WOW... thanks for the blow-ups and explanation....... I can see what you are saying!
Actually, the last image I sent was from a bone scan, which is difficult to read too. They are fuzzy and indistinct. I think the dark areas are where there is bony activity, which would explain why it's all around the implants. I did find two images similar to mine online:
The radiologist's report didn't specifically mention that spot in my scan, and I am wondering why. I will ask the surgeon for his opinion at my next visit, although I think I have learned that surgeons can be very good at the surgery they perform, but not necessarily good diagnostic doctors.
I will also ask the
new surgeon I will be seeing this month for a second opinion this and of my problems in general.
I had a very strange thing occur yesterday & today: Yesterday morning my pain suddenly increased
markedly, and for no specific reason, making it
very difficult to walk at all. I had to use two canes all day just to barely get around the house... I was miserable. Even with two canes, and trying to put as little pressure as possible on that leg, it was still
extremely painful and nearly impossible to walk. Then, in the middle of the night I had to get up to go to the bathroom, again needing to use both canes. It's a fair distance, and I suddenly realized I might not make it in time, so I started moving
very quickly (still using the two canes.... very awkward!). When I left the bathroom to return to bed, I realized that my pain had
greatly reduced, and I was able to walk with only one cane (still trying to keep some of the weight off my leg). All day today I have not needed to use both canes, and though still painful with each step putting weight on that leg, it is
nothing like yesterday! It is like it has been normally recently. For the life of me, I cannot figure out what made my pain suddenly increase so drastically, nor why it so suddenly went back to the way it has been before! It is very frustrating because I can't figure out what's going on, and neither can the surgeon it seems.....
Sorry to bend your ear for so long! Thanks for 'listening' Josephine!
Nick