Was anyone able to get the hospital to allow you to keep the piece of your femur that they cut off? Idk why but I find myself really wanting it as a souvenir of sorts. I can imagine there’s some biohazard protocols in place but is this something doctors would do if the patient really wanted it? I want to put in a jar on my dresser and decorate the jar 😭
As a kid/young adult, I was always flexible and never had any restrictions to movement. All of my 20s were spent heavy lifting with literally zero issues. I never had hip pain as a kid, never complained about anything hip related to be taken to a doctor for. I’m 35 and have severe arthritis in my right hip to the point of no return and will be getting a THR. I see everyone in here knowing of having this at a young age and having surgeries to prevent what I’m going to be going through and I’m just absolutely bewildered as to how this was missed in me until now.
Edit to add: Wow thank you everyone for your comments and sharing your experience! It makes me feel less alone! When I found this out I went from being the most able bodied person ever and now I find myself envying people who haven’t been active a day in their lives because they probably at least have normal hips 😭😂
I’m going to respond to comments when I get a chance! I was expecting like 4 comments max, so everyone that took the time to comment, I really appreciate it 🥹
Also a fun fact I learned yesterday…… the actress who plays the mom on Malcolm in the middle has hip dysplasia and has had both hips replaced. I’m constantly binge watching that show and it was my fav show growing up so now I have an even bigger love for it and Jane Kazsmereck! I read that she was experiencing hip pain while filming the show too
TLDR: 35 and finding out my arthritis is severe and I’ll need a hip replacement. Looking for women around my age that have had healthy pregnancies after and if any shifting from pregnancy affected the replacement/caused you to have to have a revision.
Also would like to hear from anyone who had their replacement done through the VA. I’ve always heard horror stories about VA healthcare. Ive always had nothing but great experiences with the VA and the care I’ve got there so I’m not sure if it’s a location thing. But I never expected to need a major surgery let alone so soon.
I started having hip pain around February 2024. It was to the point where I felt my glute was locked up and wasn’t working. I couldn’t bend my leg to put socks/shoes on. Sitting down Indian style…. Forget it. Absolutely impossible. I was getting acupuncture/chiropractor care for other things and everyone thought my issues to be musculoskeletal. However…. Nothing has helped. I used to be able to go for walks with pain but they were doable.
I had my first baby at the end of 2025. I was worried about the pregnancy and making my problems worse but my pain actually didn’t worsen the entire time. I even was able to give birth vaginally and my hip pain didn’t get in the way of that somehow. I’m not sure if high estrogen during pregnancy masked things but now post partum, I’m realizing that walking for basic errands is torture…. Going out for a walk with my baby in the stroller…. Couldn’t even enjoy it, every step was just stabbing pain, waking up hill and downhill is stabbing pain that could make my leg give out. So I finally arranged to have the issue addressed and find out exactly what is wrong with me because guessing and trying bullshit thing after bullshit thing hasn’t got me anywhere in 2 years a counting.
Started with x rays and I was glad that my Dr was going to get me an MRI right away in addition to physical therapy. I thought I’d have to do weeks of that with no success to get an mri. Well, my Dr called the next day and said the x ray shows severe arthritis and that the ortho asked if I just want a replacement 😭. She canceled my MRI and now I’m with ortho and going to get that diagnostic shot. Also found out I was born with hip dysplasia which has not helped my situation.
I’m super besides myself because I was wanting more babies. I did IVF and have my embryos and I wanted to take my time. I’m absolutely terrified to have metal in my body. I don’t feel there is enough research to make me confident that having something foreign in my body could cause problems in a fetus. I am seeing higher still births and low birth weight. My baby was already low birth weight (5lbs delivered a day before her due date) but healthy and following her own growth curve nicely but still 0 percentile. I’m not sure if my situation will even allow me to put off getting this hip done being as I can’t take a step without pain. Somehow I’m able to tolerate the stair climber for cardio though. I can do a rower also. I’ve also been active my whole life and have basically slowly had to give up all of my favorite workouts (squats/deadlifting). I was also very flexible and now I can’t even stretch.
My biggest worry is having something foreign in my body and the risk of auto immune issues. I’m hoping the option of ceramic on ceramic would be an option for me. I’d love to hear information on things like this too!