need expert advice with hip replacement question

[Kenny910]

I had a surgery in 200 after I was hit by a drunk driver at 60 mph head on on the interstate. Anyway the results to just my hip were a fractured acetabulum. I have had pain since the operation but no out of the ordinary pain. This pain has of course progressed slighty over the years and the last few months it has increased. Today I woke up in tears with the characteristic groin area pain my orhto said is hip pain. It was so bad I couldnt put weight on my leg or even any pressure near my hip. Here are some pics the doctor blew me off when I went to the hospital and idiot said he didnt see any metal implants in my ct scans because he failed ot look at page 2 but here are the photos..you think its time for the hip replacement and how do these photos look? I looked them over and i believe my injured hip is an absolute mess. one shows the metal in  my hip the others dont and you can see the joint very well. The doctor in the er said I was fine and sciatica what a moron...I think after having this hip issue in my life i h ave run across sciatica a few times and dealt with that pain..this was joint pain with the characteristic pain around my groin that I have felt since the injury but 10000000 time worse today.

[Dr Vinod]

Conservative treatment is the best if you can escape surgery, but as you are not able to deal the pain you can go for the replacement.
Your  2nd picture shows that you would need it, as it would give you strength and relieve you of the symptoms you are facing.
Try to push as long as it possible, because with replacement you have to be in the  hospital and then go for months of physitherapy and full recovery will take more than 6 months if everything goes with plan.
Take care!

[Kenny910]

Of course I will take a second opinion I was just wondering if someone could look at the pics and tell me about how bad it is...I mean i was told when I cant deal with the pain anymore I could..but from the photos do you think I can push it a little longer before i mess things up really bad...they are listed under my photos. When I first posted them they didnt show up now but there are 3 up now...just got ot click on my name and you will see the my photos...anyone who could look at them I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks for the reply

[Dr Vinod]

You can go for a hip replacement, but follow up near an expert in a good faciltiy before that. You have to be couselled properly and explained all the do's and don'ts before the replacement and it is good for you as whatever you have been through because of no fault of yours. Also take a second opinion.  Take care!

[Kenny910]

THe other pics and all three are listed in my photo album i couldnt figure out how to post mulitple pics