Hi all,
It's now been exactly 6 months since my partial psoas release. I'd thought about updating sooner, but the news wasn't great, and so I waited. I also had a followup visit with my surgeon scheduled for December and wanted to wait for that. So, what's happening at the moment is this:
I canceled my doctor visit last month due to the covid surge here in Los Angeles; I just didn't-and still don't-want to risk going into a big medical center where there's loads of people jammed into the halls, elevators, etc. They'd been doing a fine job before, but then, things were much less serious over the summer than they are now. The other reason I postponed is that my news unfortunately ain't great. I don't know what's going on in there, but most days, all day, my groin area feels the same as it did before my psoas surgery, with the slightly added issue of a small loss of "lift"-that I knew would be the trade-off. But what's depressing and frustrating is that after 3+ months of very good, very intense outpatient PT(that ended the second week of Nov), here I am still unable to lift my left leg into my pants or the car without help, still have pain. In my first followup with the surgeon it didn't seem this bad-and in fact there are times when it doesn't bother me as much to lift it-but the relief is temporary and sporadic. The doctor was so thrilled, and me too-and I wanted so badly for it to be "fixed" I think I just kind of ignore this constant struggle. But here I am, sick & tired of it. I'll go back and see her when this current covid surge is over(hopefully soon), but I can't imagine how she can help me at this point, and where I go from here. I've got to figure this is just the way it's going to be. Unlucky me. Can you tell I'm fed up, lol? I wish I had a more positive update.