First followup since surgery. All hardware looks good (and there is a lot of it, yikes) and bone bits are in the correct positions. If I play nice with no load bearing for 5 more weeks I should have a good hip to start PT with. Ribs and collarbone are all looking on the way to good also.
Unfortunately, as the rest of the pain and swelling has deminished it’s become clear something is wrong in my left knee also. Everything is consistent with a torn meniscus. Near term, the treatment course is the same, rest and anti-inflammatories. If that doesn’t work then a shot, and if that doesn’t work surgery on the knee. That would suck, but it isn’t a shattered hip, so I’ll deal with that if and when the time comes.
Its becoming increasingly likely my long course triathlon days are over as even in the best recovery case 40+ mile running weeks are going to wear the hip out quickly given the cartilage damage that nothing can be done about. However, all the doctors tell me that they see no reason I can’t return to 7-10k mile years on the bike again, just need to get through the rest period. Given how things have gone, baring a setback (knee surgery), I may still be able to race the L’etape this July. My goal will certainly change from top 10% to “just stay in front of the sag wagon”, but I may still get my alpine race.
I also now have all the x-ray and CT scans before and after...WOW! It is amazing what a skilled surgery team can rebuild, and also, I'm never getting through a metal detector again.
Edit: Note that I'm actually really happy with this visit. My fear going into this was the hip wasn't healing properly, and it is healing properly. Everything else is a relatively minor problem.