Best give you all an update ......
They have cancelled my surgery in July ..... as expected. I think the only reason they gave me a date is because I put in a complaint to my MP after waiting 14 months of getting nowhere with the NHS. I think the hospital have panicked. I received a long apology letter and a surgery date and then shortly after when I asked why I was not getting the EUA (Examination under aesthetic) which was planned prior to making a decision re THR, they cancelled my surgery date and booked me in for the EUA. Does that make any sense at all or am I jibbering?
Basically, the long and short of it is that I have no surgery booked now. I have the EUA next Tuesday 4th june. They will put me to sleep and pull my leg around to see if the hip still fits into the socket properly. They will also inject some dye to see what the cartilage damage is like. I will hopefully then get a decision as to whether we are going ahead with the THR or something else. Sigh.
In the mean time, I have been quite active lately with my biking. I have also attempted skiing which I managed on lots of pain killers but suffered greatly after. I'm on 60mg co-codamol at the min which makes me a bit monged out but is allowing me to walk a bit further and keep with the biking etc. The pain is getting increasingly worse and noticed a lot more if I don't take my meds. Especially when driving and sitting and my hip is 'giving way' quite alot. Ha, I've seen a few horrified faces lately when I've gone to stand up and almost stacked it on the floor in pain!! I try not to take my meds before driving as they do make me spaced out a bit but it leaves me in quite abit of pain ... especially as its my accelerating hip and I don't have an automatic car! I'm really stiff too but I'm determined to keep going and am refusing to give up my hobbies. I kinda feel like I don't have much left to preserve or destroy so I'm just giving my hip hell and doing all the things I probably wont be able to do with a THR ..... like bungy jumping and learning to jump on my mountain bike! Kinda loving that!
Anyway, starting to get a bit nervous for Tuesday so wish me luck!!!
Anna