Surgery, take 2

hi! After a cat scan of my leg and hip yesterday, we went to see dr tyler today and she scheduled me for surgery on monday.  the small fracture i got walking the beach last november has apparently deformed the surrounding bone enough that it caused the titanium rod to bend until it broke. its broken. inside my body. unbelievable.  so the reason I've been having increasing pain in my hip is because of the fracture in my hip and the rod scraping against the muscle and tissue. it makes so much sense based on the kind of pain i have, it's almost like it has teeth and it decides to bite me when my hip is in certain positions. anyway, I'm not happy that i have to have surgery again, with a 4-6 week recovery period, again. but i am happy that i can have it done so soon, to get it out of the way so we can enjoy our summer plans. and to reduce the pain!!

The surgery is removal of the current rod, pin in my hip and pin in my knee. then do it all over again, place a new rod in my femur, add some extra bone growth stimulator magic, a new pin in my knee and a new, heavier duty pin in my hip. in the pic, you might be able to see that the head of the rod is separated from the body of the rod below the pin.


So, I had to sub out all my work for the next couple weeks, people were awesome and covered for me:) so I'll work monday morning, then hafta be at
Highland at 2:45pm for surgery at 4:45pm. I'lll be in for 2 days or so; last time, we asked for a private room, they hooked me up with a german roommate who was also demented and awake, yelling all night long. The second night i got a private room, slept much better. Lesson learned: will cry til they give me my own room this time.  Also planning to ask for a spinal block. Last time, they didn't realize how much pain medicine i normally take and so didn't give me enough extra for when i woke up.  Unhappy situation. Spinal block sounds much more friendly. Anyway, please send happy vibes and gummy bears on Monday. Will let you know how it all works out...:)