I was expecting a few months' waiting time -- but Boachie can see me March 16 !!! My husband's going with me so he can hear for himself how serious my problem really is (he's in a bit of denial). I was up at 4:30 this morning worrying about everything I need to do to get my family ready -- I need a year at least. The hard part for them to understand is that I look and act one hundred percent normal -- my clothes hide my hip deformity and I do everything, including yard work and housework (even though it hurts). I know I need the surgery, but I feel a bit as though I'm being hustled into it.
I keep thinking:what if I have the surgery and something goes wrong when I'm 70 and too old for a revision? Of course, one could argue that I'd be on oxygen by then anyway...but it seems to me that the decision to have or not have surgery is something of a crap shoot. You're forced to take the surgeon's word for it when they say you'll be deformed and breathless - but really, they're just making an educated guess !!!
Oi vay. Thanks for listening.
I keep thinking:what if I have the surgery and something goes wrong when I'm 70 and too old for a revision? Of course, one could argue that I'd be on oxygen by then anyway...but it seems to me that the decision to have or not have surgery is something of a crap shoot. You're forced to take the surgeon's word for it when they say you'll be deformed and breathless - but really, they're just making an educated guess !!!
Oi vay. Thanks for listening.
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