Fingers crossed Final Surgery done!

I had my surgery on the left hip on tuesday. It was supposed to be screw removal and a look into the joint capsule with a tidying up on any adhesions in the joint. In the end, he did a lot of work: the screw was sticking out a bit and had developed a bursa over it, which was inflammed and causing inflammation of the psoas as it passed over the top. The psoas needed to be peeled off the joint capsule, where it was stuck. There was bone growth in my rectus femoris tendon, which was excised. My acetabulum was trimmed back too. Then my labrum was completely scarred and calcified so had to be cut out. My femoral head was pivoting on this as it was solid. Although there was no explanation as to why it went from a small anterior tear 9 months ago during the PAO/debridement surgery and now is so badly damanged... The good news is the joint itself looks clean and now that the solid labrum has been removed, it articulates much more smoothly.

I stayed overnight in hospital and had the CPM machine to try and get my joint moving. I also had a painbuster line in, but that was oozing all over the place, so it got removed yesterday before I was discharged. My original PAO scar was reopened about 8cm, so just waiting for that to heal before I can get in the pool. I have to concentrate on keeping the joint moving, so I don't scar up anymore. I have been advised to use crutches for a couple of weeks, but I can fully weight bear and will be heading to physio to help maintain ROM.

All in all, fingers crossed this is the final hurdle and the pain will be significantly reduced/gone from now. Just got to heal and balance resting with keeping moving!