Or maybe not!!

Change of plan....Mr Witt has now decided to just do an Arthrscopy.

Guess the recovery will be tons easier.

Round 2....countdown to LPAO begins

LPAO booked for 19th April!!

I'm not sure if its easier knowing what to expect or not. At least I don't have the fear of the unknown, or the worry about how painful it will be because I know it will be well controlled, however there are a few memories I wish I didn't have!

I spent most of my day off yesterday wondering if I had done the right thing, but after an hour of standing on my feet at work today my hip caught badly and I could barely move for a while. Still pretty sore now, so I guess, yes I have made the right choice.

I am looking forward to getting this over and done with now, then physio for the third and hopefully final time and after 7 years of hip pain I will be able to get my life back and resume all the things I have gradually given up.

12 weeks and 4 days to get rightie a bit stronger to take its turn as the good hip......

Screwless! :)

On 21st December, 19 months post PAO, I had my metalwork removed and a steroid injection for inflammation of the psoas. Surgery went really well, and recovery was very easy. I stayed in the hospital overnight, due to the distance we had to travel home, but was up walking unaided as soon as I was taken to the ward. The next day I managed to walk from the hospital to the train station (normally about a 20min walk) although was pretty slow and needed a coffee stop on the way.
After a couple of days all post-op soreness was gone and I was walking as normal. Incision is only a couple of cms and glued not stitched.

At the same time Mr Witt reviewed my other hip, and agreed ,once he has double checked my scans, to book my LPAO -so it looks like as righties journey comes to an end, around 2 years later lefties will begin.

New Scar Pics

For those of you who have recently asked what my PAO scar looks like now, at 18months post op, here are a few pics. The first one also shows the top of my FO scar from childhood surgeries. The horizontal part of the PAO scar measures around 6-7cms, and the vertical part around 4 cms. I think its pretty small compared to most PAOs.

More surgeries.

Finally have a date for my steroid injection and screw removal-21st December!! Woohoo!

When I see him for this surgery am really hoping my surgeon will agree to a PAO, or whatever he suggests, on the left hip early next year as that one has deteriorated rapidly over the last few weeks.So hopefully this fourth procedure in 3 years will be the last (for a while) on the right hip, and then the story can start all over agin for the left.

Oh joy.