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This is my story
Ok so my story, well where do i start.
I was born with a congenital hip deformaty to both hips, my left(L) was worse than my Right(R). Anyway it wasn't picked up untill i was three and i then spent 6 weeks in traction to pull my hips in to elinement and then operated on and put in a plaster cast of both my legs. I was monitered up till i was 16 and then I was old that my hips would need replacing when i got older but not till my late 40's. Which is still very early,
So i got on with my life.
I have always struggles with my weight even when i was a child, i was sent to weight watchers at 10 with my mum and the hospital dietian many many times.
In 2000 i started my nurses trainin at southapton university, childrens branch. Copleted my training in 2003 and begain to work at my local hospital. I had been getting pain in my L hip for several months but decieded to ignore it and just carry on. After a few months the pain go worse and in Jan 2004 i went to the doctors and they did and x-ray of my hips and discovered i had Ostio-arthritis in my hips and that was what was causing me pain. i struggled on at work determined that i wasn't going to let all my hard work go to waste.
In July 2004 i whent to my graduation and they provided park and ride buses, of which i tripped off and hurt my back and hip. I was signed off work for 2 weeks initially with strong pain killers. To cut a long story short the pain dittent get any better in fact it got worse i was unabel to walk any where without pain in hips and back and i was eventally medically discharged at the age of 28.
My consultant saw that the L was too far gone to correct and it would need replacing, however the R he wanted to repair to prolong it's life. I was about 16 stone at this point, but as my mobility reduced I struggled more with my weight.
2005 My father died in the March six weeks before my wedding, my brother gave me away and it was a lovely day i just know he was with us. We had a lovely Honeymoon in Cancun Mexico which was fantastic. 30th June i went in to hospital to have my R hip repaired. My hip was broken in 4 place and then the joint was repotioned. The idea being that the body would re-grow the bone and my hip wouid be in a better poition thus helping it to last longer. I was in Hopital for 4 weeks. My weight rocketed in this time as i was pretty much bed bound as i was not allowed to put more than 10% of my weight through the operated leg and i struggled to this so was given a big frame to use to walk with.
They noticed that my protien levels dropped v low post op and as i needed this to help grow th bones i was put on a High Portien Diet, inculding 3 Milkshakes that had 300 caloires each and i had to have 3 a day = 900 extra calories on top of what i ate.
After 4 weeks they said i could go home.
