Well, it's been a long time since I've been here, so thought I'd pop in with an update.
My hip is finally doing ok. Have I gotten all the strength back that I would have liked - no. But I know it could be much worse. I am able to hike some, but if I have to step up on anything "taller", I don't have the strength in my left leg so I do use something to grab on to to help.
My right knee has been doing better. No one was able to identify the cause of the pain, and I just couldn't keep trying to find a doctor to figure it out.
Now for the good part - I will probably be starting a new posting over on the shoulder forum
I was out on a trail and ended up crashing and landing on my left shoulder. After x-rays, an MRI, PT, 2 cortisone injections and 3 surgeons (not to mention 3 months)..... Well, long story short, surgeon #3 said "well, I understand why you are in pain - you have a torn bicep, labrum and rotator cuff!!!"
(for reference, surgeon #1 said nothing was wrong. Surgeon #2 did injections which didn't work and then said, well if it doesn't feel any better in a few months, we can do exploratory surgery)
The MRI report indicated nothing was wrong.
The bicep in his words were "think of it like a hot dog bun - it is slit and the 2 sides rubbing against each other are causing friction, which is causing you pain". So, I am scheduled for surgery on March 12. I would have liked to have it done sooner, but with schedules, etc. this was the earliest time.
He is not going to fix the labrum per se...he is going to do a bicep tenodesis where the bicep will be cut away from the insertion point and screwed into my upper arm.
I will be in a sling for "at least" 2-3 weeks - depending on what else he fixes in surgery. Then I will start PT twice a week, then back down to once a week until they can "release me into the wild" again.
The fun never ends, but for me, I wouldn't expect anything differently!
I hope everyone has a great week and here's to perfect hips --- and shoulders!
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