Hip Questions

[Guest guest]

Becky,

Your post was very interesting. When I can find some time, I am

going to do some reading up on SI joints. I have a very hard time

telling where my pain is coming from, spine vs. hip. Sometimes I

just ache from my waist down to just above my knee. When I asked my

spine surgeon and my radiologist about my SI joints - the radiologist

said it's very difficult to see them from the hip x-ray, and my spine

surgeon said they " looked okay " but somehow he didn't sound very

convincing. It's confusing to sort out the different opinions. I'm

probably just being paranoid. To confuse me further, I have a lot of

numbness, some of which can definitely be attributed to my L5 nerve

problem. But spine surgeon says not all of my numbness could be

caused from that. I know the nerves coming from the sacrum can also

cause numbness, but I'm not even sure if my sacrum was looked at

during the ct myelogram. It is going to be very interesting to see

what pain my hip replacement takes away. Whatever it doesn't fix, I

sure hope the flatback revision fixes it. Just rambling today. Take

care everyone.

loriann

[Guest guest]

Hi all;

I have some questions for anyone who has been told that hip replacements are

not possible because the canals of the femurs are solid. I have been to

five different doctors (and finally I had a doctor from the Medical Advisory

Board who said even he couldn't help me) and all have said that a

replacement is impossible because there is no place to insert the prosthesis

in the shaft of the femur. I am a 31yr. old SEDc who currently has pins in

both hips. They were inserted when I was 11yrs. old to keep the ball and

joint working properly and to prevent the joint from wearing down. Now the

femur heads are worn flat and the shafts are solid where the pins are. No

one has told me that the pins are the cause of the canals solidifying but I

am curious as to whether that is the problem.

Anyone who has dealt with these issues, I'd like to hear from and whether

you were ever successful in getting replacements. You can reply privately

to tloki.lounge@...

Thanks,

Tricia