Hip replacement

[KathleenMary]

On 22nd January,I had a partial hip replacement following a fall.I have made a good recovery and my hip has healed well.

But I am still very tired and I have sharp pains in my left shoulder and right wrist.

I imagine it's a flare up... But it's odd that these two joints are causing far more pain than my hip.

I suffer from limited cutaneous scleroderma and Raynaud's and take numerous meds for those.

Has anyone had similar experience.??

Should I contact my rheumatologist??

[Midgebite21]

Glad to hear you’ve recovered from your hip surgery, is it possible that you damaged the shoulder and wrist during the fall in January too but because of the fractured hip, the pain associated with that and then the operation and recovery you didn’t really notice it until now. ( My father in law didn’t think his right hip was painful until he had his left hip replaced.) It may be a soft tissue injury or it maybe a flare up due to what you’ve been through these past couple of months. Can’t see the harm in at least asking the rheumatologist for a phone consultation if your not due a face to face soon. Hope you get some answers soon.

[KathleenMary in reply to Midgebite21]

Thanks very much,my wrist was X rayed when I was in hospital and the doctor decided the pain was down to osteoarthritis.

Shoulder has only started more recently.

I am due a face to face with the rheumatologist,will get in touch

[UCTD]

Good morning

I have osteoarthritis and limited systemic scleroderma.

I have had two total hip replacements( one aged 45) and also went into a flare post surgery, I would let your Rheumatologist know but mine settled down after a few week. Do all your exercises, but make sure that you rest , I had naps in the daytime and was in bed early it takes a full year to recover from a total hip replacement even without limited systemic sclerosis so be good to yourself. Analgesia rest good nutrition.

[KathleenMary in reply to UCTD]

Thank you for your supportive reply,I do find I need to lie down in the afternoon

[OldTed60]

I had a hard fall in February and all the pain in the moment was in my elbow. Then after a few days it became apparent that it was my lower rib where the problem lay as I couldn’t turn in bed or sit in car without crying out with turns, bumps etc. I knew that it was a lower rib because I’d fractured the one on the other side some years back and recognised the pain as same. Finally I ended up in A&E due to pain getting worse and bit too close to my liver. They did a CT with contrast to exclude liver and the A&E doctor asked if I’d fallen on my arm and my elbow had perhaps gone into lower rib. My husband had seen the whole thing on other side of windows and said yes that’s exactly how it looked to him. After that one day the pain was in an ankle, another day it was in my left rib where I definitely didn’t fall.

I saw my rheumatologist a few weeks ago and she asked me how the injury was healing re my breathing and pneumonia risk. I’m fine now mostly although my scleroderma gut problems have been flaring more ever since.

Referred pain is much stranger than acute pain I guess but I have never had a fall cause such a strange collection of palindromic pain in random parts before. It was in a very confined space where I fell and I’m 60 so I guess this is the difference?

I hope you recover well and I’m thinking Midgebite21 is probably right about the shoulder and wrist but your response was only to the hip. For me now I’m only really aware of elbow pain if I lean on it. And unlike you I haven’t needed surgery.

[KathleenMary in reply to OldTed60]

Thank you so much for your reply...it's good to know that it is not unusual to suffer the symptoms I am experiencing