2nd stage revision post infection

[Guest guest]

Good news!

(at last, you must think, after all my tales of woe...)

I'm back from hospital today, sore and tired, but with a

successfully completed second stage revision after having my

infected hip removed in March. The antibiotics and first surgery

did their job, all the biopsies came back clear, and I now have a

shiny new modular proximal femoral replacement. (i.e.

hip and top half of femur is metal, with a prong that goes down

through the lower half of the femur). That went in on Monday

morning. The x-rays look amazing! (Hopefully I'll have copies of

those soon to share, because I've not turned up anything on line

that looks like mine yet.)

The long written-up version of this past week is here:

http://heyokish.livejournal.com/64297.html

I have 6-8 weeks of non-weightbearing ahead of me, and more

blood tests in 4 weeks or so to confirm that the infection is truly

gone and not in hiding.

with thanks for your support over the past few scary months

katie