Thread: Hip surgery for thebtird time.

I had my right hip replaced about four or five years ago. But, one day, not long after the surgery, I was pulling on some rope in the garage and the rope broke, sending my rocketing backwards and landing on my bum. Hip was a bit sore after so I saw the surgeon, had some imagery taken and was pronounced okey dokey. Roll on a couple of months and I trip over an extension cord in the shed, landing heavily on my right hip. The hip got progressively sorer. I saw the surgeon, had some steroid shots without any luck so had keyhole to remove the psoas bursa and the tendon released

Roll on a month or so and I can't lift my leg without pain. The pain gets worse over the next couple of months, so, I'm back on the table for open surgery: Bursectomy, synovectomy and tendon release again. Unfortunately, it's an overnighter, something I hate: Nurses don't seem to understand that I need my BP medications twice daily and I continually have to ask for it, so much for their cheat sheets. Added to this, I insist on controlling my diabetes medication. Nurses, apparently, hate being told by an ignorant diabetic how much insulin they need, so there's always arguments.

Anyway, I'm released and I go home. The pain is much less and is gradually getting better, but geez it's a long road. I will say this much, when it's time to have my left hip replaced, nope, I don't think so. Being a chronic PsA sufferer I'm well versed in pain.