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I am a new member, searching for answers to a lot of pain. I have had chronic low back pain for 10 years or so and MRI and Xray and so on showed ever increasing OA, but also disc degeneration and some disc protrusion in all lumbar discs. Then suddenly the right hip started giving out and so on, long story short, I got scheduled for total hip replacement, anterior, on right side. This was done 2 weeks and 2 days ago. I fell very little pain with the hip, with the incision, etc, but lots of sacral and especially left sacroiliac joint pain. Exactly 1 month before the hip surgery was scheduled I got up 1 am to pee and when I started to sit on toilet my lower back seized up in the most painful event I have ever experienced. In moments I could not move at all and then had to fall onto floor and after some time crawled back to bed. I waited until am and called neighbor to go to ER. They were very callous and only gave meds and did a CT scan, sent me home. Next night same thing same time and even worse to point I really couldn't move and by then I had the cell phone on me all the time. Called ambulance and to ER again. Told them I also couldn't pee by now and that got their attention so they did an MRI which showed a lot of the above noted issues had worsened. I had already been to preliminary visits with a highly respected back doctor here as well as having epidurals 2x in back and a cortisone shot in groin from a pain doc. All had helped somewhat. I was advised to go ahead with hip surgery and maybe it would help back bain.
So, I have been in constant pain for 6 weeks now, taking mostly Oxycod 05/325 about 4-5 x a day. It helps but the consequences are of course constipation such as I had never known.
I was in hospital 3 days after surgery, concern that I still couldn't pee, but finally solved that apparently with an enema which released the bowel. Then to Rehab Hospital for 6 days and then to brother's house, now about to go home on other island where I live alone and do have to climb stairs to get in house, but stairs has not been an issue.
Sorry for the length, my desire is to just reach out and contact someone who has had something similar in experience. I did have an injection of marcain (corticosteroid, maybe misspelled) from an independent doc after leaving hospital because surgeon for hip and one for back refused to see me until weeks after the surgery. The injection helped a little and I can at least turn over in bed and get up with a bit less pain. I have tried wearing a brace of 2 types but seems it is better not to, not sure, no one to ask. I can walk easily with walker but the sacroiliac and sacral pain just hangs on. Am I wanting too much too soon? Hope to hear from someone with similar experience of acute muscle spasm event complicating hip replacement surgery.

Welcome to the board. Obviously you'd rather not be here, but you will find lots of support.
I have nothing to add when it comes to your hip or back, must it sounds miserable.

With regards to the steroid injection after you left the hospital, many Drs won't give injections right before or following a surgery because it can have an effect on healing. That might be what the surgeon was thinking. Your followup appointment being weeks later would have allowed some healing to occur.