T minus 7...

It's been a few months, and quite a bit has happened since my last post. First of all, my PAO surgery was scheduled for June 19th, only to be pushed to the 23rd because Dr. Trousdale had something "come up" and couldn't make it. In addition to that, I have been experiencing quite a bit of fatigue and some really random symptoms which I won't bore you with in hopes that I don't sound like I'm 80. Then one day, about two months ago, I woke up and couldn't walk on my right foot at all. I went in to a Podiatrist to find I had Sesamoiditis in the ball of my foot, in addition to some extra inflammation that was unexplained. So, 2 cortizone shots later (one in the ball of my foot, one directly into the top of the big toe) I hobbled home to await results of the blood tests. Come to find out my rheumatoid factor came back high, and he told me I had Rheumatoid Arthritis. This idea was squashed by the Rheumatologist a few weeks later who is now insisting that I have Fibromyalgia. I asked him if that was a fake disease or diagnosis given to people who have weird symptoms but really don't know what they have. For some reason didn't really think that was very funny...



It turns out that Fibromyalgia is often brought on by chronic pain in the body. He informed me that it is entirely possible the all-over body pains may subside after my hip is healed. So, I guess I have THAT possiblity to look forward to. :-) With surgery being so close, he does not want to start any medications, and since I'm already on pain meds ALL the time (which obviously aren't really doing the trick if I'm still in pain) he decided to wait. Sweet.



So here it is, one week out from my surgery. I will go down to the Mayo next Monday morning for my pre-op exam, whatever that entails, and a final x-ray. The X-ray really plays a big part in this, because if my hip has degenerated more since March, I may miss my window of opportunity for the PAO due to too much arthritis and have to get a THR (Total Hip Replacement for those of you who don't have to deal with this crap). It should be interesting! I am getting more and more nervous. It doesn't feel like it's really almost here. I've lost 4 lbs in 1 week, so I guess it's not all bad! :-)



I am going to be staying in DT Rochester with Molly (BFFs since forever ago) and she will be seeing me off into surgery, along with my parents. I won't find out what time surgery is until Monday night when they call me. They told me that surgery could be anywhere from 7:30 am to 10:30 am depending on the schedule. Apparently they don't know how cranky I get when I'm hungry? Let's hope they don't find out!



Molly will be posting updates on here the morning of surgery as things progress. Thank you to all of you, my friends and familly for your continued support. I couldn't have done it without you!