11 days post op

The last few days have been quite eventful, especially after being home bound for a week.  Friday started with my first PT session/evaluation.  The PT said I am at/ahead of where I should be with regards to range of motion, which is encouraging. He gave me a few easy exercises to get started with, mostly working on range of motion and activation of glute and thigh muscles.  With the addition of PT, I've had more pain... which is expected. My hip was nice and happy being quiet, but when I added movement, it got pretty angry.  The inside part feels "caught" and has aches that tend to run down my leg.  I am having some compensation pain in the outside back part of my knee as well.  I've had to increase the pain meds some with the increase in pain, but expected that with increased activity.  I'm keeping ice on it 2-3 times a day as there is some slight swelling on the outer part of my upper thigh/hip area. 

I had to get my Remicade infusion Friday as well. I crutched my way from PT to the infusion center, which wasn't as close as it seems not on crutches! Needless to say, I was pretty tired by Friday night. 

My sweet sister came by to help me this weekend and get me out of the house. I got to use my handicapped placard, so exciting hahaha.... I did enjoy spending sister time and she got me hooked on Pretty Little Liars.  Now I just have to convince myself to get my homework and PA school essay done instead of watching it ;) I also got out of the house to an engagement party Sunday morning and a dinner with a friend from out of town Sunday night. As good as it was to be social and get dressed up, I may have over done it as my hip was killing me Sunday night.  It is still pretty painful today, but I'm taking it easy.  I have PT every Tues/Thurs and have scheduled it at 7am once I (hopefully) get back to work after the follow up on the 18th with the surgeon. Early mornings for the next 4-5 months, yay!

I'll update more as I go along... may end up being once weekly as I am pretty busy with school work and other tasks!

FAI/Labral Tear Surgery

I decided I wanted to keep a blog of my journey with FAI surgery (Femoracetabular impingement) since the blogs that I read helped me fully understand what I was getting into.  I leave in about 10 minutes for my surgery. The road leading here was long, but I realized that it could've been much longer the other day. I wouldn't have even had my initial appointment until next week with the other surgeon that I had looked into.... here we go! I tore my labrum back in December dancing in the Nutcracker, although I have a feeling it was probably partially torn before then.  I finally made an appointment in March at the urging of my coworkers when it kept hurting. I initially thought I had pulled a muscle.... not the case.  I saw a PA who did an MRArthrogram that showed a labral tear.  I got an appointment with my surgeon who also did more x-rays and diagnosed me with femoracetabular impingement. Basically the femoral head is misshapen and catches on the psoas, causing potential tears.  I've decided to have arthroscopic surgery to repair the labrum, reshape the bone, and possibly lengthen the psoas. My surgery is at 6:30am so I will be leaving shortly to check in! I plan on posting once I feel up to it and keeping track of my journey, it will be a long bumpy road ahead!