Well this has been my life since the past week. I got back from Chicago on Tuesday, and Wednesday started to be painful. Things got progressively worse over the following days. I was waking up every morning with the pain I thought I had said goodbye to a few weeks ago. My hip would feel tighter and tighter as the day went by, particularly on days I was teaching at CEGEP. I thought it was just one of those days, and that I'd feel better on Saturday. But nope. And there I had it, I was experiencing my first flare. I decided to take a break from all my PT exercises. Had PT this morning, and once again was reunited with dry needling lol. I was like "yup, pretty sure this is contraindicated post-surgery" haha. I complain, but it's really a love/hate relationship. As John Mellencamp would put it, hurt so good (come on baby make it hurt so good, sometimes love don't feel like it should...). Despite the pain, I now know that I have to keep up with biking and stretching with my oh-so-lovely la crosse ball. The bike will keep the joint moving, which is good anyway if dealing with some inflammation. Also, since I'm lacking strength, it won't take a lot of time to lose what I gained in the past few weeks. Keep active, just take things slow. I should go back to the pool. Ugh. I hate getting my hair wet HAHA. My hair is so thick...it takes SO much time to dry after washing them and then all the effort is ruined by a 30 minute dip in chlorine water. #firstworldproblems #halfasiangirlproblems Holy crap today was a case of extreme walking. It snowed through the night, and then rained in the morning. Perfect combo for disaster. I think I had about 10 steps from my car to the front door of my PT building...probably the slowest steps since surgery haha. I kept having flashes of me falling on my right side...screwing up everything in a few seconds. That would be the WORST. Seriously. Luckily, I made it safely to and from! So I'm still waiting to try to get the surgery covered by my government. You basically need a letter from an orthopedic surgeon who practices hip scopes in Quebec to say that you have/had to go in the US to seek care - as it was either not available in province, or if the delays are too long they risk irreversibly damaging the joint. Asking my first surgeon is out of the question. He's so sure that he's great, and that he did everything possible for me (when he actually didn't do anything, including repairing a large labral tear). His solution was to wait a few years and have him replace my hip. What? I'm on the waiting list of two OS in Quebec. One in Montreal, and one in Quebec City. The one in Montreal usually doesn't take new patients, but one of the doctors I work with sent me to her, so she accepted to take me as her patient. I sent my file in May, and they wrote an email saying I'd be seen in the fall/winter. So we're now more in winter than in fall, and I'm wondering if it will stretch into spring or summer. Then there's the Quebec City doctor. I found out about him through Dr. Millis in Boston, when I sent my file for review to make sure I didn't have dysplasia. He studied under Dr. Millis and is the only surgeon who performs PAOs in Eastern Canada. He also does hip scopes. So yeah, I'm on his waiting list as well. They told me 6-8 months wait for consult, and I was added to his waiting list 3 months ago. Still have several months to go :( Not putting too much hope into this, but it's worth a try. Doubt it's going to happen, but who knows, there's a chance! Here's to a new week! Hopefully my hip will start playing nice, and I will be able to return to my exercises. And that I will keep progressing. I know, I know. Slow and steady wins the race. Can't be too much in a hurry with this surgery. Patience is a virtue, they say.
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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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