arthroscopic hip bursectomy

[TrekDianna]

I feel your pain. Literally. I am past the horrible part of my surgery, but still sitting much of the time -- mine was knee, not hip. I went months of my doctor telling me I just had a pulled hamstring, then changed to IT band issues..I wasn't convinced and finally got an MRI approved by insurance. A torn meniscus, right off the root and medial. Ortho surgeon was great -- (undergrad degree in mechanical engineering and also an athlete). She drilled holes in my tibia and attached things where they belong. As long as I follow all orders, this should heal and I will avoid a knee replacement. I am on week 4, thigh to ankle immobilization brace. Yesterday was my first weight bearing day. 8 more weeks of the brace locked in full extension (except allowed to unlock when I sit, but can't bend past 90 degrees). I am lucky that I work at a university that has our local medical center branch PT for the student athletes and I can go there. If they can get the student athletes back on the field, I think they can get me back up. I've never followed doctor's orders so faithfully before!
Good thoughts for your healing

[bacarver]

On the verge of taking a Percocet but still haven't opened the bottle. My left hip hurts from the surgery, right hip is blowing up, and left calf hurts due to nerve damage from 2 dog attacks in past year and a half. Not sleeping well. Finding a position that doesn't hurt is difficult. I don't like the way pain meds make me feel and I hate giving in to couch pillow status. Do I believe that I will ride again in the spring? Kinda hard right now.
Wow. Sounds like you have had a hard time and that moments throughout the day are still a challenge. It is so hard to deal with the reduced activity when we are used to a high level of exercise. A pain specialist told me last fall that I was LYING about my hip pain! That was a direct attack on me. After my first surgery on 10/27, the ortho surgeon told my husband that the bursa WAS inflamed and red. I was finally vindicated. The moment in time when the truth is made clear is the moment when you can breathe. I am so happy for you that you have a capable and caring ortho surgeon. The brace sounds like a real challenge. And to be in the frame of mind for 8 more weeks. I have been allowed to take short walks now for a week and was able to start low resistance spinning on my bike trainer yesterday. Milestones. Have you decorated your brace? Ribbons? Stickers? Stuffed animals? I wish I had it in me to go to Physical Therapy, but the trauma of what I was subjected to last year by a PT means I have no trust/confidence and I'm terrified of being injured again. You are very fortunate to have access to the university services. Your target date for being brace-free should be around mid-January. I hope you are on your way back to running and riding step by step, day by day. Thanks for the post. Barb