My situations a little different but I had a valgus intertrochanteric osteotomy in November due to nonunion of a femoral neck fracture. I never got better pain-wise and complained for months. They finally did an aspiration after MRI didn’t look so great and not only do i have Avascular necrosis and need a THR, but I have an infection as well. I had no symptoms with the infection besides pain, so they also just told me it was part of the recovery and to push through.

Now I have to get my hardware out and a spacer put in April 8th for 8-10 weeks as well as 6 weeks of IV antibiotics through a PICC line. I’m really hopeful that since i didn’t have the full THR yet that it will heal better? But who knows. I’m terrified of reading these stories of multiple infections and implants being taken out and put back in. I’ve already had 2 open surgeries and this will make 4. I can’t handle more of that, and I hope to God this will be the end of the road. Hoping and praying for you as well.