There is so much more to surgery than the actual procedure - symptoms, diagnosis, surgery and rehab. In fact in my case the actual surgery was the quickest and easiest part by far!

Symptoms
First things first, It is not the greatest idea to pretend that you are fine and dandy when your body is telling you you're not. I thought I was fine, I can deal with this, I could still carry on most of my activities, study, active job, dancing, tennis, table tennis, running etc (albeit in pain), it was just things like putting on socks and shoes, standing still, sitting down comfortably, sleeping, climbing stairs and anything that involved hip flexion that was the killer. It took 2 years of 'dealing' before I told a doctor about it, she did an exam, checked my ROM and then ordered an x-ray while at the same time telling me that I was too young for arthritis and she didn't expect that there was anything wrong with it really. 2 months later I got my x-rays and sure enough the results were "perfectly normal films" her next suggestion was a steroid injection into my hip without even knowing what was wrong so I ran a mile and decided to just carry on and deal. Fast forward 6 months and I could no longer 'deal', was living maxed out on pain meds that barely helped and I walked like an old woman and just to make things even better - I tripped down some steps-the perfect answer to all my worries!
To be continued...
....and my first blog.

What am I thinking? Thats what this is for right? I don't know where to start, I have so many things I could say, so many things have happened before today that have changed my way of life. I will leave them for another time.

Today is a new beginning; the start of good things to come-I hope.
I am on a journey like I said in my profile, I want to prove that I can reach my goals-so what are my goals you say? Good question! Just now I have a few I can think of, some small, some not so small.

Small - be able to cut my toe nails on my right foot (and maybe a little nail varnish would be nice?)
-get my proper gait back, I had only just celebrated reaching a normal walking gait and now find myself with my waddle gait again (more on this in another post)
-Run

Not so small - pass this pre-med year well enough to apply for physio school.
This has a few hurdles to jump:
1 - pass all first semester papers (above the specified grades)
2 - pass the funky pre-med exam (above the required percentile)
3 - pass all second semester papers (again, above the specified grades)
4 - qualify for an interview (having successfully done the above)
5 - impress people in the interview enough to be offered a place

Piece of cake!?
I have passed hurdle 1, YAY! my first semester grades are well above whats required. Just 4 more hurdles to go and I should be in, Its going to be a tough semester.