Seroma Pain
[ Wednesday July 9th 2025 at 7:05 pm ]
When I went to get my lunch today the pain and swelling in my left hip seroma went wild. There was about ΒΌ cup of swelling. I could barely make my left artificial hip move. By default the brain will protect you from moving a joint to prevent further damage. Only I've spent 15 years of my life as a physiotherapy patient. I don't think it is self preservation doing this to me. Instead I think the seroma fluid was pushing against a nerve that controls the motion to my hip. This was going to become life threatening if I didn't get the swelling down. I couldn't do the bare essential in keeping myself alive. I went to my local hospital emergency department. The emergency department doctor told me I should be more aggressive using a topical anti inflammatory medication. I asked him to send a letter to my surgeon saying I need to be seen. When I got into bed for night my incision opened again. This is now the sixth cycle. I am very knackered. I have only slept six hours. I can't do math in my head right now from how taxing my seroma pain is on my body. I am going to need to try and sleep until mid afternoon. The goal to replace my right artificial hip was August 21st. Without rest there will be no way my body will be physically strong enough to withstand the operation. I don't want to have a cardiac event during the surgery. I am hoping the anti inflammatory gel will ease the pain I am feeling so I may have some badly needed sleep.