Hello all, I'm sorry, this will probably end up being long.
Roughly one year ago I had arthroscopic surgery on my left hip to repair two labral tears, remove a bone cyst on the neck of my femur and repair some cartilage that was torn from the bone. I'm told the surgery went well, but I may have some arthritis in the hip from the cartilage damage.
Things were going well until around March when I started having more then minor pains in my hip again, in June the pain was excruciating, the swelling so bad my pant leg would be tight, I'd having numbing/tingling in my toes and pain in my left buttock and lower back from compensating. I went back to my doctor in June who recommended a cortisone shot. I've had these before in my shoulder and knee and they went well. The pain became even worse after the shot. I had started a light weight program that November, with the OK from my doctor and physical therapist and was working with a personal trainer who specializes in rehabilitation. I explained this all to my doctor, he immediately blamed all the pain on my personal trainer, that I was working out too rigorously which was false, I was taking things very slow. He then refused to do anything further except place an order for PT. I've had other joint surgeries and I felt this level for pain was too much almost a year post op to be normal and elected to seek a second opinion.
My new doctor ordered a repeat MRI with contrast where they found some pacities in the hip, he is having a specialist review them this month. My x-rays looked good. I have tried multiple times to get my operative report from the old clinic, they refuse to send it. I have lost a lot of my ROM in the hip, it is extremely painful when flexed to my chest or rotated outward, inward doesn't seem to bother much. I can't sit in a chair for more than 30 minutes nor stand still for a long period of time.
My new doctor has stated her doesn't care for arthroscopic surgery in hips, the spacing is too tight and is talking about needing to open the whole hip up to explore and or re-repair some things pending the experts review. I requested copies of my previous medical records and my old doctor flat out lied in about half of my last visits entries. I'm beyond frustrated with this whole experience. I'm an emergency veterinary technician and I need functioning legs to do my job. My new doc was willing to prescribe some major anti-inflammatories (my old doctor wouldn't even consider it) to try and get me comfortable until we have a solution but they barely work at all. Icing helps but only for about 15 minutes. I'm miserable. Has anyone else had post op issues with this type of surgery? Am I wrong to be so upset with my previous doctor for not taking me seriously?
I will also note that I have continued my physical therapy exercises, stretching (my hamstrings and quads are unusually tight, it runs in my family) and the partially passive therapy with the yoga ball to try and keep it loosing and moving. I'm hesitate to get lawyers involved but I feel like the ball was dropped here somewhere and I don't feel my doctor was being 100% truthful with me. After surgery he told me I might have some minor arthritis in the joint, back in June he tells me I have a reconstructed hip and it's going to cause my lifelong issues. He's changing his story as we go. He is also trying to convince me this is a back issue not a hip issue because he wasn't listening when I told him the back pain comes after the hip has been blasting me all day, the back wasn't bothering me previously.
I will also add, there was no injury leading up to this issues. One day about 4 years ago it starting hurting, becoming much worse last year. It's been an issue ever since.
Thank you for your advice, or just words of support.