you wouldn't say that. You would crawl over half a mile of broken glass to have it done and bugger any doubts on what sort is was. I am now to the stage of being almost chair bound with the pain. I have extreme difficulty walking to make a cuppa or a trip to the loo. And going to the loo is another problem. OK for the boys' part but sitting and then getting back up, even with handrails and toilet frame it is bloody hell! I saw the surgeon a couple of weeks ago and I am on the shortlist and also 5 day notice if a cancellation crops up for the operation. I have had Morphine prescribed but it make me sick and fugs up my brain, Celebrex and 500mg Panadol are about all I can take. Tempted for wife to get some Hemp Oil Capsules as a tryout? I had Avascular Necrosis of the hip on my first replacement in 2012. That was worse than this. I took Tramadol on my first one and that doesn't like me either. Similar, but not quite as bad effect as Morphine.

Life's a bitch at the moment.
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#27
(14-06-2023, 06:24 PM)Kenj Wrote: Hmmn, Piroska, you say... "Mine should be done. In theory."

Not wanting to be thought as picky but, if you need a Total Hip Replacement, you wouldn't say that. You would crawl over half a mile of broken glass to have it done and bugger any doubts on what sort is was. I am now to the stage of being almost chair bound with the pain. I have extreme difficulty walking to make a cuppa or a trip to the loo. And going to the loo is another problem. OK for the boys' part but sitting and then getting back up, even with handrails and toilet frame it is bloody hell! I saw the surgeon a couple of weeks ago and I am on the shortlist and also 5 day notice if a cancellation crops up for the operation. I have had Morphine prescribed but it make me sick and fugs up my brain, Celebrex and 500mg Panadol are about all I can take. Tempted for wife to get some Hemp Oil Capsules as a tryout? I had Avascular Necrosis of the hip on my first replacement in 2012. That was worse than this. I took Tramadol on my first one and that doesn't like me either. Similar, but not quite as bad effect as Morphine.

Life's a bitch at the moment.

I tried the hemp oil, but didn't notice any effect. I also got a gift of some weed from a wellwisher, which I processed into green butter and used to make brownies. They were fabulous to eat but my sensitivity to narcotics also came into play and the effects were unpleasant, disorienting and disabling. The only way I could deal was to go to bed - but, I slept a full 12 hours and woke feeling fantastic, until I had to move, lol. So I didn't repeat the experience. Coward that I am. I actually checked with an anaesthesiologist during a clinic check up and he told me the dosage was probably unpredictable and using cbd oil - without the thc component might be worth trying. But on super of course it simply is too expensive at this stage. I cannot wait for my next hip, probably July I think, if nothing gets in the way. It would have been done 18 months ago, but I had an obligation to a friend who needed support so put it off and got another consult in Jan before going onto the acute list. My pre op clinic is a couple of weeks away and I think things will go from there. I can't wait, despite knowing what is to come. I just wish I could have a matching metal on metal one like my right, it has worked well since it bedded in, but they don't use them any more so I have to settle for whatever they think is best.

I am concerned though about the way they use opioids now, I too am sick on morphine, but my one very low dose of oxy was deeply unpleasant, so we'll see. Pethidine though, now there is a wonderful drug, lol. I had that for the second ankle fusion and it was lovely stuff. No wonder it is the doctors recreational drug of choice...

Life can be a bitch, I agree. Chronic pain is a challenge, but I find the limited mobility and physical weakness even harder. I hate having to ask for help, or know that I can't do something I used to take for granted as easy and commonplace. Like doing dishes without sitting on a stool, or vacking the whole flat in one go, or bending to pull a weed out - simple independence, that's what I want back. That's why I love the scoot, it is my freedom, and I value that above all else.

I had a reminder though recently, of just how lucky I am. My daughter is 35 and has regular MRIs as part of her MS treatment regime. The last one showed she has developed moderate osteoarthritis in both hips. Mine is down to degeneration following accidental leg fractures and the resulting surgeries, hers is just her own body attacking itself. Her prognosis is a lot less positive, so when I get pissed off with my bloodybones I take a deep breath, swear a lot, and be grateful I got to get to 70 and onward and can still walk. Albeit painfully.

