but I've been having trouble with my right hip since december.. (I think I hurt it trying to stop the bloody bike from falling over)Feels like my hip is in the wrong spot, hurts when I ride and I can't move my leg properly.
I saw a doc in mar? he sent me to get an xray done, said he didn't know what it was
Still hurting, he was away when I went back in, that doc said I was fine, pulled a muscle, but i should get ultrasound done. She messed up the script, I ended up getting another xray and the ultrasound
That xray decided i had a calcification on the joint.
Orig doc referred me to specialist.
Saw him in April, he sent me off the get an MRI done, said xray showed nothing
MRI said laberal (sp?) tear in the hip joint, so after waiting to see him again he referred me to another specialist (he said ultrasounds are useless btw.)
So that was May.. And I hear nothing for months, I rang them a couple of weeks ago, looks like they'd forgotten me as I got a letter soon after to see specialist today.
So after waiting for an hour, I get to see him, he can't see the tear. He guesses it's there but can't see it on mri. Tells me orthoscopy is option but not highly successful. Tells me I can get nerve damage etc.. with no guarantee of fixing the problem.
I asked if it was likely to make it worse, he said chances are small, so I figured a small chance of it getting better is better than they way it is.. so please operate.
So then I got told the dangers by another doc, went to see case manager, she made me fill out a pile of paperwork, then interviewed me, then i had to see another doc to be assessed and then have a blood test.. 4.5hrs in total! They are quite thorough though, very impressed
Especially if you have all day So op is on November 2nd. If they see something they can repair they will... but that also means 6 weeks on crutches
If they can't see something that's fixable it's going to be a permanent thing
is this something covered by private or are you going public?
