Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Spent the day relaxing. Laid on my bed, looking outside for about an hour. The advantages of working from home! I'm soon to be 9 weeks post-op. Had PT yesterday and boy was it intense. Had cupping massaging on my incisions again, not quite sure how I'm still alive right now. Haha. It's SO painful. My nerve injury is getting better with time, but it's still over-sensitive near the portal holes. Just like dry needling, hurts as hell, but worth it. He added a new exercise, gliding lunges and side lunges. My hardest one yet! My poor glutes must wonder what the hell is happening to have so much work to do. My PT regimen - bike, elliptical and exercises - take up about 2-3 hours every day. Mostly glute work but also core with planks and side planks. Shit's getting more and more real! I'm not the best when it comes to massaging my incisions - mainly because it hurts. Luckily, my husband is there to remind me to do it. They look good, but still get swollen from time to time. One of the things that annoy me the most during recovery is stairs. Yes, stairs. Going up and down stairs. It's an easy task when non-handicapped, but when recovering from hip arthroscopy, it's annoying. Because it's slow. Very slow. Op-hip down, non-op hip follows onto the same step, repeat. So at 9 weeks PO, I was pretty confident I'd be able to travel between different floors like a normal person. Stephane has me go up and down steps during PT and my hopeful face soon turned to disappointment when he told me I'm still not ready. Apparently my trunk was shifting all over the place and I need to work on control and stability. Once again, I will have to resort to PATIENCE. ARG!
Good news is pain levels have been low in the past few days. Mainly acheyness and stiffness in the morning, but overall it's very manageable. A bit sore after exercises, but the simple application of ice makes it go away. Hurray! One of my main short-term goals is to have more endurance when walking. I still need to resort to my cane on longer distances, like groceries. Dr. Nho would like to have me completely off it at my next follow-up, so I have a few weeks to get on track! Fingers crossed!
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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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