I can't believe it has been so long since I followed up my last post. The goal was to finish it off the next day, but I guess life got in the way.
When we last left our hero, he had just been told that he couldn't do any running for 6 months. Or was it only a few miles for 6 months. Our hero was just as confused as you are.
Ok, the comments that were left echo exactly how I was feeling: you gotta find someone that knows what they are talking about. I didn't feel confident that I would find anyone around here that could help me. I mean, the guy I had been dealing with is supposed to be one of the best around here. He even consulted his "hip specialist" and neither of them gave me the warm and fuzzy's.
Back to the internet I went. One name kept popping up during my search, Dr. Marc Philippone. Dr. Philippone is a hip guy; no, THE hip guy. That's his speciality. He does something like 500 arthroscopic hip surgeries a year. He is a consultant for the NHL, has worked on golfers and football players. My savior, at least that is what I was hoping.
Dr. Philippone is out of Vail, CO. I decided to give him a call half expecting not to hear back. Well, the next day is nurse called me. We ran through a questionnaire and she told me to gather up all my x-ray's, MR's and reports and mail them out. After a week or so, they will call me back with the next step in the process. If I do end up needing surgery (and hopefully that is years from now) I think he is the one I want doing it.
One of my friends asked me why I need to contact a dude in Vail, CO when there are plenty of doctors around here that could probably help me. I told him that I am just too young to be hurting for the rest of my life because of crappy surgery. If Dr. Philippone tells me to stop running for 6 months, i'll do it. I'll do it because the hip is what this guy does. He isn't a shoulder guy or a spine guy.
I mailed the images off yesterday--2 day express. I am hoping to hear something next week. I will keep you posted!
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