Hip Scope

Had my hip scope on 8/28 at Commonwealth  Medical Center in Herndon. Dr. Parker was in there for 2.5 hours and was able to grind out the bone piece that had lodged itself in my labrum, grind down my femoral neck, grind down my acetabula, and repair two labral tears. Not bad for a day's work.

In the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) I remember thinking that I would be able to remember everything and may have for all of two minutes before it faded into obscurity. I was given some Oxycontin prior to the surgery and the staff checked on me repeatedly to ensure they had the right person and correct leg on which to operate.

I got home and slept most of the rest of the day. The day afterward, I actually working for half the day and got to try out my awesome (/sarcasm) Constant Passive Motion machine. I was supposed to spend 6 hours per day in the device that aims to keep my legs moving to inhibit scarring from the surgery. I haven't quite been able to do that.

Day by day, the pain has gone down due, in part, to the local anesthetics that was injected into my leg at the end of the surgery and subsisted there for almost a week after the procedure. Against, Dr.'s orders, I've tried walking without crutches and although there is no pain, it was definitely awkward. The only issue has been one of the suture sites which is pretty sore and has been leaky. During the Post-Op yesterday they looked at it and it is apparently nothing to worry about. I'm only taking anti-infalmmatories now and have stopped the painkillers and never really needed the anti-nausea medication.

Today was my first PT session with Shira Greenburg at Professional Sports and Rehab. She conducted more measurements and gave me my assigned activities for the next week. Butt clinches. Quad flexes. Ab flexes. Laying heal pulls (to work hamstring). Incredibly boring.

Once the sutures healing supports it, I can water walk, swim with a pull buoy, or swim while lightly kicking. At least it's something. I can also do curls and pull-up (no piking) but no push-ups or sit-ups. Still three weeks with crutches and three weeks until I can ride a bike again. I read in the material that it will be 4 months from the surgery before I can run. Suck.