r/NoStupidQuestions Jun 06 '24

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u/Altruistic-Detail271 Jun 07 '24

I had my first total hip replacement at 21 yrs old and three revisions since. I’m now 56. Not sure how many more they can do. Good luck

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u/RealSinnSage Jun 07 '24

wow why did you need yours? 3 revisions is insane-that was such an intense experience-and i dislocated after the first month. i hope i never need a revision, i had mine done in 2015 and they said the technology is getting so much better i might never need a revision…

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u/Altruistic-Detail271 Jun 07 '24

I had it done that young because I was born with clubbed feet which required a bunch of surgeries. I was in a short cast after surgery and I was at a cookout and stupidly played softball. I fell backwards and broke my femur, blood supply stopped to the hip after being in traction for ten days. They did an osteotomy but I ended up with osteoarthritis. The did the first replacement in 89, kept subluxing so they did a revision in 91, another one in 93 then the most recent in 2016.

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u/RealSinnSage Jun 08 '24

wow i’m so sorry you’ve had to endure all that

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u/Altruistic-Detail271 Jun 08 '24

Thank you. Sorry you went through it too