Freaking Out a Bit

WTW15 · December 31, 2011, 02:40:53 PM

MtnGoat - what date is your surgery? I am freaking out too a bit, scheduled for 1/19. I am in the exact opposite position as you though, as both my teenage kids will be out of the house as of this weekend - 1 goes to boarding school/ski academy in Steamboat and the other is going to school in AZ. It'll be my hubby and the dog for my recovery, so my aunt has offered to come stay for 2 wks thankfully! I've not had much time to dwell on this as I just saw Dr Kelly on 12/23 and set the 1/19 date. Between having to move our son to AZ and the Holidays and everything I have to get done prior to the surgery date, along with work, it's helping me keep focused on the goal and not let the emotions take over. So much to do, for sure! But every time I look at the calendar - WOW - it's going by fast!!! In no time, we are going to be "on the other side" and between all those posting here, and a co-worker in IL that had it done 4 months ago, We are going to be SO HAPPY! Keep the faith! I'm looking forward to having somewhat of a normal summer! Maybe even take a run on some 'greens' in May or June at Loveland or A-Basin!

Aerial · January 01, 2012, 08:24:52 AM

Quote from: WTW15 on December 31, 2011, 02:40:53 PM
MtnGoat - what date is your surgery? I am freaking out too a bit, scheduled for 1/19. I am in the exact opposite position as you though, as both my teenage kids will be out of the house as of this weekend - 1 goes to boarding school/ski academy in Steamboat and the other is going to school in AZ. It'll be my hubby and the dog for my recovery, so my aunt has offered to come stay for 2 wks thankfully! I've not had much time to dwell on this as I just saw Dr Kelly on 12/23 and set the 1/19 date. Between having to move our son to AZ and the Holidays and everything I have to get done prior to the surgery date, along with work, it's helping me keep focused on the goal and not let the emotions take over. So much to do, for sure! But every time I look at the calendar - WOW - it's going by fast!!! In no time, we are going to be "on the other side" and between all those posting here, and a co-worker in IL that had it done 4 months ago, We are going to be SO HAPPY! Keep the faith! I'm looking forward to having somewhat of a normal summer! Maybe even take a run on some 'greens' in May or June at Loveland or A-Basin!

Wow, that is fantastic that you could get a surgery date so quickly. Not having a long time to dwell on it sure is a blessing.

mountaingoat · January 02, 2012, 05:55:25 PM

Hi All,
Thanks for the continuing support - Hernanu and others. Tim - so sorry to hear of your problems with your cup and best of luck to you in Belgium.

I am still planning to move forward with my decision with surgery coming up in 3 weeks. I have thought about this ad nauseum for the last two months and ultimately what it comes down to is even though I'm not in a lot of pain right now, I want some security in my life - some ability to plan for the future and this means getting off of the hip roller coaster...now. If I could wait two more months till March and give myself a little more of a winter here in CO (and maybe avoid being on crutches through the worst of the winter) I would but two months in the scheme of things is absolutely nothing. I know that if I were to cancel the surgery tomorrow than I would be sitting here for the next three or four months wondering every day when my hip would fall apart again and make life impossible and whether my summer would be a series of canceled backpacking trips and re-scheduled hikes. It was only 3 months ago that I was hobbling around unable to walk to my clients' office 3 blocks way without pain and unable to even go for a bike ride without icing my hips all night following. Since I know that these injections are indeed temporary, well, eventually the carriage is going to turn into a pumpkin again. ???

I am trying to view these last few months of little pain as a real blessing - I had a superb result from a temporary stop-gap measure and should just be glad that I was afforded even three months of easy mobility and activity instead of wishing I were in more pain so the decision to have surgery would be a no-brainer. Having dealt with chronic hip problems for the better part of 4 years, I know I'm not a happy person when I can't walk and be active so even to be able to avoid that for a few short months was worth it. And now I'll be moving forward with a CURE in the loose sense of the word. I don't have to spend one more year of my young life wondering whether I'll be skiing next winter, hiking this summer, walking my baby in a stroller, etc.

I'll post some updates as surgery approaches. Thanks all!

Tin Soldier · January 03, 2012, 03:59:33 PM

I had a cortizone injection just before I started doing a bunch of research. I think it gave me some breathing room and it also let me know for about a week or 2 that I could be pain free, with much better ROM, to boot, if I did surgery.

Still think you should float the Colorado, but I do think you've made a good decision, and you'll be happy with the results.