[winvens]

Originally Posted by ride ↗

I found this image on eBay. My dads was almost identical. I wish i knew what happened to it.

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8DkAAO...AT7/s-l960.jpg

I knew somebody who had a hip replaced in 1994. I wonder if her prosthesis was similar.

[marcos_69]

Originally Posted by ride ↗

I found this image on eBay. My dads was almost identical. I wish i knew what happened to it.

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8DkAAO...AT7/s-l960.jpg

That looks like a nightmare for airport metal detectors.

[Norag]

Too late for me to do so tonight, but tomorrow I'll share my experience with having both hips replaced a few months ago (Aug and Sept of 2023).

[Norag]

As promised, here is my story. I'm a 43 year old male. I've have neck, back, and spine issues for about the last 20 years. I developed an allergy to NSAID's about 12 years ago. Which means my only means of dealing with inflammation was Tylenol or steroids. The use of steroids for these issues, as well as some high dose occasions due to other allergic reactions to medicine, very likely caused at least part of my hip issues.

December of 2022 I started experiencing extreme debilitating pain in my hips. They would also catch when attempting to turn or pivot and almost cause me to fall on my face. Turns out I had pretty bad degenerative changes in the hips. I had had hip pain for a long time, but always assumed it was referred pain from my back.

They tried injections, which helped for about a week. They decided to do an MRI to make sure that they couldn't try something laparoscopic to help. That's when they found the AVN (Avascular Necrosis). 75% of the weightbearing portion of the left was dead and 50% of the right. Nothing to do except replace those bad boys. They wanted me to do it in April, but I delayed it until August and September as I already had a bunch of festival and concert tickets bought.

The surgeries themselves were outpatient and six weeks apart. I was in at about 6am for each and home by noon. They used an anterior approach. The first 2 weeks were brutal. For the first week, the wife literally had to wipe my ass for me. No physical therapy, just a list of 6 exercises to do 5 times a day. Had to walk for 5 mins per hour every waking hour.

They got better remarkably quickly with this regimen. The left I did 3 weeks on the walker, 2 weeks on the cane. The right was much quicker, probably due to that being my dominant side and it being strengthened from the recovery for the left. I felt well enough to go see Finger Eleven at the 4 week mark on the left and Bullet for My Valentine at the 3 week mark on the right (I am a concert junkie). For Finger Eleven I was standing with my cane. For Bullet, I had a seat.

The left was feeling back to normal after about 8 weeks. The right took a little longer, probably 10 or 12 weeks as it went faster at first, but plateaued sooner before finishing. I returned to work in December. They feel absolutely wonderful and are 1000% better. I am so glad I did it.

Having said that, there are challenges. Still have a lot of numbness and neuropathy in my thighs. That can take a year or two to fully get better. Not able to lift more than 25lbs and no deep squatting. I found out why one day at work, since it is pretty ingrained to squat to lift. Won't do that again, lol. But overall, couldn't be happier with it.

From what my surgeon tells me with the advances in prosthetics, these should last me the rest of my life. Which is awesome, given that one of my biggest concerns was having to have one or more revision surgeries later in life being so young. Trust me, going through it once was enough. But so fucking worth it.

The picture I'm attaching is not mine, but looks identical to both of mine.

[Bleed]

The one in the OP looks like a Stryker brand. I found these two at work. They're unused, but their sterile packaging had expired rendering them unfit for use.

[Hell_Priestess]

Originally Posted by Bleed ↗

The one in the OP looks like a Stryker brand. I found these two at work. They're unused, but their sterile packaging had expired rendering them unfit for use.

Thank you for sharing this pic!! I've always wondered what it looked like before it was used, and the bone cement made it impossible for me to try to visualize what was underneath.

[Hell_Priestess]

Originally Posted by Norag ↗

As promised, here is my story. I'm a 43 year old male. I've have neck, back, and spine issues for about the last 20 years. I developed an allergy to NSAID's about 12 years ago. Which means my only means of dealing with inflammation was Tylenol or steroids. The use of steroids for these issues, as well as some high dose occasions due to other allergic reactions to medicine, very likely caused at least part of my hip issues.

