Explanation and Description

T-36 days. And 98 till my birthday! Right, London?

THE CLEVER, CLEVER PUN EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE MISSING:
(maybe because I didn't explain it enough.)
Everyone started asking about my title, Kung PAO, and why I had called it that.
Duh, I thought, because a periacetabular osteotomy is called a PAO. Everyone knows that. And then it struck me that everyone may not know that. Even my sister had a sticky point connecting synapses.
Leave it to me to use a pun that goes over most everybodies heads. Oops. So my goal today is to inform the ill informed.
I'm getting a periacetabular osteotomy for my major surgery. Shortened, it is called a PAO. The main mechanics of it involves cutting out my bone socket, rotating it several degrees, then screwing it back in. X-rays to come later. The reason reason for pain and the surgery is that the (irreplaceable) cartilage is being worn down by the uneven pressure on the socket. This causes pain. Ok, here's my brief glossary:
PAO: periacetabular osteotomy; 'peri' meaning around, 'acetabular' referring to the acetabulum, 'osteo' as in bone, and '-tomy' as in an operation.

OS: Orthopaediatric surgeon. He works with the anatomy and physiology of bones, mostly.

Hip Dysplasia: Where a head of the bone is "displaced" from the socket. That may not be the actual origin of the word, but that's basically it.

NWB: Non-weight bearing. Means no pressure on the joint. Hence, the crutches.

PWB: Partial weight bearing. Figure it out.

Acetabulum: The socket, basically. It is the anatomical name for the bone in that region.

Did I skip anything? Probably. More to come in future, probably. Maybe I should open up every post with the "Dysplastic Word o' the Day".