Hi everyone...I am 53 years old.
Im a long story so I will make the build up as short as possible.
3 years ago I got a serious infection after a total hip revision.
Spent a total of 3 months in hospital and I had many surgeries in a relative short period of time. Infection was down into the bone and I became septic. Had to do a Stage 1 spacer for 8 weeks. Worst pain ever. Eventually things cleared up but all the surgeries really took its toll on my abductor Glute Medius and Minimus muscles.As expected.
In May last year I had reconstruction of the abductor muscles and a Glute Max advancement to help with stability and give me a fighting chance on a normal gait without walking aids. Well it didnt take and after a few months, I knew something didnt feel right. MRI showed no muscle attachment at all at the Greater Trochantor. :( So, 2 weeks ago I had the reconstruction surgery repeated.
Here I am today writing this and feeling scared to death that this "final" surgery will be a success. Not sure what should be considered a success at this point to be honest. All I want is to be able to walk without a cane or crutch. My doc said everything went very well and I need to be very careful and patient. The latter I am unfortunately not right now. I am getting around with 2 crutches and am weigthbearing as tolerated. As per docs orders. Of course the regular hip precautions for 6 weeks are in place as well.
I am curious if anyone else out there has experienced this type of muscle reconstruction surgery and how long it took for recovery.
Thanks for taking the time to read this ......
Im a long story so I will make the build up as short as possible.
3 years ago I got a serious infection after a total hip revision.
Spent a total of 3 months in hospital and I had many surgeries in a relative short period of time. Infection was down into the bone and I became septic. Had to do a Stage 1 spacer for 8 weeks. Worst pain ever. Eventually things cleared up but all the surgeries really took its toll on my abductor Glute Medius and Minimus muscles.As expected.
In May last year I had reconstruction of the abductor muscles and a Glute Max advancement to help with stability and give me a fighting chance on a normal gait without walking aids. Well it didnt take and after a few months, I knew something didnt feel right. MRI showed no muscle attachment at all at the Greater Trochantor. :( So, 2 weeks ago I had the reconstruction surgery repeated.
Here I am today writing this and feeling scared to death that this "final" surgery will be a success. Not sure what should be considered a success at this point to be honest. All I want is to be able to walk without a cane or crutch. My doc said everything went very well and I need to be very careful and patient. The latter I am unfortunately not right now. I am getting around with 2 crutches and am weigthbearing as tolerated. As per docs orders. Of course the regular hip precautions for 6 weeks are in place as well.
I am curious if anyone else out there has experienced this type of muscle reconstruction surgery and how long it took for recovery.
Thanks for taking the time to read this ......