December of 2022 I started experiencing extreme debilitating pain in my hips. They would also catch when attempting to turn or pivot and almost cause me to fall on my face. Turns out I had pretty bad degenerative changes in the hips. I had had hip pain for a long time, but always assumed it was referred pain from my back.

They tried injections, which helped for about a week. They decided to do an MRI to make sure that they couldn't try something laparoscopic to help. That's when they found the AVN (Avascular Necrosis). 75% of the weightbearing portion of the left was dead and 50% of the right. Nothing to do except replace those bad boys. They wanted me to do it in April, but I delayed it until August and September as I already had a bunch of festival and concert tickets bought.

The surgeries themselves were outpatient and six weeks apart. I was in at about 6am for each and home by noon. They used an anterior approach. The first 2 weeks were brutal. For the first week, the wife literally had to wipe my ass for me. No physical therapy, just a list of 6 exercises to do 5 times a day. Had to walk for 5 mins per hour every waking hour.

They got better remarkably quickly with this regimen. The left I did 3 weeks on the walker, 2 weeks on the cane. The right was much quicker, probably due to that being my dominant side and it being strengthened from the recovery for the left. I felt well enough to go see Finger Eleven at the 4 week mark on the left and Bullet for My Valentine at the 3 week mark on the right (I am a concert junkie). For Finger Eleven I was standing with my cane. For Bullet, I had a seat.

The left was feeling back to normal after about 8 weeks. The right took a little longer, probably 10 or 12 weeks as it went faster at first, but plateaued sooner before finishing. I returned to work in December. They feel absolutely wonderful and are 1000% better. I am so glad I did it.

Having said that, there are challenges. Still have a lot of numbness and neuropathy in my thighs. That can take a year or two to fully get better. Not able to lift more than 25lbs and no deep squatting. I found out why one day at work, since it is pretty ingrained to squat to lift. Won't do that again, lol. But overall, couldn't be happier with it.

From what my surgeon tells me with the advances in prosthetics, these should last me the rest of my life. Which is awesome, given that one of my biggest concerns was having to have one or more revision surgeries later in life being so young. Trust me, going through it once was enough. But so fucking worth it.

The picture I'm attaching is not mine, but looks identical to both of mine.

Thank you so much for sharing your story! Can I ask, is there a pain comparable to the feeling of AVN? I only ask since you said you assumed it was referred pain from your back. Was there any color or sensation difference externally on your legs/hips before you had the replacement? It's incredible to me that the body can still function with dead portions of bone.

[Norag]

Originally Posted by Hell_Priestess ↗

Thank you so much for sharing your story! Can I ask, is there a pain comparable to the feeling of AVN? I only ask since you said you assumed it was referred pain from your back. Was there any color or sensation difference externally on your legs/hips before you had the replacement? It's incredible to me that the body can still function with dead portions of bone.

Sure thing, glad you found it useful!

Yes, there is. It is related to it being interpreted as referred pain. No external coloration differences, but it feels and acts very much like Sciatica. Pain radiating through the buttocks, thighs, and legs. Since having high levels of back dysfunction often causes you to walk funny, I also attributed a lot of the pain/discomfort to that.

Figured a lot of compensation was going on with it. It seems at this point, a large amount of what the doctors and I had both attributed to Sciatica was actually coming from my hips. My back recently flared up, and while I certainly had *some* pain radiating in that manner, no where near what it was before. It wasn't until it got to the point that the pain and symptomology was unmistakenly originating from my hips that I got it checked out. And I'm not one to just tough things out or be shy about going to the doctor if something doesn't seem right.

I can't blame the doctors at all tho. The constellation of symptoms I had wouldn't generally lead anyone to believe they were originating from anywhere but my back/spine. I've had 4 levels fused in my neck and back surgery because the nerve that was being impinged was causing nighttime bladder incontinence. So my back/spine issues are very well documented.

[ASerbianAnon]

Forbidden buttplug

[Pyramid_Head]

Looks ready to be tossed on the grill.