Arthrogram MRI

So I have now lost 5 lbs. Not a big deal to some. But for me any loss is tremendous to me. When I started to lose weight with Weight Watchers a few years ago my weight has gone up and down and over all with WW I lost 25 though it took about a year. So I have been working with a personal trainer at a new gym my husband and I signed up with and so far I am pretty happy there. They took all the measurements, weight, BMI and fat %. So We signed up and its been almost 2 weeks. So for my 5 lb weight loss that is about 2.5 lbs a week which is pretty good and healthy for weight loss. I weigh 259 now so that means I need to lose 89-99 more lbs! Its a lot man. But I am plugging away at the gym. I wont let any lazy doctors treat me bad and make me feel terrible again. I think it was easy for me to just cry it out and too easy for me to turn into "poor me." But not anymore. That surgeon, Dr. C. will NOT be doing my surgery. Referrals were sent to Dr. Mayo and Dr. Downer and we will see what they say.

Dr. C was talking about me having a labral tear because i am having a lot of impingement in the front of my hip when I walk, straighten my leg all the way and have sex. Also I am seeing a loss of stability when I make a small step with my foot slightly turned out with weight supported on that leg. Sometimes I almost fall down because I feel like my leg is not strong enough to support me. Also pretty painful. From what I just read online, the labrum is the soft tissue around the socket and can be damaged by vigorous exercises and sports. ( http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hip-labral-tear/DS00920 ) 

So now, all of the things going on in my hip are:
I need a PAO.
I have sciatica at times but I use PT exercises daily to treat that so does it not effect me much any more.
I now have sacroiliac joint pain from misaligned walking. This is painful!
I may have a Labral tear. Waiting for an Arthrogram MRI.
I may have arthritis in the joint (I am 28!!)
And I may  have more damage that a PAO may not help. Good thing for second opinions!

So right now I am waiting to schedule an Arthrogram MRI. Where the DR's usually inject a lidocain or similar into the socket and then inject gadolinium into the joint. They take x-rays and then wheel you down to get the MRI. I have not personally had this done yet but when I do I will put my experience here. From other blogs I see majority say the needle part is not very bad but many people have soreness, and stiffness for a while. Just to make sure I will bring someone with me so they can drive me home because its my right leg. Some people say they had the hardest time in the MRI because you have to stay still and its a very small space and feel claustrophobic. When the nurse did the questionaire on me she asked all these questions. Am I claustrophobic? No. Do I have any metal in my body, shrapnel, pace maker etc? No. Though when she asked me I had a sudden thought that maybe there is a staple left in my stomach from my c-section or the dental fillings i may have some metal in there. I was a little scared and my immediate thought was of being in the MRI and since it is magnetic maybe the metal would be sucked out? I don't know if it works like that but I was freaked for a moment lol!

And now I am going to add a couple tickers to my blog one for weight loss and one for BMI. It will have my start weight from 2 weeks ago and my goal weight and same for BMI.