Well well well, can't believe I'm now little past 6 weeks from the day I had surgery with Dr. Nho! This week I've seen a lot of improvement. Stephane, my pt, made walking a priority...so I worked very hard on that all week long. Today I saw him again, and he was impressed by how fluid my walking was. He said there's still a little hip rotation in extension, but overall he was very happy! And him happy equals me happy! My soft tissues surrounding the incision site are finally loosening up after all the (painful) massage I've been doing to myself twice a day. Muscles, including my hip flexors, aren't particularly tight - which is a miracle as I'm known for that in the past! So right now, I'm down to a cane for short distances, and crutches for long. Hoping to soon be able to ditch the crutches completely! Bad side is...well, my bad side. Funny that now, my "bad side" is my left side. Since I've been putting more weight without crutches, my left hip has been painful. I spoke about it today, and he said I need to keep an eye on it, as if ever it becomes painful everyday, we're going to have to go back to crutches, strengthen my right so it can support the weight more evenly. It really sucks because I can finally feel my right being fixed and on the way to normal (haven't felt that in the past 4 years)...and now my other side is being stupid. Knowing that I have the same bony issues PLUS a labral tear in my left, it's definitely not reassuring. We're hoping that as my right gets stronger, it will give the left a break, and I will be able to live without having to go through another surgery.
The hardest part is still not being able to drive, nor walk to the metro, leaving me either stranded at home or asking (in my mind read, bothering) my husband for a ride. Yesterday, I got really impatient and decided to say "f it" and decided to get food on my own. What is usually a 3 minute walk seemed like an eternity. And then there was a street with mini-inclination. Going up a street with mini-inclination on crutches is not an ideal situation. In the end, I made it, but clearly I was not ready for that. Frustrating...but there's not much I can do about it but be patient. And respect what my body is telling me. Today, my pt clearly explained that if I try to skip steps (like not focus on how I walk in the house, for example), I will pay for it later. Slow and steady wins the race they say, and it couldn't be more true with this surgery.
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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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