Dee1P

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Running has been in 'my blood' forever, comes with the territory , African born, Kenya to be precise. Live in the UK now but worked for along time in South Africa at various game parks. 16/10/2020 X- Ray diagnosis Right Hip :- Marked bilateral degenerative narrowing of the weightbearing femoral acetabular joint space is demonstrated with articular sclerosis and associated pronounced left-sided acetabular and femoral neck rim osteophytosis. I continued running but at lower volume of training and fewer races. In the month of February 2023, i decided that i would stop running altogether, at which point i had run only 4 times in January 2023 and 4 times in February. The reasoning behind my decision to stop was to prevent further running induced deterioration of my bi-lateral osteoarthritis and hopefully resume my running after a resolution of some kind . April 2023, top London orthopaedic, specialising in Custom made hip replacement was recommended to by my Osteopath. The option was Total Hip Replacement (THR) and i opted for best possible choice, custom made Symbios prosthesis, manufactured in Switzerland that would enable me to recovery better, return to running should i wish to after my hip THR. From the outset, it was both hips would need to be replaced and the right hip would be first, as its worse of then the left. Although my running are over for now, i still trained 6 days weeks at the gym and outdoors, minus any form of running, until my scheduled surgery date, My overall health & fitness was paramount to my success later down the road. Along the way i had battles to overcome. I was struck down with Covid on 2 occasions, the second ended up with a trip to A & E and severe chest infection January 2024 - Then came the triple whammy of :- Strep Pneumonia Influenza A Influenza H And another A & E trip and hospitalisation for 2 days. Only Weeks before my L/THR surgery That had to cancelled and rescheduled to give me sufficient time to recover from my illness. Mini Posterior approach Surgery took place with Right Hip first on Wednesday 20th September 2023. 5 months later followed the Left Hip on Wednesday 21st February 2024. R/THR 20/09/2023 severe osteoarthritis L/THR 21/02/2024 severely degenerate osteoarthritic hip with synovitis, labral tearing, full thickness cartilage damage and massive osteophyte formation. Post-Op the right hip is at 6 months and the left hip at 6 weeks. I am not in any rush to start running again. My goal is to complete the set of the 6 Majors of Marathon, with only Berlin and Tokyo missing. When to resume running is question that is repeated constantly in my head but with the difference of 5 months between the respective surgery’s to factor in, the long lay-off from running, i would be grateful for any input regarding comebacks. I'm thinking of kick starting my running comeback from Wednesday 21st February 2025, 1 year Post-Op for Left hip THR. Aiming for Berlin 2025, Tokyo 2026.

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