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By: brooks

brooks — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:41:52 +0000

Well Katherine, I’m not a doctor (I only play one on the computer), but based on my personal experience I would answer yes. When my hip was failing (pseudotumors were growing, cup was loosening) I was limping, and when I stepped on my right leg it seemed like I ‘dropped’ down a little, almost like the leg with the metal on metal hip was getting shorter the worse I got. My doctor explained that it’s natural, because you are shifting your weight to the other side by first leaning out to the right(MoM) side and then coming back the other way such that your entire left leg is directly under your body. My left hip definitely is worse now than before the implant, and it was the failing right hip implant that made it that way. I know several people for whom this same issue became a problem, and I think Earl developed pain in his hip (opposite his implanted hip) over the course of his long ordeal.

While I also have pain in my left hip, I will wait until I can’t move before I let them replace it, because my track record with medical devices is not a good one and I have little faith in their ability to relieve pain (unless of course the joint is shattered in a car wreck, bad fall, etc. I’m trying alternative therapy now, like chiropractic work to re-align my body to help restore equilibrium and overall balance (to evenly distribute the load (my weight) on my lower body). I am also having acupuncture treatments on the left hip which seem to be helping.

I would try those alternative therapies before I do anything else, because there’s no guarantee your left hip replacement would lessen your pain if it’s at the same level now as the Depuy side. Try to ride this out as long as you can, and try to be conscious of walking evenly, avoiding adding most your body’s weight to your left side.

Hang in there

By: Katherine McWhirter

Katherine McWhirter — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:54:14 +0000

I am just wondering if the problems with the Depuy MoM hip on the right side would cause bursitis on the left side, due to favouring the right side.
I have pain on my right side and in my groin, but my main problem is really really bad pain on my left hip. I just wondered if anyone else was suffering the same way or if my left problems are completely unassociated with my right MoM hip. All my x-rays came back negative, c and c was mildly elevated, so I cancelled revision surgery, but am having an arthroscopy instead to see if surgery is really necessary. I am 75 and up until the last 6 months have been active, travel extensively and now I just have pain in both hips all the time. Any ideas.