Hey !

I decided to join the many internet-savvy people and start blogging ! I have read many accounts of FAI and the process of diagnosis, surgery and recovery. This will be my record of the entire process and I will be extremely honest about how it affects my mental and physical state. Others will be googling when they find out they have the same diagnosis and support seems to be the thing missing.
My diagnosis (right hip)-
- cam-type FAI and pincer-type
- partial detachment of the anterior/superior labrum (tear)
- fraying along the articular margin of the superior labrum with minimal partial detachment
- chondral softening along the superior acetabular rim manifested by low signal in the cartlidge (no clue what that means !)
- mild chrondral surface irregularity
- chondral softening involving adjacent superior femoral head
- physiologic joint fluid
- insertional tendinosis of the right gluteus minimus

My left hip is almost the same but says complete detachment and no fluid reported.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Noisy White Monster ...

I will be having my MRI tomorrow afternoon and I am not happy ! I left a message with Dr. Weinghart to hopefully get a prescription for Valium before I go, I know I can't get through it without them. I even told the nurse to make sure they have 2. I now refer to the MRI machine as the noisy white monster, the terror I feel the minute I see it fits the name just fine.
I decided today to walk to Target to get the Vitamin D but that was a huge mistake. There was a pinch maybe halfway there in my butt cheek again. I am sick to death of hurting there. I see Michael in the morning and I am hoping he can continue to make me feel better. It's going to be a long busy day tomorrow that's for sure.
I will be hitting the shopping areas with my daughter this weekend to find her homecoming dress and if PT goes good it shouldn't be too much of an issue. It would be nice to be able to spend more than an hour out before being wiped for the entire weekend.

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