I got good news and bad news today.
My hip ortho doc recommended I have hip replacement surgery. I consider this good news. The diagnosis is osteoarthritis with subchondral cysts, and I’ve been dealing with hip pain and inability to do various activities such as hiking and even lap swimming without pain for almost a year and a half. After losing 15 lbs and doing PT exercises every day except one for the past 3 months, with no real change, the doc recommended hip replacement. I’m actually kind of excited about this because I’ve read and heard that recovery is pretty quick for most people and most feel great afterwards and wish they’d done it sooner.
The bad news - I had a fall in March that resulted in a partial thickness tear of my rotator cuff. I’ve done 8 weeks of PT plus daily exercises, and the pain is really bad, worse than when I started. Pain wakes me up 2-4 times every night. The bad news is that my shoulder doc thinks I need surgery to repair it. Ugh. Shoulder surgery has a much longer recovery.
If anyone has had both of these surgeries, what are your thoughts on the order to do them? The shoulder is much more painful, so fixing it first seems logical. Also I’ve read that delaying repair of the rotator cuff can actually cause more damage and make the ultimate repair more difficult. OTOH, recovery from hip surgery is usually quicker so maybe get that taken care of first?
My hip ortho doc recommended I have hip replacement surgery. I consider this good news. The diagnosis is osteoarthritis with subchondral cysts, and I’ve been dealing with hip pain and inability to do various activities such as hiking and even lap swimming without pain for almost a year and a half. After losing 15 lbs and doing PT exercises every day except one for the past 3 months, with no real change, the doc recommended hip replacement. I’m actually kind of excited about this because I’ve read and heard that recovery is pretty quick for most people and most feel great afterwards and wish they’d done it sooner.
The bad news - I had a fall in March that resulted in a partial thickness tear of my rotator cuff. I’ve done 8 weeks of PT plus daily exercises, and the pain is really bad, worse than when I started. Pain wakes me up 2-4 times every night. The bad news is that my shoulder doc thinks I need surgery to repair it. Ugh. Shoulder surgery has a much longer recovery.
If anyone has had both of these surgeries, what are your thoughts on the order to do them? The shoulder is much more painful, so fixing it first seems logical. Also I’ve read that delaying repair of the rotator cuff can actually cause more damage and make the ultimate repair more difficult. OTOH, recovery from hip surgery is usually quicker so maybe get that taken care of first?