If you follow me on Social Media, you already know I gave up spending my time on those platforms for lent (and yes, I know, the blog shares to my Facebook page and Twitter, I just won’t see any comments there).

Now I’m back to sharing on my blog to the few inquiring minds who want to know about my latest update on my broken femur.

After a few stressful weeks of trying to locate the surgeon who performed my hip surgeries, I finally found him and made an appointment.

Out with the orthopedist who performed the surgery on my femur; who was not covered by my insurance, and did NOT LISTEN when I asked him to reach out to the surgeon who Humpty Dumptied me back together again TWICE!

Hindsight is 20/20 – All we can do is try to

make better decisions next time

Wednesday morning started with new x-rays. Followed by a homecoming party, reuniting with the surgeon who believed I could walk without a hip.

Buckle up…it wasn’t the kiddie train ride. It was more like Mr. Freeze at Six Flags where they shoot you out of a tunnel at 70 mph straight up a hill, you do some flips and turns and then you do it all again in reverse.

The appointment started with the same question everyone asks after seeing the x-rays: How did you do this?

I wish it was more interesting, but honestly, I fell on my knees in the grass while taking out the recycle. How did I shatter the femur and involve the joint? The doctor described it as “your femur acted like a pile driver” straight down into the joint.

After manually manipulating my knee and measuring the flexion, he pushed back on his rolling stool. Unsatisfied with the flexion there was a brief discussion about needing a possible knee replacement.

But wait… there is a new (for lack of the proper term) “procedure” allowing for a knee replacement and hip replacement all at once.

What? I could have a hip again? How weird would that be?

But this is the doctor who, when people ask about him, I tell them “you can see his mind working.” The rest of us can’t keep up with his thought process.

Concerned about what he saw/didn’t see on the x-rays, he sent me back for more.

This is where we reach the top of Mr. Freeze and start going in reverse. The second set of x-rays offered more clarity and in fact he saw”more calcification” which was a positive sign for all of us.

No actual smoke was seen coming from the doctor’s head, but the wheels were definitely turning.

So where did we leave the discsussion:

  • We have a 2nd date/appointment set for April 1st
  • No, there was no referral for Physical Therapy – why? He doesn’t want someone trying to overmanipulate before more healing has occurred.
  • For the 1st time in 3 months, I am allowed to put weight on my leg (not a lot, between 25-50 lbs)
  • Work to increase my knee flexion from 70 degrees towards 90 degrees (thankfully, my fabulous oldest daughter gave me exercises to help with this!)

I will check back in with you all after April 1st and let you know how things are progressing. Until then, if you see me out and about, ask me if I have done my flexion exercises for the day.