Surgical Anticipation

Tomorrow's the big day.  I get a hip replacement.

It's been a long and honestly painful journey.  I still haven't come up with a reason that all this happened- no striking 'life lesson' to share.  I do have one I've been tossing around, but I'll wait until I recover to write it up.

I go into the hospital at 9:15 with the surgery scheduled to start at 11:15.  My doctor told me it would be a two-hour operation.  Add in the pre- and post-operative stuff and I figure I won't be back to my room until the early evening. 

They're going to open me up and take out the old hardware.  Then, my damaged femoral head will be removed.  They'll ream out my acetabulum and insert a metal cup. They'll trim the top of my femur and insert a stem.  They'll test the new components for range of motion and sew me up.  Two hours- it'll be busy, I'm sure.

Hopefully by the end of this week, I'll be able to walk without my walker.  Slowly.  Carefully.  But I'll walk for the first time since September 4th.