Surgery 101

August 14, 2014
Surgery 101. Or so I thought. The day started off as normally as the first surgery had. Little did I know that the next chapter of my 'hip story' was about to begin. Dr. Hip is a very qualified surgeon in this field. He has done many, many, hip scopes and went to one of the best fellowship programs in our country. I know there are risks in every surgery and I've also taken care of many folks that have had surgery and that did well, so I was never AFRAID of having surgery. I always knew I'd wake up and there would be some pain, etc. It's the unexpected that I had to learn to handle and have faith that I could handle it. Needless to say, I am now a person that is scared to have any surgery in the future.
The surgery went really well. I had a labral tear which was sutured and 2 anchors were put in my acetabulum. Dr. Hip said that the cartilage was soft, no visible arthritic bone and no synovitis. I had some pincer impingement so he shaved minimal bone, about 1-2 mm, because of my dysplasia. I had 2 port holes, sutures, bandage, and I was aware and ready for the rehab protocol. My CPM machine was all set up at home.
As soon as. I woke from surgery in the recovery room, I felt my left ankle to be incredibly sore, I thought it was broken. It felt like it had been crushed by something. The pain from my ankle surpassed the pain in my hip. I was able to gently rotate it around but it really hurt like the devil. The next day Dr Hip assessed it and said that it was from the traction boot that is used during surgery. This did not happen with my first surgery, so this was new for me. He said "It will go away". And that was it.
I was afraid to partial weight bear throughout the week because it hurt so much. I was toe touching which I know isn't good if I want to rehab my hip. The tenderness was so bad that I called Dr. Hip the following week hoping he'd bring me in to xray it or look at it again. He said that he didn't think it was fractured, try ice and elevation, see him next week, and that I CAN put weight on it. So, I painfully did what he said and went back the following week for my follow up visit. I don't know, but it seemed to me that something wasn't right.

August 29, 2014
He said that my hip is doing fine. As for my ankle, I have " bruised ligament, tendons, soft tissue injury" - aka, ankle sprain. Ok, guess this can happen. He gave me pt exercises to do and no xray taken. Why not? He said it's because it sounds like it's getting better. Well, it didn't feel like it. So in his office, I stood on both feet and told him that my inner ankle felt 'tingly' and the bone hurt. He said that's because there are nerves there. I was sort of upset because I went in for one problem and came out with another, and now I had to try and handle both. I was willing to try but things only got worse.
Mid September 2014
I woke one morning and my ankle was throbbing,  i had shooting pains up my inner ankle bone and I couldn't walk on it. I also had some tingling going from my inner ankle up towards my big toe. I used the crutches and called his office. I was told to come in tomorrow for an xray. Tomorrow! I wanted to be seen that day but I'll take it. I had thought about going to see another doctor about it but wanted to see what the xray showed and if he would just tell me again, "It will go away". The xray showed swelling near the inner ankle bone, no broken bones. I did have some visible swelling as well. Again, he said this is from the traction boot. He diagnosed it as an Ankle Contusion,
 and saphenous neuritis. I had another appointment in2 weeks f/u hip, and he said he would order an MRI if I was still having pain.
Over the next couple of weeks as I was on my feet, my ankle really started to get swollen, mostly after being on my feet for a while. And I had deep pains around my ankle and a "pulling" sensation going up my calf. My calf was sore, almost like after a bad charlie horse kind of sore. And the area behind the tibia bone was tender to touch. This was definitely not getting better.  It was getting worse. And I was really getting upset.
September 26, 2014
This was my 6 week check up for my hip. By the way, the hip is coming along fine. A little sore here and there but to be expected. As for the worsening of my ankle, Dr. Hip, well, I'll just say, didn't order an MRI. He said it will only show swelling and again, that "this will go away"! I think he just wanted me to go away and I almost did. I was so upset when I left there. I almost took all my films and left. But I did trust him and. I still had hope that it would go away.