It is all about attitude, isn't it?  Big Grin
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#28
(14-06-2023, 03:56 PM)piroska Wrote: Hmm. Mine should be done. In theory.
I hate the idea. Metal and get metal poisoning? Or ceramic and take the risk? The last surgeon I saw was honest, he said they can't really say how long they last, because no-one has had one long enough to prove or disprove the manufacturer claims.

And as he said, nothing is as good as the original. I've read a lot of user comments about dislocations. Well, not surprising as you don't get artificial tendons holding it all there, only  your muscle and skin.

Rather creeped out by this:

However, because joint replacements are made of metal and plastic, it is difficult for the immune system to attack bacteria that make it to these implants. Bacteria like to stick to metal. Since the metal implant does not receive any blood flow, our immune system has a hard time identifying the bacteria, so it does not know how to respond and kill it. If bacteria gain access to the implants, they may multiply and result in a joint infection.

Despite antibiotics and preventive treatments, patients with infected joint replacements often require surgery to cure the infection.
There was a guy in the UK who had to have extensive surgery - and no longer could have any artificial anything as there wasn't much left after they stopped it.

And of course, the age thing, they can only do it so many times, due to how much of the real you they have to take out each time.
Happened to a friend of mine(Older), she couldn't have a 4th and was in a wheelchair thereafter.
I have a metal on metal implant and am blood test monitored for chromium and cobalt poisoning six monthly since it went in.  Which was just three weeks before that particular device was withdrawn worldwide and the lawsuits started. My implant is one of very very few still in place so my consultant has a living breathing example to monitor and report on for his ongoing research project. My blood results for the record are above normal, but still in the safe zone. Otherwise they'd be pulling the thing out, quick smart and no waiting list. It is my left hip now that is beyond saving and up for total replacement.

Titanium and plastic implants are used for private patients because they can pay the much higher cost than those dependent on the public system. The metal the DHBs use now, as I understand it is an alloy embedded in resin, or ceramics, with polyethylene components. These are supposedly neutral in the body, and each have their particular strengths with different patients, and the surgeons are the best ones to assess that. But, in my experience with lots of orthopedic surgeries, these specialists are often superbly clever and talented surgeons, but they are optimists. The reality is no implant, no reconstruction, no repair, is as good as the original natural and undamaged structure, and to expect it to be so is asking for disappointment. They are not miracle workers and those of us who expect them to be so are deluded. an awful lot depends on the patient doing the work to get the best out of the work done.

A hip replacement is a huge bit of surgery. It is brutal, the scar is enormous, the muscle damage severe. The recovery is seriously challenging, but the pain is different, hugely different to the arthritic nastiness when it has reached acute or severe. And that is the only reason to go through it. Having been there, my advice is leave it as long as possible, and then don't expect a miracle unless you are prepared to do the work...
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#29
(14-06-2023, 06:57 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote:
(14-06-2023, 06:24 PM)Kenj Wrote: Hmmn, Piroska, you say... "Mine should be done. In theory."

Not wanting to be thought as picky but, if you need a Total Hip Replacement, you wouldn't say that. You would crawl over half a mile of broken glass to have it done and bugger any doubts on what sort is was. I am now to the stage of being almost chair bound with the pain. I have extreme difficulty walking to make a cuppa or a trip to the loo. And going to the loo is another problem. OK for the boys' part but sitting and then getting back up, even with handrails and toilet frame it is bloody hell! I saw the surgeon a couple of weeks ago and I am on the shortlist and also 5 day notice if a cancellation crops up for the operation. I have had Morphine prescribed but it make me sick and fugs up my brain, Celebrex and 500mg Panadol are about all I can take. Tempted for wife to get some Hemp Oil Capsules as a tryout? I had Avascular Necrosis of the hip on my first replacement in 2012. That was worse than this. I took Tramadol on my first one and that doesn't like me either. Similar, but not quite as bad effect as Morphine.

Life's a bitch at the moment.

