I am currently sitting on my couch. Legs up on the coffee table. Crutches next to me. A whole slew of items within arms reach. Owen even said "It is like a little house over here." All because of my hip.
Last Fall I noticed that my right hip would ache after I finished running. I did some research on the internet and decided that I would cut back on running and work hard on hip strengthening exercises to see if that was the problem. That didn't work.
My next stop was to a general practitioner who thought maybe I strained my hip flexor muscle some way and he referred me to a PT. After pushing and prodding my hips and legs the PT wasn't quite sure what was wrong with my hip either. He thought that my achy hip was due to my SI joint out of whack, or built up scar tissue from pregnancy. (I had some pretty bad hips during the pregnancy months of Chase and Owen) For the next 4 weeks I worked on yet more strengthening and stretching exercises while the PT realigned and scraped scare tissue off my hips. That didn't work. In fact my hip was starting to ache more and more, not just after running.
My next stop was to an orthopedic surgeon. I wish I had gone to him right off the bat. After a few questions he was fairly confident it was a labral tear in my hip. And just to make sure, I had an MRI done which concluded the same thing. I had a tear and it was a bad one. How I tore it I have absolutely no idea.
Last Friday I went in to get it fixed. I had arthroscopic surgery done where they cut 2 small incisions, use a camera to see inside the joint and sew up the tear. The surgery itself lasted around 3 1/2 hours and at one point there were two doctors working on it. My Dr., and his identical twin brother who is also an orthopedic surgeon. First of all I underestimated the severity of this surgery. I really thought that with only 2 small incisions I would be up and moving the next day. Not so much.
The surgery was 4 days ago. Right now I am feeling much better. I am on crutches and will be for at least a week and a half. My arms and chest muscles are letting me know that they are not used to carrying all of my weight around. The surgery went well and now it is just going to take some time to heal. So for now, me and the couch are good friends.
8 comments:
aw man! No fun. I hope you are feeling better soon. Maybe we'll get some book reviews or recommendations while you are recouping? Thinking of you. Wishing I could bring you dinner or something.
I didn't know you were a runner! You have had some fun with surgeries lately. We will keep you in our prayers.
The past two blogs have me really worried about you, Tiera. You need to take life a little easier though recovering from surgery doesn't exactly easier, even on the couch. Our prayers are with you. Maybe you should cut back on the jogging after you recover.
We would make a great pair right now. If only we could lock all the kids in a room and hang out on the couch together.
Sorry for all these surgeries! No fun at all. I didn't realize your surgery was so soon. I'd love to have the boys over anytime. Just let me know! Get well soon.
Wow, lots of surgeries. No fun. Hope you recover quickly.
You and the surgen's knife are getting to familar. Did the Jackson twins do the operation?
Um OUCH!! I've had serious back pain as of late. Maybe I should just go directly to the orthopedic dr as well. I'm not gettin much accomplished with pt. OUCH!! I hope you're back on your feet soon.
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