oh for it to be january...

Whelp, met with my surgeon yesterday. All in all a relieving visit. A lot more validation as to why i am feeling and the way I am. And surgery is three months out!

Turns out I do have femoral acetabular impingement (fai), with a turned hip socket, labral tearing (which includes cartlage delamination), and damage in general from the wear and tear of a misshapen femoral/acetabular joint.

I'm an info junkie and I thrive on the details so to have a surgeon who went through everything in detail was a huge relief. He was honest about the success rate, complications and general reality of the surgery.

So for details...at this point my surgery date is three months out, God willing I make it that long! I will be out of work about 6 weeks and fully recovered anywhere from 6 months to a year. The success rate is 60%-80% and with the bounty of findings I am a perfect candidate (hoping this means full recovery for me!). If the surgery is not a success I will have to live with it until a full replacement happens. This is, of course, worse case scenario. I'm just a realist wanting to know all the possibilities. There are possibilities of arthritis with the cartlage damage already incurred, but I have hope things will get cleaned up and I will be good as new!

At 26 I never thought I would be going in for hip surgery, but I will be ringing in the new year with a new outlook, and a repaired hip!

And in the mean time here's to pain management for three months :|

A week and a half, on october 20th I finally get my surgery consultation. I can't believe it is almost here.i get nervous thinking about going under, the recovery and financially surviving on disability. So much to think about and prepare for. I'm soo ready for surgery though. The pain has been intense the last few days. It feels like I have something packed in the joint, maybe a fluid build up, or it really grosses me out to think of maybe labrum particles...argh...the intensity of the pain had increased and I feel as if my range of motion is deteriorating. I'm ready to be in recovery! Here's hoping surgery follows close behind the consultation...