xtina16405
graduate
Hi. I am 48 and will be having right hip replacement on October 7. It has been a very long journey. I was born with hip dysplasia and didn't find out until 2 years ago when my pain started. I have been an athlete all my life. Played competitive fast pitch softbal until I was 32 and then joined coed after my son was born. I had been running 5ks and my pain started a year after I started the 5k journey. At first it would come and go, I thought I pulled a muscle each time I completed my run. Then one day the pain stayed and got worse. That's when I saw the orthopedic. Of course I was 46 and he felt I was too young for surgery and I still had cartilage (about 1/4"). So we tried pain management. What a joke! Physical therapy, chiropractor, mayo fascia release, acupuncture,cortisteroid shot, ice therapy. Nothing worked. Within 8 months I went from som cartridge to no cartridge. Yes bone on bone. I am tired of the pain. I am tired of the sleepless nights. I am tired of walking with a limp. Am I nervous? Of course, this is a big surgery. But after easing the recovery posts, to not have bone on bone pain. I will take the small nervousness for my life back. I may never play softball again or run. But if I can ride a bike and swim and walk and hike with no pain, I will be a happy camper.