ok. so i'm finally ready to write about my hip.
that really is my hip in the picture above.
i just cropped it from my mri and then made it pretty in photoshop.
i know i've casually mentioned some hip pain a couple of times.
well...it's worse than i let on.
so. for the sake of documenting...here's my hip story, from the beginning.
i started having some hip pain back in january.
it was kind of off and on at first, but slowly got worse.
when we went to wisconsin for a visit in april my pain was ridiculous.
but then it would ease up for awhile and i kept thinking it was just going to go away.
but it didn't. and in august when one of my good friends came over and told me she was going to have her hip replaced (she's 34!!) i decided i better at least get an xray and be sure nothing was reallllly wrong.
well...after 2 chiropractor appointments, 3 different surgeon appointments, lottttttts of xrays, an MRI and an injection MRI i finally found someone who can help me.
surgeon number 4 is my guy. the only problem?
he's in detroit. which is 2 1/2 hours from us.
but he can help me...so that's the most important part.
my hip is a wreck.
i have some pretty bad tears in my hip (which is causing the pain)...
but they are a result of hip dysplasia.
if you scroll back up to that picture you can see that the spacing isn't equal at all in my hip joint.
and the surgery i need is not going to be fun.
it's called a periacetabular osteotomy
click that link if you want to know more.
i will have a surgery date set this next week...it will be sometime in january though.
i'll be in the hospital for 3 nights...and according to the surgeon i will need "max help" for a month. i'll be on crutches for 2 months and then slowly ween off of them during the 3rd month.
needless to say life has been a bit stressful! but thankfully i was born with a pretty good sense of humor and attitude about life...i know it's going to really stink, but hopefully the surgery will bring me years of being able to play with my kiddos! because i'm sick of telling them i can't do something because mom's hip hurts! i feel like i'm 90! this surgery won't fix my hip forever...but it will hopefully give me 10-20 years before i'll need to have it replaced. (and yes. my other hip will be next...lucky me!)
