Back from exploratory

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Entered the hospital on December 30 and came home January 3. I am an

official resurfacing failure as I knew deep in my heart. Just like ph, who

I

have been talking with a lot, I had developed AVN under the cap. The doc said

that it came off in his hand and was fragmented and mushy. The cup was very

sturdy and he said that he could have picked me up by it with no trouble. I

received a large head THR. Doc didn't like calling it that though. He called it

something else but I can not remember what it was. I woke up easily and felt

pretty good, so much better than before. The surgery took 1.5 hours. The

horrible pain was gone and the usual soreness and some pain was there. This

surgery

probably went better for me becasue I was a bit more prepared and the cup did

not have to be replaced...thank God for that. I think that I am going to fly

back from this much easier, but then I developed some other complications. It

just seems that I have a black cloud over my head. I have been having a fever

on and off for the past couple of months that comes and goes. The family doc

there ran a bunch of tests including bloodcultures, and heart ultrasound.

That was clear, but he wants me to follow up with ultrasound of gallbladder and

liver as my liver enzymes were also quite elevated. (maybe from taking

ibuprofen up the wazzu over the last year). doc said fever and elevated liver

enzymes

could indicate gallbladder problems even though I have no symptoms. My

entire family has had their gallbladder removed so maybe that is it. I am sick

of

these fevers. They range from 99 to 102 every night and now since the surgery

it has also been during the day. Anyway....my leg is now much longer than the

other but will be evened up when I have the other done. Of course I am no

longer a good candidate for resurfacing so I will have the same on the other

hip.

I am glad that this part is over and that I see that I will be pain free in

this hip. It has not even been a week and I am doing so much more than before.

I am cooking and doing dishes (against my fiance's protests) I do have great

confidence, as does my doc, that this hip will give me as long a life as the

resurfacing. The only real negative is if it does need to be revised. I

don't think that it will. I have faith. This has to go my way this time....it

just has too.

Jan aka Wannie