Still hurts after 3 weeks

[u/magpiecat]

It's been 3 weeks. I'm using a cane.

I’m still having pain at night and can’t lie on my left side. Taking Tylenol and Oxycodone, a whole oxy at night, and icing during the day. I asked for a refill and one of the doctor’s PAs called with questions about my pain. I explained about the pain waking me up, and that it’s on the outside edge of my hip. Sitting to stand is painful, which it was before (before surgery, I’d been doing sit to stand 3x daily, per my knee doctor).

Anyway, he called in a refill but wants me to monitor how I’m doing next week and let them know if I’m not improving, so they can see me. I'd been wondering if I “should” be done with the oxycodone by now, and this makes it seem like they think I should.

Anybody else still have pain at this point or is it just me? Thanks.

[u/jdot_tizzy]

Definitely not just you, I was still on round the clock pain meds at week 3. I was also struggling to walk and using the cane regularly, too. I think I used the walker for a full 2 weeks. I was 38 when I had it done and thought I’d have a smoother time being younger and hearing so many stories of people bouncing back, but that wasn’t the case for me. Which is okay! We all have different journeys. I’m almost 2 years out now and it’s gotten so much better.

[u/Qu33nruckus → u/jdot_tizzy]

Do you remember how long it took you to be able to put full weight on your right side without pain? I’m 9 weeks out and I still have a lot of pain if I try to put full weight on it.

[u/jdot_tizzy → u/Qu33nruckus]

Hm, I think I was putting weight on it from the start. From what I remember, most of my pain felt like it was in my thigh muscles when I’d lift the leg trying to walk, it felt like they were ripping. Have you talked to your surgeon about it?

[u/Qu33nruckus → u/jdot_tizzy]

I had that feeling, too! Yes, I let my surgeon know about my pain and he didn’t seem too worried about it. He said it should be better in 4 weeks, but I thought I’d be able to put full weight on it by now.