Surgery Diary: First Two Weeks

If you didn't already know, in January 2019 I injured my hip training. Thanks to Covid-19, it's been a long wait for surgery, but on the 14th of April, it finally happened! I know when I was waiting for surgery, I read a million blog posts on peoples surgery experiences, so I thought I'd make my own. I had surgery on my left hip for CAM impingement and a liberal tear on my left hip after two years of chronic pain. It's a relatively straightforward (but reasonably major) arthroscopic surgery, involving dislocating my leg to get a camera into my hip to get a good look at the damage and remove the CAM lesion. It is meant to be a day surgery, but I wasn't cleared to go home so ended up spending a night on the ward which I was actually very glad about! Week One! After my exciting night in hospital I was cleared to go home after being assessed by a physio on some stairs. Honestly, I was absolutely exhausted as I'd hardly slept that night and was in a reasonable amount...