My hippie life!: February 2010

Thursday, February 11, 2010

News..

Went to the Doctor this morning and this is the news he gave me..

He loves my progress! He is very impressed. I can now drive! WOOOHOOOO!!!! I am soooo excited about that! In 2 weeks I can sart bearing 25lb on my right leg and every week after that, add another 25 lbs. I start PT on March 1st and I'll be going 2-3 X a week, depending on how much it's gonna cost me :/ They gave me a paper to take to the BMV so I can get a disability placecard and for now I just need to use a stationary bike and do leg work outs in bed until PT. So all good news!

I'm now coming up with the issue that my leg gets itchy but its in the numb patch so when I rub... I can't feel the itch go away! haha! It bothers me but I guess I just have to learn to deal with it.

Ok well I really don't have much to say but I wanted to post this for the girls! I'll post more later..

"screwed!" That's right. I have FIVE screws in me.. I thought maybe 3.. nope. 5!

Haha we went shopping and I got tired so my Jacob went and got this for me.. haha I felt so funny but by the end I was having fun!

Monday, February 8, 2010

1 Month today!

Yay! it's my 1 months post-op today. It's crazy to think that it's already been a full month! The week before surgery seemed almost as long as this past month :P haha. I have come so far already. I can pretty much take care of myself now. I still need help putting my shoes and socks on, I can't drive yet and I need help sometime making something to eat but everything I can pretty much do (shower, get up and down the stairs, in and out of bed and the car, dress myself, and I'm fully onto my crutches stage)

I am having a hard time with the fact that I'm still in a "limited mobility" stage. I can't go where I want, when I want and because I cant leave the house or stand on my left foot and leg for too long at one time, that puts me in bed/on the couch 85% of the day and it sucks. It's hard dealing with that all the time. I want to feel normal and get back to a normal life again but when your shower turns out to be the event of the day, that has a sucky feeling to it :( Before surgery I thought it would be nice to have a little "vaca" time, but honestly, it's boring.For me anyway. For the first 2 weeks it was nice but now... I'm ready to get back to my life. I want to be active and doing things with my day but when I spend it in bed, I feel depressed and that's not a good thing for me.

I guess the only good thing about having so much time on my hands is that I'm getting a lot of wedding planning done. Saturday was a big day. I bought my wedding dress, Jacob and I went to the mall to buy my wedding band, and we decided we were going to take the location we have been looking at for out ceremony and reception! So that was pretty exciting. Now I'm looking at favor ideas, flowers, cakes and centerpiece ideas.

I'm ready to get back to work. My manager came over the other week to watch a movie and hang out. It was so good to see her and catch up. Krista, you rock! Last week, I also went in to see my other managers and say hi and it was so great to seem them too! I spent about an hour up there shopping and talking. I can't wait to go back full time (but it might take a few weeks to work back into full time mode.)

Ok well it's getting late and I should head to bed. I'll update later this week when I get my X-rays of my new hip.

~ Me

* Taken 2/4/10 *

Surgery Info

Dr. Kevin Scheid will be the Dr. preforming the operations. The first surgery will be Friday, January 8th 2010 at 10:30am. The second Surgery is September 21st 2010 at 8am.

Congenital hip dysplasia is an abnormal formation of the hip joint in which the ball at the top of the thighbone (femoral head) is not stable in the socket (acetabulum). Also, the ligaments of the hip joint may be loose and stretched. The degree of instability or looseness varies. A baby born with DDH may have the ball of his or her hip loosely in the socket, the looseness may worsen as the child grows and becomes more active, or the ball may be completely dislocated at birth.
Left untreated, DDH or Congenital hip dysplasia leads to pain and osteoarthritis by early adulthood. Also it only occurs in about 1 in 1,000 births.
So it's something i was born with but just wasn't caught at birth.. Whats different in my case is my femur has been slightly flattened so rotating the cup will be a little harder than on someone else having the surgery.

A periacetabular Osteotomy- "Periacetabular" means around the acetabulum. "Osteotomy" means to cut bone. In PAO, the patient's own joint is surgically altered to create a broader load-bearing surface. During the surgery, the acetabulum is sawed apart from the rest of the pelvis, in a few places and is repositioned to cover the head of the femur, and secured with metal hardware. If necessary, the head of the femur is repositioned by surgery on the femoral neck.