Bit if background, I had my right hip replaced June 2021, all went well (apart from some right knee problems which are now fixed). A little over a month ago, a started to get the same sort of groin pain I had previously experience, but in the left side.
Having tried some PT, I went back to see my original consultant, who agreed that there isn‘t many options for me, I have Ankylosing Spondylitis, so somewhat prone to arthritic conditions. He sent me off for a steroid injection and tentatively we’ve agreed that I’ll have the left hip replaced in early January 2023, this is where the doubt creeps in…..
The radiologist who did the steroid injection is the same one who look at my most recent X-Ray and said he’d seen worse, in terms of damage to my left hip.
I’m now debating whether I should or shouldn’t have the THR. If the injection works, great, it might buy time, but it’s probably inevitable that this will need doing. I have my wedding coming up in August next year and my worst nightmare would be the injection buys me time, but wears off around April/May/June time leaving me no time to sort it properly before August, hence the debate…
Has anyone else struggled with this sort of decision? Happy to post the X-Ray if someone wants to cast an eye over it.
Having tried some PT, I went back to see my original consultant, who agreed that there isn‘t many options for me, I have Ankylosing Spondylitis, so somewhat prone to arthritic conditions. He sent me off for a steroid injection and tentatively we’ve agreed that I’ll have the left hip replaced in early January 2023, this is where the doubt creeps in…..
The radiologist who did the steroid injection is the same one who look at my most recent X-Ray and said he’d seen worse, in terms of damage to my left hip.
I’m now debating whether I should or shouldn’t have the THR. If the injection works, great, it might buy time, but it’s probably inevitable that this will need doing. I have my wedding coming up in August next year and my worst nightmare would be the injection buys me time, but wears off around April/May/June time leaving me no time to sort it properly before August, hence the debate…
Has anyone else struggled with this sort of decision? Happy to post the X-Ray if someone wants to cast an eye over it.