u/Makem3l

I need help. I had a Right THR December 3, 2025. I noticed skin sloughing from my genital area and groin 3 days after the surgery. I had a rash from the right glute down to the back of my knee. The rash was noticed a little over a week after surgery. I awoke many times with the bed and my clothes soaked in my sweat for about three weeks after surgery. From my surgery date to Christmas I was doing well in physical therapy. Three weeks to the day of my surgery I came down with a severe case of strep throat. From then on, I’ve had a low-grade fever, swelling in my thigh around the incision area so bad that the incision is now an indentation in my skin. I also have a hand size discoloration of skin on the right side of my incision. The discoloration is usual red but sometimes it turns bluish/purplish. My thigh is very sensitive to touch. Sometimes it is warmer than the rest of my body. I am in pain every day. I can’t sleep on my right side. Sometimes I wake with my right thigh throbbing. I now use a cane to get around and a walker whenever I have to walk long distances. I had to stop physical therapy. I’ve been to my surgeon and he’s ruled out blood clots with three ultrasounds, and three MRIs. My blood work has been all over the place. At one point my WBC was 11. My surgeon has also told me over and over again that he feels like this will resolve itself overtime. I’ve been taking Percocet for the past two months and now my surgeon has decided that I need to take over-the-counter medication and get a full body bone scan. I have good range of motion in my hip but it feels like I’m lifting a dead weight when I pick my right leg up. I’ve gone to get a second opinion and they said to go to Infectious Diseases. They wanted me to get my hip aspirated. My surgeon decided to do a hip aspiration to check for infection at my last appointment. No fluid was collected. So infection has not been ruled out completely yet. Infectious diseases doctor wants me to do pain management, get a third orthopedic opinion, and try physical therapy. My physical therapist and my primary care physician want the surgeon to find out what is wrong with me. I’m at my wits end. I was a normal healthy person with hip pain before this surgery. Now I’m disabled and struggling at my job, financially, and at life in general. I’m just wondering if anyone out there has had any of these symptoms and if they did then what was the answer. 😢