May 13th, 2015Dr. Mei-Dan performs a staged procedure for PAO consisting of two surgeries spaced 1 week apart. Today was the first stage... and boy was I ready! This surgery was fairly quick, as the labrum was still in-tact from my previous scope (Aug. 2014). The main purpose of this surgery is to clean things up inside and ensure the joint is healthy enough before proceeding with PAO. Because I had a lower than expected dGEMRIC index, I was afraid that I was going to wake up from this procedure only to find that there was too much damage and I was no longer appropriate for PAO. You can only imagine my relief when I woke up to the good news that he could still preserve the joint! As this was my second scope, I already had a pretty good idea of what to expect post-operatively. I had a lot of work done during my first hip scope and I struggled with pain management. This time, though, pain was hardly an issue and was able to ween off narcotics within a few days. The biggest difference between the two scopes was that I had a really hard time managing nausea this time around. Zofran helped a little bit, but I definitely threw up a few times. There is this really awesome scopolamine patch they can put behind your ear that stays on for three days and let me tell you... It. Is. Magical. I had one after the first scope but unfortunately did not have one for the second. I made sure to request it for the PAO :) The easy part was over now and I was just counting down the days to the big surgery. One week from now, I would be back at University Hospital for the final phase of hip preservation.
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