Thank you for making me welcome! I have seen one thread on here about Protrusio Acetabuli, which is why I joined, but it is an old thread and closed now.
Basically I have been suffering from hip pain on and off for probably 2 years, but in the past 6 months it has become more and more. Now I feel uncomfortable most of the time. I went to see my GP a couple of weeks ago because I thought I should get it checked out. I thought it could be due to a Mirena Coil I had fitted in Jan 09 - there are a lot of women with the Mirena who complain of joint pain. (I think I have aways put ANY pelvic pain down to my menstrual problems - which have been ongoing for years - so maybe I have had this for longer than I think?) My GP did a quick examination and thought it was my hip, not pelvic pain, so arranged an X-Ray.
The X Ray showed bilateral protruso acetabuli, although I get more pain in the left than the right. The other major symptom that I have is loss of movement. I used to do Yoga and could do the Lotus postion easily, now I can't even cross my legs properly!
Anyway, my GP has told me to take painkillers and try and go as long as I can before having THR surgery because modern replacements don't last long and as I am only 40 I should wait as long as I can stand it.
I have called my GP since and asked for a private referral to a hip specialist as I would like some more answers. I really want to get my head around how long before I would need surgery, how bad it will get, how long the recovery is etc, etc, etc! I could go on and on!
Anyway, that's the story so far, if anyone could answer some of my questions I would be very grateful. :D