I fell in March 2024. I hurt my hip. It took 5 months to find a dr willing to do an MRI on my hip. Every note from every dr I had seen stated my pain was not in the place I said. My back, my tailbone, etc. It was my hip. My PCP ordered my hip MRI in August and I have a torn labrum in 2 places. I finally found a surgeon and for many reasons, I decided he was not the one. I was able to get an appt in Jax Mayo for Feb 19th. The surgeon right now, 12/2024, is booking surgery 3 to 5 months out. I expect if he is willing to do my hip replacement it will be 4-7 (?) months out by my Feb appt. So 2025 doesn't seem like it's going to be better than 2024, at almost 70 it's hard to just lose years. But I feel like I will finally be in good hands in Jax. I have to drive myself 6.5 hours to get there. Won't be easy (bad hip is my gas leg) but I will be there. Drive back. then wait for surgery and go from there. The only flights from my airport have a 5 - 6 hour layover in Atlanta. Best to just drive.

It's becoming a long wait everywhere you go. The surgeon here I was going to see, I wasn't going to even get to meet him till March with surgery scheduled for April 2025. If I didn't like him, the whole winter would have been wasted with an entire year basically sitting in a chair. I said no and called Mayo. Very happy I did.

And I've probably already said all this here. Maybe inside I needed to be reminded to feel grateful. I'm also having a little bit of cognitive issues so I've decided no more tramedol even tho I've only succumb to taking it for a couple of months, it's not the best for seniors. There are so many other things that happen to our bodies when in pain and on pain meds and not sleeping well for many many months, and alone, and still trying to be independent for a year, groceries, even laundry, etc. Our entire bodies pay the piper. I fell right when I turned 69. I hope to be better when I turn 71. I'll miss those two years when I'm 74...