I haven't figured out how to navigate this site very well but I think my issue is similar. I had a THR in October 2014. From the beginning, I expected to be walking with a minimum of pain but I had a stabbing pain in my groin up into my psoas. I walked in with no devises but I knew I was pushing beyond my ability. There were complications. I lost more blood than I should have. The cup was one cm bigger than I expected (which I just found out because I got the report recently). I knew I had a screw in my pelvis and a wire around my femur but as I had excessive follow ups due to pain. I was told that everything looked excellent and there was no reason I should have had that much pain. I am presenting with a (long overdue) diagnosis of a mitochondrial illness. It has taken two years to get to this and I'm wondering if anybody here has metalosis from the screw or wire. I'm requesting a test for cobalt and chromium because those were not tested for. I have decline in kidney, liver, thyroid, pancreas, nodes on my thyroid, polyneuropathy, severe nerve damage in the dermis, epidermis, and epithelial layers of my skin and even in sweat glands, high levels of things, low levels of things, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO TREAT. Finally, a muscle biopsy found a mitochondrial problem because I want to know the root cause of why I'm not thriving better. Please...anybody else digging when the doctors want to just wait for problems to worsen to something that needs treatment?