my journey with femoral acetabular impingement

W ell... it’s been a whirlwind of a week.  I got a call Tuesday at supper time from my surgeons office asking if I would be available for my right hip revision surgery Wednesday morning. I was originally told I would likely wait a year for this surgery, so I said yes without hesitation. Luckily I had all the ‘equipment’ from my surgery last year, so I cleaned up my apartment, did some laundry and sat and hoped I was making the right decision to have the revision surger y. My surgeon came to see me twice in pre-op to chat about what he was planning to do. My MRI-arthrogram had shown a lot of adhesions, but he wasn’t 100% sure exactly what he was going to find in there. He explained that he would do everything he could for me but couldn’t guarantee that this would take away my pain or that the adhesions wouldn't form again. Obviously I was scared as hell, but I have been in so much pain over the past several months I had to take the chance. I knew I would be in excellent hands wi...

W ell... I have answers and a plan! I saw my surge on, Dr. Wong, on May 7th to review my MRI-arthrogram and come up with a plan for where we go from here. When he looked at my MRI he explained that my labrum looked great... that you could hardly even tell i t had ever been repaired ( if you've had a hip scope you can imagine the relief I felt when I h eard those words). He then explained and showed me that my hip has a lot of adhesions or scar tissue inside. Everyone is a bit perplexed as to why this happened because I followed the post op protocol exactly as I was told- my mom did leg circles (circumduction) on m e for 20 minutes a day for 3 months, I was on the upright bike 2 days after my surgery, walked lots, moved lots, took celebrex for 6 weeks to he lp prevent inflammation... you name it, I did it. .. but never once did I cheat and do more than I was supposed to before I was supposed to.   Dr. Wong explained that the con tinue d pain and sym ptoms I am having with decre...