I tried the hemp oil, but didn't notice any effect. I also got a gift of some weed from a wellwisher, which I processed into green butter and used to make brownies. They were fabulous to eat but my sensitivity to narcotics also came into play and the effects were unpleasant, disorienting and disabling. The only way I could deal was to go to bed - but, I slept a full 12 hours and woke feeling fantastic, until I had to move, lol. So I didn't repeat the experience. Coward that I am. I actually checked with an anaesthesiologist during a clinic check up and he told me the dosage was probably unpredictable and using cbd oil - without the thc component might be worth trying. But on super of course it simply is too expensive at this stage. I cannot wait for my next hip, probably July I think, if nothing gets in the way. It would have been done 18 months ago, but I had an obligation to a friend who needed support so put it off and got another consult in Jan before going onto the acute list. My pre op clinic is a couple of weeks away and I think things will go from there. I can't wait, despite knowing what is to come. I just wish I could have a matching metal on metal one like my right, it has worked well since it bedded in, but they don't use them any more so I have to settle for whatever they think is best.

I am concerned though about the way they use opioids now, I too am sick on morphine, but my one very low dose of oxy was deeply unpleasant, so we'll see. Pethidine though, now there is a wonderful drug, lol. I had that for the second ankle fusion and it was lovely stuff. No wonder it is the doctors recreational drug of choice...

Life can be a bitch, I agree. Chronic pain is a challenge, but I find the limited mobility and physical weakness even harder. I hate having to ask for help, or know that I can't do something I used to take for granted as easy and commonplace. Like doing dishes without sitting on a stool, or vacking the whole flat in one go, or bending to pull a weed out - simple independence, that's what I want back. That's why I love the scoot, it is my freedom, and I value that above all else.

I had a reminder though recently, of just how lucky I am. My daughter is 35 and has regular MRIs as part of her MS treatment regime. The last one showed she has developed moderate osteoarthritis in both hips. Mine is down to degeneration following accidental leg fractures and the resulting surgeries, hers is just her own body attacking itself. Her prognosis is a lot less positive, so when I get pissed off with my bloodybones I take a deep breath, swear a lot, and be grateful I got to get to 70 and onward and can still walk. Albeit painfully.

It is all about attitude, isn't it?  Big Grin

Yes, it is so easy to let it get you down. There is always someone worse off than ones self though.  I have some liquid Oxycodone left over from fractured pelvis some 4 years ago and take it occasionally. Trouble is that they don't like prescribing it on a long-term basis but it is more effective than Morphine. I have about 100ml left so wifey dishes it out sparingly. With no side effects like Morphine and Tramadol.
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#30
(14-06-2023, 06:24 PM)Kenj Wrote: Hmmn, Piroska, you say... "Mine should be done. In theory."

Not wanting to be thought as picky but, if you need a Total Hip Replacement, you wouldn't say that. You would crawl over half a mile of broken glass to have it done and bugger any doubts on what sort is was. I am now to the stage of being almost chair bound with the pain. I have extreme difficulty walking to make a cuppa or a trip to the loo. And going to the loo is another problem. OK for the boys' part but sitting and then getting back up, even with handrails and toilet frame it is bloody hell! I saw the surgeon a couple of weeks ago and I am on the shortlist and also 5 day notice if a cancellation crops up for the operation. I have had Morphine prescribed but it make me sick and fugs up my brain, Celebrex and 500mg Panadol are about all I can take. Tempted for wife to get some Hemp Oil Capsules as a tryout? I had Avascular Necrosis of the hip on my first replacement in 2012. That was worse than this. I took Tramadol on my first one and that doesn't like me either. Similar, but not quite as bad effect as Morphine.

Life's a bitch at the moment.

Would i.
I can no longer reach my feet. I have a gadget to put socks shoes on. Get toenails cut from nail place. I can't bend it anymore. 
It's been 17 years since diagnosed.
I can't move after sitting for a bit, it takes time to be able to switch from the stretched out sitting I do to walking. Tricky when driving..

I have codeine. It's been increased to 30mg but that made no difference so I asked for it to be put back to the 15mgs.
I am allergic to anti-inflammatories...like Celebrex.

Hemp, CBD, sorry, have a friend who uses all that...CBD on prescription,  and she agrees it doesn't help the pain. She has nerve damage, it helps her in other ways.

