Left Hip Complications 2013

Over the next few months I did get an MRA through Evergreen Orthopedics and a very thorough hip preservation assessment with x-rays at Virginia Mason in Seattle. The MRA didn’t show much according to this radiologist and we were left with more questions than answers. The x-ray assessment showed better information but they did not know if the anteversion was a false positive due to pelvic inclination. Angles and versions are better taken with a CT scan. This provides a 3D x-ray of your bone and it is more accurate than an x-ray. None were ordered at that time.

RIGHT: alpha 68, CE 34, anteversion 13. Mild increased femoral neck anteversion.

LEFT: alpha 65, CE 40, anteversion 8. Mild increased femoral neck anteversion. 

Dr. Lee wasn't positive my source of pain was from my joint. I will admit by this point I was still very weak in my core and agreed to another round of physical therapy. I had become so limited in what I could do and it was hard to complete daily tasks. With physical therapy I did get somewhat stronger but still struggled. We tried numbing agent in the joint with no cortisone. I felt relief while walking but I did not while sitting.  We also tried a psoas sheath injections on both hips which did not provide me any relief. All of the normal tests were not getting us very far. Only being 9 months out from my first left surgery I had 3 doctors not sure how to proceed with my case. It was very very frustrating. So much time, energy and money was spent and I was not getting much farther along in my recovery. I had never felt this bad prior to surgery and quickly was regretting my decision to even have touched the left side since it wasn't as bad as the right side. 

It was recommended that I receive additional opinions from the best surgeons across the country. At this point I was willing to have someone take a look. I could not live in this pain any longer. Being so debilitated at the age of 28 was very hard. All I wanted was to live a normal 28 year old life, being active outdoors, cleaning my house without pain, being intimate without pain, walk more than a ¼ of a mile and a lot more of course. It would have me even thinking toward the future and wanting a family one day; where I could keep up with my kids and not be held back. This journey made me realize how easy it is to take the little things for granted.