My wife just had a rod placed in her tibia 3weeks ago and even though the x-rays look good, she keeps complaining of extreme knee pain and feels the rod may be to long. Is this possible and how would one know for sure if it is? The tibia in question is on the same leg as a recent hip replacement surgery and a re-placement, or reduction of the same hip. The reduction was also just done on 7/13/15 and tibia on 8/8/15. how long do you think the recovery time might be before she can have her right hip replaced? it is in horrible condition and the strain of relearning to walk is taking its toll. (osteoporosis from childhood diabetes and recent kidney transplant failure)