Hip Replacement Surgery Experiences

[Nelson Vergel]

i'll need to lose nearly 15kg more to get my op.

I would try semaglutide.

August 17 2023 I will get a full hip arthroplasty.

How did it go?


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It has been a year since my hip replacement.

Since about March, I have experienced pain again in the hip that got replaced. It happens when I walk for over 15 minutes. My medical team is looking into it. So far, Xrays look OK. MRI and CT scan results are to be reviewed on Tuesday. I am starting to think that my pre-existing spine issues are influencing my hip flexor at the L2/L3 level. I will know more next week.

 

[Guided_by_Voices]

An anecdote:

I was having a fairly scary level of hip pain in one hip for several years, and although I did all the usual suspects to try to fix it, the thing that had the most immediate short-term benefit which basically made all the pain go away for a while, has been stretching my hamstrings. My stretch was standing on my good leg/hip and elevating the bad leg onto something about the height of a table and holding that for a minute or two while leaning into the stretch and adding angle variations. I wouldn't have thought that would make a difference, but it certainly did and I think what may have been happening was that my tight hamstring was pulling my hip out of alignment somehow. Although I hate stretching as much as most guys, it is now 99% better and I am staying consistent with my stretching.

 

[Old_Lifter_65]

I would try semaglutide.


How did it go?


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It has been a year since my hip replacement.

Since about March, I have experienced pain again in the hip that got replaced. It happens when I walk for over 15 minutes. My medical team is looking into it. So far, Xrays look OK. MRI and CT scan results are to be reviewed on Tuesday. I am starting to think that my pre-existing spine issues are influencing my hip flexor at the L2/L3 level. I will know more next week.

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I tried to message @andrewBwinter but it says I can't contact him. I am researching hip replacements as well.

In addition, if TRT raises hemoglobin and HCT, does that create post-op complications related to the open section of femur (is the marrow exposed) that the implant sits in? I would think that that stopping TRT would help to reduce blood density if clots are a possible post-op complication.