So yes actually, I'm long past a "bit of a twinge" stage.
I could show you the last xray report if you want, where it says all that severe stuff and goes into detail.

And that questionnaire form they ask, I got a copy of it, and I failed long ago. Or passed, depending how you look at it. The criteria they have to qualify anyway. I qualify. Easily.
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#31
I would be in trouble without Celebrex, and was when the damned fool haematologist took me off it - thank goodness for a GP who put it back, lol. For a while there I was suicidal. That was when I tried the oxy and was even sicker than the codeine made me, so I do not envy you in the slightest.

We all qualify. That's the trouble. Too many hurting people and too few talented surgeons to do the fixing. But we'll get there - eventually!
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#32
Still no word from DHB. The way things are in the hospital world it could be a bit of a wait. Have you had any luck yet with your hip, OHH?

I am doing a home experiment at present. I have found some Voltaren 75SR tablets from last episode in cupboard. and am trying them out. from previous experience they are a bit harder on the body than Celebrex but worth a go. Taking one in morning for a few days and it seems to have more effect than Celebrex. Tomorrow I will try what I was on for my first hip which was 1 in morning with breakfast and one at night with dinner. I am also on Omeprazole so that should help. I will stay on that for a week then I have to see Dr, for regular checkup. If my trial of taking 2/day has made a difference, I will talk to her about it. My previous Dr. (who retired) was OK with me taking them but insisted on taking a break off them at regular intervals.
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#33
I got an apology letter from WDHB, so that was nice, but apart from the preop clinic dead silence. Walking is becoming an issue, even a little wander has consequences that night, which is a pain. Literally, lol.

I know how effective Celebrex is for me, without it life is very difficult. My doc also recommended one of the acid reducers, but having seen how long term use of those affected my Mum I won't take them, much to her disgust. I know how pressured the system is, so I will wait quietly, but if my tendency to fall over gets worse I will do what the anaesthetist told me to do, and start hassling the booking clerk. Falling over is no fun, but the getting back up again is even worse.

One thing though, we heal faster in Summer, so maybe the delay will work to our advantage!
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#34
(20-08-2023, 12:12 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I got an apology letter from WDHB, so that was nice, but apart from the preop clinic dead silence. Walking is becoming an issue, even a little wander has consequences that night, which is a pain. Literally, lol.

I know how effective Celebrex is for me, without it life is very difficult. My doc also recommended one of the acid reducers, but having seen how long term use of those affected my Mum I won't take them, much to her disgust. I know how pressured the system is, so I will wait quietly, but if my tendency to fall over gets worse I will do what the anaesthetist told me to do, and start hassling the booking clerk. Falling over is no fun, but the getting back up again is even worse.

One thing though, we heal faster in Summer, so maybe the delay will work to our advantage!

Ho Ho Ho, an early Christmas Present for me! Had a call from the Hospital Booking Office and the Hip replacement is on the 12th October.  All going well...... as these days there are so many cancellations. The day I see the anesthetist has to changed as they are on strike that day, so I said don't worry about that, I'm happy to have a couple of rums, clench a bit of leather in my teeth and lie back and think of England. Tongue Big Grin
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#35
Ohhhh you lucky bugger! You beat me! I hope all goes without hitch, and I will send you metaphorical grapes and chocolate. Good for the blood...

Woo hoo!
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#36
(26-09-2023, 04:05 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Ohhhh you lucky bugger! You beat me! I hope all goes without hitch, and I will send you metaphorical grapes and chocolate. Good for the blood...

Woo hoo!

Thanks OHH. You are such a nice young girl Big Grin Big Grin
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#37
I yam indeed. Though that fact escapes some. No idea why, might be the sharpish edge to my tongue, or as someone once said of me 'snark, sarky, and snide', lol. I wore it with great pride!
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#38
(26-09-2023, 04:49 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I yam indeed. Though that fact escapes some. No idea why, might be the sharpish edge to my tongue, or as someone once said of me 'snark, sarky, and snide', lol. I wore it with great pride!

Big Grin Big Grin
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