Hi everyone,
Sorry I haven’t been posting as much lately
I had my dreaded visit with the hospital, I got good and bad news
The good is:-
The piece of bone although not reattached, has ossified and has grown pieces of bone, dr said that is a good thing (apparently).
The bad:-
Do I want surgery to fix the greater trochanter?
The dr I had was really good, answered every question I had, also had a cute Irish accent
She said what I already knew, without the piece attached, my body can’t centre the weight over the operated hip. She said “you have to ask yourself, does it bother you enough to want more surgery”
I asked what would be involved, she said they would attach the bone, she did say the claw and wire is a way of doing that, I think she mentioned another way as well. She said that I would not be able to weight bear on the leg for 6 weeks and would need to get around on crutches (not a big deal to me).
Also said risks of the surgery:-
Bone could come away again at another time, and the new surgery has the small percentage of introducing a infection into the prosthesis.
She said “we don’t tell you this to scare you, we do hundreds of thousands of orthopedic surgeries every year, we see every complication, so even if it is even 1% we will tell you, but on a per patient basis, it is a very low risk”
She got me to walk and then said “the waddle you have is only very slight, I would have expected a more pronounced one, just by looking at your X-ray”
I basically said at the moment, I have no sick or annual leave at work, so if I wanted to do something, it would have to be later on. She said “yeah..see how you go with physical therapy, and how you improve, if you want to see us more urgently, just give us a call”
Did say what I knew, without the surgery walking will never be back to “normal”
I didn’t think I would have so much “downtime” with a little bit of bone being reattached!
I asked to see the xrays they took during surgery, and she took me through those she goes “this one is a test fit into the cup” “this one is one of the implants going in” “this one is of your right hip, which they use to get the positioning right on the other hip” was absolutely fascinating to see.
I am a little dejected about the prospect of more surgery, but I honestly knew it would probably be the case.
I showed her my fluid on my knee, she said, isn’t a lot I can do, apart from take anti imflammatories (which isn’t recommended with the one kidney) and just exercise. I might take a trip back to the dr’s and see if he can give me something for the fluid, or drain it..., but she did say it’s most likely from compensating....