The Day Has Come...

Tomorrow at 11:30am I enter the operating room with a bad hip, 3+ hours later I hope to come out fixed.(and in a lot of pain I'm sure!)

If you don't know I have whats called a Impingement in my left hip. (have it in the right too, a possible fix later on). They are going to repair it via a pretty intense surgery. The procedure consists of a cut near my hip to enter to get to my hip socket. They will then cut the ball off my femur to allow them to dislocate my hip. After this is done the doctors will file down the bumps on both my ball and socket (saddle part of socket is best way to describe it). Then they will repair and reattach the torn cartilage to properly cushion my joint again. Then they will relocate my hip joint and screw the femur back onto the ball with three screws. That will be the easy part for me. When I wake up I will have to spend 3 or so nights in the hospital before they release me. Then spend about 4-6 weeks on crutches putting no weight on my hip. Then another 3-6 weeks of coming off the crutches with a total recovery of up to 6 months before I am back at it.

Thanks to all that have wished me well, Adrienne or I will update you as we go.