We're home! WE'RE HOME! A few months before surgery we had water damage in our condo, so we decided to have our floors changed while we were in Chicago. Yesterday we came home to brand new floors...and my awesome husband started unpacking everything - including our bed so I could go rest. How sweet is that? Today I quickly went over the images from surgery. The photos of the cam removal is what surprises me most. Especially that my first (useless) surgeon basically laughed at me when I asked him if I had cam impingement. The radiology report back then stated an alpha angle of 48 degrees. Fail. My alpha angle was actually 63-65 degrees (normal values vary between surgeons but generally >50 indicates impingement). Large cam lesion. When Dr. Nho and Sara showed me the photos taken during surgery, it really struck me that I indeed had a bony structural issue that was causing my symptoms. I'm not crazy after all! Left is before cam removal and right is after bone shaving. And my first surgeon said no impingement? Did he have temporary vision loss? Was he drunk?! Look how straight my bone was, no wonder I had limited range of motion and residual, increasing pain!
Today was my first PT appointment back home. My PT is excited. He was the one who treated me through my first surgery. We both worked so hard to try to end the pain and improve my ROM - with little success. It did make it better - without PT I was in so much more pain. But I was never able to get discharged. So today he was happy to see how much was done in surgery with Dr. Nho. I wasn't faking (ha ha!) and he wasn't incompetent. So he's looking forward to working on my new awesome fixed hip. After PT I went to the studio to pick up my computer as I will be working from home in the next few weeks. This allowed me to see all my amazing colleagues and friends! Such joy to walk in and have people come give giant hugs. They all asked how I'm doing. How am I doing? I don't always stop and ask myself. Good, I guess! I'm on schedule with my recovery, pain is minimal. At my follow-up with Dr. Nho, he asked if I still had pre-op pain and it made me realize that I don't! The pain I have is definitely different and seems to be more surgical pain...stiffness and soreness more than actual stabbing like I had previously. Milestones today: I shaved my legs on my own! And put socks without any help! And it's been two days that I made it through the night without waking up in pain at 3am! Celebrate every success, even the tiny ones, right? Next step is to be able to tie my shoes. Alright, I've been in this position for 30 minutes, need to switch it up! Have a great weekend :) xo
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Sherry Dickson
11/21/2015 07:45:19
So happy to read you are back at home. What you shared today with your x-rays have once again helped and encouraged me so much. Thank-you!
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MC
11/22/2015 18:41:09
Thanks Sherry! I'm glad it could encourage you a bit :) I hope you're doing well!
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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
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