Hi friends!! I am fine. so I go in to see the dr and first off told him that I am much better and don't really need an MRI to figure out that I sprained my hip and he agreed. He said if it was a tear or worse, I wouldn't have bounced back so quickly. It's not 100% but I think another week or so will have it there again. I told him that I started some of the gentle exercises that were given to me early on and that I would rather not do PT at this time. He agreed and said if I get stuck in the rehab then let him know and we will go a different approach.
then.... we discussed the other (rt) hip. The X-ray looks good. arthritis but no loss of cartilage, but he thinks my limited range of motion indicates that I may have a labral tear. so will now have an MRI on that one!
Again, I was reminded by him that my sockets are very shallow with over half of my joint that should be covered by my socket is uncovered and that one of the side effects of shallow sockets is the possibility of a labral tear.
So, again, we were back to discussing physical therapy.. haha I said again that I would do it at home but he said in this case, some moves that are good for a hip replacement might not be good for a tear and pretty much indicated that if this is the case then I will be seeing my buddy, Joe, the PT guy.
Interesting,, so many variations on hip pain. But I am so happy that I feel better after the slip/straddle/split antics of last Saturday morning! I am walking with no limp and I still feel the need to be careful and deliberate with my steps to avoid that loosey goosey feeling, but it's much better! He said that the pop that I felt and heard could have been the ball reverberating against the new socket,, our real hip has cartilage to help cushion but man made parts tend to thunk and pop and jolt when something extreme happens.
I am looking for non slip bath mats to put down in the bathroom,, or new flooring.
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Hard to believe it's been a year already! The recovery time seemed to go by so slowly but yet the year went by so fast, go figure. But when I think back to where we were a year ago, I marvel that this surgery has indeed given us our lives back and couldn't be more thankful! 
But you are correct that my sense of balance is off a bit, especially now with the left hip sprained.. I will be happy to see my Dr on Wednesday and get his advice. @Hipster Girl 
This December!!!??? hahah no stinking way.. I don't feel that bad yet. Call me naive but if I could hold off until next December, then we have a game plan. Plus it takes a while to get in with my Surgeon.
