Tuesday, December 05, 2017

Blogmas Day five - Hip Dysplasia and me.


Something that a lot of you might not know about me is that I have a condition called Hip dysplasia. I've been wanting to write this post for such a long time as my condition is a huge part of who I am however I've never quite managed to get the words out. So if you are here today for a perfect post this most definitely isn't going to be it however if you would like to learn a little about hip dysplasia keep reading. 

There are two types of hip dysplasia the first is the type I have know as congenital dysplasia which means you were born with it and the second is developmental which tends to happen later on in life. Essentially I was born with pretty much not curvature in my right hip socket meaning the ball of my femur could slip about. As my case was quite extreme it wasn't picked up by the clicky hip test done at birth as my femur didn't have a socket to click out off. This meant that for the first eight years of my life I was in a lot of pain without knowing what the reason was. Once they eventually found the issue I had a hip reconstruction using bone from my pelvis. This left me in hospital for 10 weeks with my legs secured 3 foot apart with a metal bar. This meant at the age of eight I had to learn to walk again and was in a wheelchair for almost a year as I built back my strength. 

However this wasn't the end of my problems, as my femur had been slipping out of place for eight years it was twisted meaning I had to have it broken and a 15cm metal plate fixed in it to attempt to straighten it. Of course this metal work had to come out and two years afterwards it was taken out. I was lead to believe at that point I should be able to live fairly normal life with minimal pain until I would require a hip replacement at around 40. Unfortunately things weren't that simple and the degradation of my hip happened much faster than my surgeons were hoping. I now not only need a hip replacement but I am also awaiting surgery to attempt to move around some nerves in my thing to try and reduce some of the pain. 

I'm currently taking three painkillers a day as well as multiple other tablets to try and stop the painkillers doing too much damage to my body. Despite all this I am trying so hardy to push myself to live a life that is as normal as possible. I push through the pain on a regular day just like so many other people do and I couldn't be prouder of myself for not letting my disability totally consume me. 

If you would like to know more about hip dysplasia please have a look at the Hipdysplasia.org website which does a brilliant job explaining so many of the issues and things that come along with having the condition. 

19 comments:

  1. Sorry to hear you have this, but at least you can raise awareness for it x

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  2. you are so brave to talk about this, it's something I know sooooo little about so thank you

    xxx

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  3. Sorry to hear this love, thanks for sharing. Wishing you love and luck xx

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  4. It sounds like so much to deal with but you’re so brave and amazing x

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  5. Thank you for raising awareness about this condition and sharing your story. xx

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  6. This sounds so painful. I'm so sorry to hear that you are having to deal with this. It is amazing that you're not letting this get in the way of doing what you want x

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  7. This is such an informative post, thank you for sharing x

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  8. This post is really important because I didn't know anything this condition before reading this. I am so sorry to hear of all you have been through xx

    Beautylymin

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  9. Wow I can’t imagine how hard this must have been especially at such a yound age to go through so much. Such an inspiration xx

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  10. Ah my cousin has this, so I know a bit about it and I will forever remember the cast she had to wear with a stick between the knees to keep her legs apart x

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  11. Happy you decided to write about it! I think it's a great way to raise awareness. I wish there's progress made soon that will help reduce the pain you're feeling right now.

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  12. Thanks for sharing your story xx

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  13. Oh bless you this sounds so painful, I do feel for you as I also suffer with a lot of problems as well and spent years trying to find out exactly what mine was. I'm on medication now that helps a lot but it effected my everyday life and movement. it's not nice at all x

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  14. It's great that you've shared this to raise awareness - you've been through so much xx

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  15. It's so great you've shared your story lovely, I've heard people mention this but I've never known what it actually was :( xx

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  16. oh my goodness that sounds agony, so good of you to share your story, it can be so horrible going through something like that alone

    Erin || MakeErinOver

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  17. Thanks for sharing this and also raising awareness - I had never heard of this before x

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  18. You've been through so much, you are so strong! x

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  19. I had no idea you were suffering & im so sorry to hear that, it’s great you are raising awareness xxxx ❤️

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