Sorry about the lack of Southeast asia posts, I'm still in the states but do have things to write about Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia but it's been a full time job coping with the hip I damaged while working out and running at 9-13 park in Saigon the middle of February. While in Saigon I tried using traditional western doctors, the a course of acupuncture through a traditionally trained Chinese doctor. Hobbled back to the USA, first diagnoses was a hip flexor problem, couple weeks of therapy with no results, then an MRI. diagnosed it's cause as Avascular Necrosis ,irreparable other than cutting out the hip and transplanting a new man made one in it's place. THe surgery was done on 7/31/2013 and now I'm in the nist of recovery and relearning to walk on my left leg.
Now it's Sunday, August 18, and things are improving, stopped the pain meds yesterday and the pain in tolerable but my stomach is queasy, guess it misses the narcotics. Making a couple trips a day up and down from my second floor apartment with minimal drama but very slowly.. Still using a walker, you know one of those things that mostly older people (hate to think of it but guess I'm one also) hang on too and push around but working on replacing it with a cane (Got this cool old antique cane that my great, grandfather brought with him from Europe) though hope be walking unassisted soon.
Still fighting the anxiety of knowing my hip repair was done by cutting into my butt to reach inside and disassemble my left hip, then cutting off the ball on my femur and installing a metal and ceramic replacement, (drill and force fit) reassembling the hip and sewing me up, Good to go, yikes!
Wish me luck and I'll do my damndest to get us from beyond but back to Southeast asia.
Thanks for your interest - Doug
