PA said yesterday that the x-rays all look good, and that I can start showering. My only restrictions seem to be:
-no deep lunges
- no extension w/ foot turned out
- if it complains, back off.

Start outpatient PT on Monday - but no pool work for 2 more weeks.

Apparently the hip had deteriorated substantially even from their x-rays in Nov where it was clearly bone-on-bone. Said that there wasnt any cartilage left on the femur and that it had started to flatten...and that what they saw correlated pretty well w/ all the grinding and crunching that I was experiencing.

They are printing the xrays on CD and mailing them...I didnt ask if they had to use dysplasia screws or anything - that will be interesting to see.

Worst pain right now is in the butt! I saw stuff about sitting on pillows and thot 'how come, my incision is in the front?'. Apparently swelling doesnt take kindly to being SAT on. Sitting on a feather pillow now and it is helping a lot.

Am going to try the picture thing later today...

AND - managed a straight leg raise to close to 40 degrees this morning!!!! YEA!

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LTRH - Jan 25, 10 - direct anterior/Kreuzer

Good report, kjt! Photos would be nice. Take care of yourself and stay comfortable!!! It sounds like you caught that hip just in time.

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Right arthroscopy June 06

kjt, I had the bone-on-bone, no cartilage, grinding and crunching that you mentioned, too. Yuck--talk about agonizing pain!!! That's why this surgery gave me my life back--a life that is filled with possibilities and pleasures. My incision also encroached into my buttock area and sitting really posed a bit of a problem. The discomfort goes away within a couple of weeks so that you can sit without the feather pillows. The first month is just plain awkward all the way around; after that, you just progress like magic!
Patrikya

Kjt -

Glad to hear things are going well. I missed out on the grinding and clunking - my was more of the silent torture variety. I have one nice shiny screw in mine, which was posterior. Happy healing!