Fight or flight
It’s been just over a week now since I’ve been told I need another operation, meaning my overall total will hit double figures. It would be very easy for me to sit and feel sorry for myself, my body has so many faults. I had my last operation (to my right hip) 7 months ago, and both my physio & consultant have advised that I am now strong enough to have the same operation to my left hip. I have femoroacetabular impingement & a retroversion of both femurs. It’s a condition that will ultimately lead to arthritis of my hips and knees, but the surgeons are doing all that can to preserve the natural joints. Of course there are no guarantees any of this will work, and I think (understandably) I’ve become more and more negative as this journey continues. I know this is no-ones fault though. Sometimes I wish it was, maybe then I’d have someone to blame, but I think this journey has been easier to accept because it wasn’t. This is the body I was born wit...