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.

Monday, November 16, 2009

What did I do ?

So this morning while I was getting ready for work I noticed a very quick pinch in my back. All I can is ouch !!!! It has progressively gotten worse as the day goes on. The pinching is all the way up to the bottom of my ribs and down both legs. This almost feels like when I herniated a disk but I literally did absolutely nothing when it started hurting like this.
The hip of course still hurts and now my groin hurts along with it. I don't know if it is the back pain adding to it but I wish it would all just go away. I am on the verge of tears and throwing up at the same time, which is such a lovely thought.
I will give this a couple of days before I get alarmed. I am chalking this up to my facet arthritis and pain in my back. The commute is starting to seriously affect my health, the sitting for hours to drive home. What have I done ? have I made the wrong decision with accepting this pisition ? Is this ever going to end with the amount of pain following my surgery ? It's just all too much right now.
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3 comments:

  1. Louisa BNovember 16, 2009 at 3:50 PM

    Oh I'm so sorry Erin, you're having a truely crappy time! The best thing I founf for sitting in cars is a fractionally inflated neak pillow, took the pressure off my hips might be worth a try. Prob get one from a chemist, dirt cheap, but literally only blow in one puff of air, perhaps two, its just to ease the pressure, else be like a bouncy castle!!
    Hope your pain subsides - big hug from the UK XX

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  2. Louisa BNovember 16, 2009 at 3:50 PM

    Sit on it don't put it around your neck!

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  3. ErinNovember 17, 2009 at 8:01 AM

    lol, I figured that Louisa :)
    That's not a bad idea, I am going to try that.

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