This is my story about living with hip dysplasia and recovering from periacetabular osteotomy surgery.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
1 comment:
Anonymous
said...
Wow! It's wonderful to come across such an encouraging blog. I'm a runner... er.. WAS a runner. A couple of months ago I went from running 15 miles on a long run to not even being able to run one mile. Well you probably guessed, I was soon diagnosed with hip dysplasia. I cried and cried. Everything I read was very depressing for a runner. Until I read your story! I'm feeling very optimistic all of the sudden! I don't even have an apt yet for my pao, but I'm not near as afraid anymore.
I am a 40 year old mother of 2 boys - Brady and Reilly. I have a wonderful husband TJ. I was diagnosed with hip dysplasia at age 28 and had a scope done to repair a torn labrum. After two pregnancies and lots of hip pain - I had RPAO on 1/25/08 with Dr. Millis in Boston.
"Periacetabular" means around the acetabulum. "Osteotomy" means to cut bone. Simply put, the PAO cuts the bone around the acetabulum that joins the acetabulum to the pelvis. Once the acetabulum is detached from the rest of the pelvis by a series of carefully controlled cuts, it is rotated to a position of ideal coverage as dictated by the specific acetabulum's unique anatomy.
1 comment:
Wow! It's wonderful to come across such an encouraging blog. I'm a runner... er.. WAS a runner. A couple of months ago I went from running 15 miles on a long run to not even being able to run one mile. Well you probably guessed, I was soon diagnosed with hip dysplasia. I cried and cried. Everything I read was very depressing for a runner. Until I read your story! I'm feeling very optimistic all of the sudden! I don't even have an apt yet for my pao, but I'm not near as afraid anymore.
Post a Comment