Hip - Hip Hooray!!! It has been over 3 months since surgery
Seriously!?!?!?!?!? How can it be over 3 months since the replacement of my left hip????? The bigger question....why do I not have time to write this blog????!!!! Well....answer.....PT, GYM, WORK, LIFE!! All so very important! Let me go a little back in time ..... 6 weeks post op..... I had my follow up 6 week postop appointment with my surgeon, Dr. Sherman on 10/20. I also happened to have an appointment at my Rheumatologist on the same day. My first appointment was with the Rheumatologist. It is still being recommended that I begin a biologic for treatment. This is such a difficult decision for me as there is a part of me that is looking for "solid evidence" that I truly have RA. Yes; there are clinical findings and my joints are a mess but there is no defining blood work associated with the diagnosis. I continue to consider the recommendation. In the meantime, I am back on Sulfasalazine for managing inflammation, pain and joint stiffness. Off to Dr. Sherman I went! I alw