jeepskinc
new member
Hi, I'm brand new to Bonesmart. I am a 43 year old male living in Raleigh NC. I was diagnosed with femoral acetabular impingement in the Spring of 2008. I had been an avid volleyball player at a competitive level for the last 15 years. I love to water ski, wake board, and snow board. Oh...and I drive a jeep...hence my sign in (jeepskinc).
Little did I know, I had spent years pounding the soft tissue of my hip joints due to the impingement while participating in these high impact activities. I'm to the point now where I can barely tie my shoe on my right foot. I'm not able to participate in sport activities with my 10 and 13 year old boys due to my restricted ROM and pain. There are times when I go to stand up and my right hip has such extreme pain I have to stop and adjust my femur to a comfortable position before I can even think about walking.
I had my right hip scoped this summer in an attempt to repair a tear in the labrum and clean up the loose tissue that was floating around. My OS reported that the joint was bone on bone and there was little he could do to improve the situation. He did not recommend scoping the left hip given the condition of my right and results of the MRI I had done prior to the procedure. I hate to have to say it at the age of 43, but it is time for some bionic hips.
So here I am now, two weeks from my scheduled bi-lat THR. I'm excited at the prospects of being pain free and being able to rejoin my boys in activities. We have not settled on a bearing surface yet. My OS has recommended MOM or ceramic on highly crosslinked poly. I'm not convinced that metal ion release by the MOM bearing surface is something that I can ignore, especially given the years of exposure that I will have. So I'm leaning toward the ceramic/poly option. My OS tells me the ROM, wear, and stability will be similar between these two options. He would be using a Stryker ceramic/poly implant. I'm afraid my volleyball days are behind me but I still want to be able to hit the slopes and the lake. My OS tells me I should be able to participate in most of my former activities sans the high impact ones such as the volleyball.
I've been hitting my daily work outs hard (ask me about P90X) in preparation for the surgery. I figure the stronger I am going into this, the better. I'd love to hear from others who have had bi-lat at the same time as to what they did to help with recovery. Any special items I should have at my house following my surgery. I'll be in the hospital for 4 or 5 days followed by a week in a rehab center where I will receive PT and OT care.
13 days and counting.
Little did I know, I had spent years pounding the soft tissue of my hip joints due to the impingement while participating in these high impact activities. I'm to the point now where I can barely tie my shoe on my right foot. I'm not able to participate in sport activities with my 10 and 13 year old boys due to my restricted ROM and pain. There are times when I go to stand up and my right hip has such extreme pain I have to stop and adjust my femur to a comfortable position before I can even think about walking.
I had my right hip scoped this summer in an attempt to repair a tear in the labrum and clean up the loose tissue that was floating around. My OS reported that the joint was bone on bone and there was little he could do to improve the situation. He did not recommend scoping the left hip given the condition of my right and results of the MRI I had done prior to the procedure. I hate to have to say it at the age of 43, but it is time for some bionic hips.
So here I am now, two weeks from my scheduled bi-lat THR. I'm excited at the prospects of being pain free and being able to rejoin my boys in activities. We have not settled on a bearing surface yet. My OS has recommended MOM or ceramic on highly crosslinked poly. I'm not convinced that metal ion release by the MOM bearing surface is something that I can ignore, especially given the years of exposure that I will have. So I'm leaning toward the ceramic/poly option. My OS tells me the ROM, wear, and stability will be similar between these two options. He would be using a Stryker ceramic/poly implant. I'm afraid my volleyball days are behind me but I still want to be able to hit the slopes and the lake. My OS tells me I should be able to participate in most of my former activities sans the high impact ones such as the volleyball.
I've been hitting my daily work outs hard (ask me about P90X) in preparation for the surgery. I figure the stronger I am going into this, the better. I'd love to hear from others who have had bi-lat at the same time as to what they did to help with recovery. Any special items I should have at my house following my surgery. I'll be in the hospital for 4 or 5 days followed by a week in a rehab center where I will receive PT and OT care.
13 days and counting.
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