My heart rate is back to normal, my anxiety has vanished, and to replace it all I now am the proud owner a very tight hip!!
I won't go into details about the day but I will share with you what Dr Kelly has just told me (for the 3rd time today but I did not retain it the first 2 due the drugs!)
My biggest concern has been whether or not I was making the right decision going in for this surgery, he has assured me that yes, by all means, it was 100% the right decision. He primarily found a ruptured ligamentum teres and a deficient anterior capsule. Most likely, the night of the "breastfeeding incident" I ruptured the ligament, the question is why did it rupture? It is most likely due to the capsule issue. He re-stitched the capsule using 5 sutures so it is REALLY tight now. He debrided the torn ligament and said that there was a lot of irritation around it.
He shaved down some bone on the acetabular rim and the femoral neck, just to cover all bases. He now has better tools and can see more arthroscopically, he found some more bone supero-laterally and the labrum was torn there too. He shaved down the bone and debrided the labrum in that area.
The cartilage looks GREAT!!! Hooray!! At least there is a silver lining in all of this!
Because of the capsule repair, I have to avoid positions of extreme external rotation and extension. When I sleep I must wear special boots that prevent the ER....fun fun fun!
All I can say is thank goodness this is over and in the past....once again, thank you everyone for their well wishes, it is truly appreciated!
4 comments:
Wow! So glad you have answers...not that you wanted there to be something wrong, but I'm glad he could fix it and that the surgery was justified.
Hope you have a smooth recovery (no puking!) :-)
Great to hear it's over and successful!
CJ
Hi Suzy. What an ordeal. Once again thanks so much for blogging your experiences. I am once again ready to face my challenges. I reread your old posts from your first operation and cannot believe how similar my issues of today is. Even though I have been to a few specialist to figure this out. Not one can agree if this is from my herniation in the back or maybe another tear. If I had to pick one, I would pick the herniation. But being in the personal training business and going to physical theraphy at an out patient rehab, I am beginning to accept that this is most probably another tear.I have all of the symptoms. I hurt if I workout or not. I hurt more when I do not.I am noticing a pattern as well with my pain issues. I can get some sort of relief if I walk and do some floor works for my leg muscles. For one day after I am more flexible and ache less but the next day I am back to square one if I do not do anything. For example I walked two miles on Thursday and did some lower Pilate movement for core and legs. The following day I was fine but on Saturday I woke up with my hip feeling tight. My periformis and glute muscles feel as if they are pulling my hip out. It takes a lot of concentrating to try and stop it. Then my quads all the way to my knees ache. My hamstring as well begins to pull that when I bend over it pops. My calves feel like they are going to pop when I try to walk with the right gait. I am sure now that my ball of foot issues are from that. I have seen too many people that have herniation and can follow a workout routine.
The good news is that one of Dr. Philippon's colleagues from his Vail team is now in South Florida. Although I am so apprehensive about opening this can of worms again I do realize that I cannot go on this way. It is sucking the life out of me.
My myofascia guys still thinks it is over compensation issues. But since finding him my left operated side is doing so well. I wish I had found him right after my scope.
I am having a procedure done on Thursday for removal of some polyps in my uterus. I was hoping that maybe that was causing my symptoms but deep down I know it is not. Well at least that will rule out that.
So sorry to be unloading on you but just wanted you to know that I am ready again to pursue this because of your experinces. Thanks again.....
Best of luck...it seems you are recovering rapidly after you hip arthroscopy .
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