Whining, as per my new normal.

[kate952]

As I posted several weeks ago, I have been having constant and significant pain in my hip and was told I have mild hip dysplasia.

After pushing (which for me is extremely unusual), I was able to move up the appointment originally scheduled for mid-January with the orthopedic specialist and got a MR arthrogram just before Christmas

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[devsgma]

Well, shit. I'm not as good at this as you are. I had to wait a couple of days to see this and I'm so sorry, MM. That just sucks. And, as Tif would say, not in a good way.

This alarms me somewhat: "Once studied, it turns out I have a torn labrum, one of the tendons holding the femur in place is torn, there is cartilage damage, and "wear and tear" deterioration to the bone."

And I don't know that I should ask the next question, but I have to. Forgive me. I'm not trying to be an alarmist, but does that mean you're going to have to have a hip replacement?

[kate952]

Well, the good news is that my problems do not make me a good candidate for hip replacement.

Yay.

The bad news is that the most likely best solution is surgery where bones are cut and re-assembled. At this point, I'm in enough pain (and seriously sick and tired of messing around with this) to be prepared to do the procedure myself. I have Google, a Swiss Army knife, a few pulleys and a sewing kit; how hard can it be? ;D