Today I saw my doctor at Westlake Orthopaedics. A great group of doctors and great staff! I'm so glad they were so proactive seeing I had abdominal masses and made sure I went through every process possible to rule out cancer. I'm back to the reality of my hip issues and bottom line - I have arthritis, bone spurs and my femoral head should be round and mine is more shaped like an egg causing a lot of friction and pain. It's a wrap - I need hip replacement!
Well there's no time like the present, so I am having Left Total Hip Replacement on Monday, October 3, 2011 - yep that's almost 2 weeks - 12 days! How am I feeling about this? I'm actually excited! After thinking I had cancer, to not having cancer and knowing that after surgery I won't be in pain and I'll be mobile - I'm GREAT with that!
I'm going to do my best to blog about this experience in hopes of helping someone else who may one day be in my shoes or someone who is already in my shoes and can't decide on whether to have the surgery.
So my decision has been made and the journey begins . . .
Thanks for deciding to share your journey! I love to find other blogs of young people and their hip stories. The amazing things are to come - post op - living without pain and doing the things that we haven't been able to do for a long time. We get back the life we should be having :)
ReplyDeleteI wish you well for your surgery and can't wait to hear about your speedy rehabilitation and most of all hearing that the pain is gone for you too :)
Thanks for your support Lori :)
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