It's been more than seven months since my surgery and time for an update. The hip itself is fine, but I'm still having some issues with the nearby bursa and probably some tendons. I've had the bursa injected three times - the most recent was five weeks ago today. I'm hoping this one "takes." I've tried to really isolate the movement that causes me the most pain and I've developed a set of exercises - slow and quite painful - to work through the pain-motions and hopefully retrain my body to its modified anatomy. That seems to be helping a bit.
Bottom line, I'm still pleased I had the surgery - the bone-on-bone pain was certainly limiting my life significantly. And it was getting worse as time when on. But the hip replacement wasn't a one-stop-shop for eliminating my pain. Whether that will take more time or whether it's just something I'll have to live with remains to be seen. The surgery was necessary, for sure... no question about it.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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