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I did my "follow up" appointment - the orthopedic doctor in town rather than the guy a 3+ hour round trip away. It was just as useless as I feared it would be. He moved my leg around a bit (no x-ray) and expressed disappointment that the hospital had scheduled me with a different doctor than the one he'd specified. I had actually noticed this, called the hospital, and was told this was normal and should be fine since they're both orthopedic surgeons. ::shrug:: Anyway, he talked about surgery again (basically breaking my hip to try to correct the hip dysplasia) but said that if physical therapy seemed to be helping I could keep doing my exercises and see how things go.
If I have to go see someone again about my hip, I'll probably find a different doctor. Not sure yet who, but I don't trust this one at this point, and I feel like I'm repeatedly tossing my copay into a void. I know there's surgery in my future at some point, but it concerns that it's repeatedly the only option he talks about.