Well, my last post talked about my slip and the pain that I had had following it. My pins were removed successfully and if it hadn’t of been for my left hip being so painful, I would not have needed to use crutches – it was that straightforward. I did, however, manage to develop an allergic reaction to the scrub that they used, which itched like hell for a week and a half, just to add to my woes.
The weekend following my pin removal was the worst – this was now three weeks following the slip. I turned into someone with Tourettes – every expletive under the sun was coming out of my mouth every time the pain kicked in. It would pin me to the spot and then spasm for about 20 to 30 seconds, in which time I was in complete agony. It was like someone zapping me on the side of my hip with an electric shock. I called Johan on the Wednesday (busy for the two days before) and he had the radiographers take another look at my MRI. On Thursday, I got a call from Johan telling me to get back on both crutches – the MRI had shown a stress fracture, although he could only see an area of inflammation indicated by an area of fluid. So, a stress fracture to the pelvis was the diagnosis. Then, of course, because this was my second stress fracture, bone density was questioned. So on the Monday, I returned to the London Clinic for a CT Scan and a bone density scan. The bone density was fine, the CT Scan showed nothing! Why does that not surprise me!!! For now, we are treating it as a stress fracture, I have been toe- touch weight bearing for the last three weeks, and am now down to one crutch. On Wednesday, I will go for a cortisone injection under x-ray control, so hopefully the stress fracture will be showing itself, as now, at almost 8 weeks, there should be some calcification going on in there! Here’s hoping!!!
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