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That blooming hip again!

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Luckygirl Fri 31-Mar-17 18:45:25

I do have a perching stool and use it for conducting - it is not practical for performing because of the sort of "scaffolding" that choirs have to stand on. So I will glug some pain killers tomorrow - but there is a balance to be struck between pain relief and complete doziness! Bach requires one to be alert!!

I suppose what really frustrates me is that I had the surgery mainly because of the problems when conducting and singing - back to square one it would seem!!

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kittylester Fri 31-Mar-17 18:16:18

Sorry to hear that Lucky but I think you are making a wise decision. flowers

Could you at least lean on one of those perching bar type stools for singing? Or take prophylactic pain killers!! Not much help but all I can think of.

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Humbertbear Fri 31-Mar-17 16:38:22

I'm sorry about your pain. Can't you sit down at least for the rehearsal and why can't you sit down to conduct?

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Luckygirl Fri 31-Mar-17 11:59:08

Saw consultant yesterday and he had the scan results. There is no infection, but the diagnosis (as I had suspected) is "micro movement" of the prosthesis in the femur. It was clearly a mechanical problem, as the acute pain happens when I have been standing for a while and then take my weight off it - it is excruciating and I cannot put my weight on that leg for about a minute afterwards.

So....I have two choices: live with it or have it renewed (with no guarantee that it - or some other problem - will not recur).

So, since the surgery made me very ill before, I will just get on with living with it. It is a big problem for me when I am singing or conducting as I have to stand for longish periods - I am singing the St Matthew Passion on Saturday and that lasts 3 hours!!! + 2 hours of afternoon rehearsal. Wish me luck!

I told the consultant that it is never a good idea to operate on doctors' wives as something always goes wrong!

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