Hip Arthroscopy - anyone?

I found this online from Cedars Sinai

"Research has shown that proper use of exercise in the recovery process speeds healing; lack of it during the early stages may result in permanent disability, however. You need to move, but use comfort as your guide.

Typically you'll be offered crutches for comfort; it's up to you how much to use them. Though you can get up and walk around immediately, you'll be encouraged to take it easy for a few days. You may be given a cooling unit to take home, which works just like ice packs around the wound. After a few days, you'll return to your doctor's office to change the bandage.

Do the land exercises you've been assigned gently, as soon as pain allows. About a week after surgery, the stitches will be removed and a day or two later, you can get in the pool with no restrictions. Take your hip through its complete range of motion, if possible. If you feel pain, work only to our level of tolerance."

The labrum tear sounds like it could lead to total hip replacement if they don't correct the damage. Other treatment options I saw were rest, anti-inflamatory meds, physical therapy, cortisone injections and this surgery. If your Dr. isn't recommending those it may be because he thinks it's too far a long to use them and the arthroscopy is the way to go. I also found places where it said 6-12 weeks was the average recovery time so the 4-6 months may be a worse case scenario.

So it sounds like you will need to take pain meds to help with it but you can walk around soon and sounds like they recommend swimming. Do you have access to a pool? That may be your best source of exercise and walking. I don't know what you do right now but you can probably ease back into it as soon as your recovery time allows. I see by your ticker that you've already lost 26 lbs towards a goal of 28. I don't know if that's your ultimate goal but you are doing great. Maybe make this a time to focus on learning how to maintain weight.

Hope this helped some,
Joy