The time has come!

It has happened. I'm 25 and last Wednesday I went to the hospital for surgery to fix a birth defect I have known as femoral anteversion. I guess I must leave the sub, as I have a broken femur now. On Wednesday, they cut my femur in half, rotated the head of it into the socket of my pelvis, shoved a rod in there, and secured it with two screws and two nails. The biggest question is, as far as a broken bone goes, does this count since I had to have it done medically?

For anyone wondering, both my femurs are like this, my right side is only 25% anteverted, but my left hip was 41-42% anteverted. I've struggled with activity for a long time and when I began working a warehouse job things got substantially worse. I went to four different orthopedic people to figure out what was wrong with me. The original doctor back in 2021 thought I was just missing some cartilage between my femoral head and pelvis. Symptoms subsided for a while after the first hospital visit back then. I ignored it for a while. Push came to shove and I had to get a better job and for a while it seemed like I was just sore. After that it started taking longer to heal from work. Then I was just in pain. It didn't matter how much or little I worked, I was just hurting.

Earlier this year, I started getting MRIs to try and figure out what was wrong. I tried steroids with doctors request, those didn't touch the pain as well as making me extremely sick. I was referred to a surgeon who took a look at the CT I had gotten and he recommended that I do surgery.

Last Wednesday, I finally got the surgery done. It's been a long time coming and I am excited for what the future holds. Maybe I can even run! Femoral anteversion can cause pinching of nerves, tendons, and muscles, including the sciatica nerve. I was pressing everything with how far I was anteverted in my left leg and could almost consciously feel my bones bumping together as I moved for the last month or so while waiting on everything. It all makes sense now. I did have intoeing as a child, but being a little girl, I was pretty much ignored on how much it hurt me to walk straight.

If y'all have other questions please ask! I'd love to share, this is a really cool thing for me. I tried to answer what I thought might be frequently asked questions. Thank you for reading!