Back To The Hosptial Emergency Department After My Hip Locked On Me
[ Saturday May 11th 2024 at 7:26 am ]
My damn artificial left hip joint locked up on me about 8 hours ago. This time it was really serious. The failure mechanism is so much worse than what has happened to me previously. I have been sitting here playing computer games with 2 of my friends. We won the game as a team. In my excitement I sat up straight and moved my left foot to the right by about 3 cm or 1ΒΌ". Immediately I was in real trouble from the simple repositioning of my body. I lost a lot of motion in my left hip. If I stood up I was going to be forced to look at the floor and not into room. When I had my assessment just over two weeks ago the surgeon commented on the strength I have in my legs. I was forced to use the strength in my legs to free my damn hip. But now I can barely fit into my boxer shorts. The skin all around my hip joint has swell up like when the hip joint was replaced. I went to the hospital to narrowly assess if the hip was okay. It is at this time. They gave me an intramuscular injection to help bring down the swelling. My MRI is in 4 days time. Since the hip looks okay on x-ray I will follow up with my surgeon as planned. As well the emergency department doctor validated the approach my surgeon is taking. She said an MRI is the next natural step for me. As well if there wasn't one already booked she would have done the requisition for this. Going forward I know if this happens to me and the group of pain sensations I experienced I will know I am not in immediate trouble.