Another Summer of Hip Pain

May 2014
I was hoping that the summer of 2014 was going to be "hip pain free" and I could go on with my life, but that wasn't the case.  I had to continue with the hip strengthening and doing what exercise I could, hoping to get into some kind of physical shape, even if it was just a little something. With physically demanding events coming up, I knew the left hip pain would kick in and I wanted to be proactive in controlling it.  Dr. Hip gave me a cortisone shot in late May, and that lasted for a few weeks this time.  I got through walking in NYC, transferring my son's drum set to school for the talent show (that is very physically challenging!), and just the working on my feet day to day. I actually felt 75% better by the following week and I had a few weeks after of '"walking normally". This was such a blessing that was always taken for granted. I hardly even noticed my right hip anymore, guess the surgery was a success there. I was really enjoying my gait until the cortisone wore off.....oh well!
June 2014
The kids are out of school and time to open the pool. This requires a lot of physical work and I was willing to do my part. I had discovered Tylenol Arthritis pain med since I can't take NSAIDS like Advil or Motrin, and it seemed to help for a bit. One afternoon, after a morning of blowing up rafts and getting furniture out of the shed, I was standing in the kitchen and shifted my weight from one hip to the other and I felt a pinch and a pull.  Oh no! Another tear? Can''t be but probably is, I thought. I had decided then that I should have another arthroscopy to repair this and hopefully preserve my hip. A few days later I developed the soreness in the groin, especially with internal rotation. My next appointment wasn't until July 1st, so I had to just manage day to day, the way I had been doing for the past year or so.
July 1, 2014
This was my 6 month check for my right hip and he said it was recovered. This was great news, as now I can focus on my left.  He offered another injection, but I told him "I just want the problem taken care of!" So I scheduled the scope for August 14th, having to go through another summer camping trip (which is a physical vacation) in hip pain!
I also thought that the next hip scope would be a breeze for me, having gone through the one.  Boy, was I wrong!