Guess it's time for an update!
I'll be six weeks post left hip scope in two days. Tomorrow morning I'm heading out to Quebec city to see my surgeon. I'm seeing physical therapy at 10:30am on Wednesday, then my follow up is at 11:30am. So, how am I doing? Over the past few weeks, I felt that things were going fairly well. Slow, but well. Pain was on/off, but manageable. On Thursday, my husband and I went to see the Habs play the Panthers. I sat on the tiny hard chairs for the entire three periods and despite getting up several times (Habs scored 6 goals!), my hip was feeling pissed. We decided to take the metro home, just because getting out of the city by car/taxi after a game is practically impossible. We had to walk a LOT to get to the metro, I even had to take breaks because my hip felt so weak despite using my cane. When I got home, I was in quite a lot of pain so took some Tramadol, which worked great for pain but then led to disturbed sleep. Over the following days, my hip was really swollen, and painful almost all day long. Today I had PT, and my physical therapist was stunned at how swollen my hip was. She said she couldn't even check my quad tension because all she could feel was the oedema. We spent most of the appointment trying to flush it out. I'm on exercise break until my next PT appointment. She said the swelling could be due to several things...it could be poor circulation, surgical site inflammation, bursitis... I'm looking forward to what my surgeon will say. I don't think there's anything abnormal, probably just me being a slow-healer as usual. I also wonder if he will suggest anything to make it better. It's a bit frustrating to have this set back...I wasn't expecting such a turn of events, this early, with so little "activity". This hip recovery definitely feels different than my right hip revision. I think I had more sharp pain due to tight hip flexors/capsule with my right hip. But my left seems to be healing slower. Less pain, but slower. My VMO is atrophied and I'm having trouble firing it, which was never an issue with the other side. At my right hip 6 week follow up, I remember walking through Chicago with my cane, without any issues. Like...10000 steps a day. Tonight, I had trouble walking my dog across the street. :( The fatigue is considerably worse too. My entire leg has felt weak ever since I got home from that hockey game. And as soon as I do something in my day, I'm exhausted. Trust the process. Be patient. Words I must constantly remind myself. Hopefully Wednesday's visit brings some positivity!
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AuthorMy name is Marie-Christine. I'm 34 years old and live in Montreal, QC, Canada. I have had two failed hip scopes on my right hip to do undiagnosed hip dysplasia. My amazing surgeon, who is in Quebec City, performed periacetabular osteotomy in November 2017. He also did one left hip scope (non dysplastic) in February 2017. Archives
May 2018
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