This is another diagnosis to add to my list as a result of hip dysplasia. Party on, right? The is apparently the same injury that Lady Gaga had recently, and is a surgery that should be pretty easy to recover from. The only apprehension is that with the hip dysplasia ... it might be a waste of time. Because my actual joint is screwed up too, even if the repair surgery worked, I'm at a pretty high risk for tearing it again. And today they only analyzed my left hip. Who knows whats going on with the right one.
New compounded diagnosis... Moderate to severe Hip dysplasia in both hips, left labral tear, right labral status unknown at this time.
He kept calling me a "tweener." He said..." if you were 20, I'd fix the labral tear and send you off to have a double PAO. (Periacetabular osteotomy...see previous post.) If you were 40, I'd fix your labral tear and see you in 5-10 years for a double hip replacement. But because you're 31... you should see some other folks before you make a final decision."
So... still a go for a consultation with Dr. Masonis in Charlotte in September. And if he thinks I need the invasive scary PAO, I may make the drive to Wake Forest or Durham to meet with surgeons there who have done thousands of these surgeries... not hundreds. Especially since my case is super special and it seems there's a lot of gray areas. Dr. Boykin, from today, offered to do the labral tear surgery even though the risk is pretty high that it will fail. At least he was honest. I really would love for someone to tell me exactly what to do, but it doesn't look like that is going to happen.
Lesson Learned: Stop expecting things. ANYTHING for that matter. I expected to have a black and white answer today. Not gonna be the case for awhile. I expected for this doc to tell me exactly what to do... and that's also not ever going to be the case. I'm going to have to weigh the options on my own.
I'm in pain a lot, but I'm still walking. This is not a life or death issue... just a quality of life issue. Pray for me to continue to have the strength to mentally handle all of the decision making I'm going to have to do. Glad to have a soon to be hubby to get from this side of it to the other side! Sad that I had to find out more annoying bad news on his birthday, but so glad he was born to be my partner in life!!
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