Pre-THR Pain Experience - is this normal??

[Guest guest]

I had a strange and painful experience yesterday, and wondered if

it's normal for people like me who have an arthritic joint/bone

spurs. I'm awaiting a LTHR on February 4.

Normally, I'm in some pain--I can't walk much without considerable

discomfort, but I have reasonable joint mobility and I'm not falling

down screaming in pain, either. My hip joint is bone-on-bone with

some bone spurs, but I've managed to gimp along ok. Although, I

admit, I take Vicodin once or twice a day, especially if I have to

stand or walk much distance (grocery shopping, cooking, airport,

etc.).

Well, yesterday my husband and I were walking down a slippery street

in Lake Placid, NY and I was hanging onto his arm, as usual--when

suddenly, my hip shot through with pain. Not a 5 or a 6; more like

an 8 or 9. I could take very small steps leaning forward--could not

straighen my leg, stand straight, rotate my leg at all or move it

behind me as I walked (hence, the very small steps leaning over from

the waist).

We could barely make it back to the hotel. When I first sat down, I

had almost no mobility in the joint without signinficant unbearable

pain. Slowly, after resting awhile (and popping more Vicodin) I

regained the amount of motion and ability to walk that is more

normal for me in this pre-operative state.

Does anyone have any idea what happened? It almost felt like

something was out of place, like a piece of moving cartilege caught

in my joint or something. It was awful.

Has it been like this for anyone else pre-THR?

Jane