December 29, 2015
7-1/2 years on left and 3 years on right and still going strong. I cannot emphasize enough that it takes continued exercise, stretching and conditioning to keep your new (or old) hips going strong. Add a few pounds and go through a lazy spell and I will start to limp and clunk again.
April 8, 2010 – 46yr old scheduled 4/28 with Dr. Brooks in Cleveland. I will be traveling roughly 5 hours from SoCen PA. I am a nurse and cracking myself up that I have not met him but feel completely ready to GO! I feel like this is the right surgery for me and need to thank a patient I did a stress test on, who first mentioned this surgery as a possiblity and referred me to this website. And boy am I ready–this was quite a journey to get to this final month. At this point I am walking
In July of 2006, a month before my wedding and in the first year of my thirties, I thought I pulled a muscle in my thigh. I let it drag on for about six months, continuing my usual recreational activities of golf, softball, and ice hockey. Finally in January of 2007 my wife forced me to see a doctor as my pain had progressed to significant locking in my hip, shooting pain down my leg and an all encompassing discomfort with all activities and sleep.
This is when I learned, at age 31, I had no cartilage in my right … Read the rest
I just had a right hip resurfacing from Dr. Thomas
Gross in Columbia, South Carolina and wanted to provide some step by step
information that could help future recipients manage their trip, hospital
experience and recovery process in a more knowledgeable manner. I am a
nurse and that may give me a little different perspective that may be
useful. Anything I mention is only a suggestion and may not work for
everyone, but the more information you have the better decisions you can
make for yourself. Some of this information will be applicable to people
traveling to other Physicians and … Read the rest
July 20, 2009
5 days post op today. I am home, getting around on crutches pretty well. I
actually just tried one crutch so I could carry my cup of coffee over to the
computer and did real well! That was exciting.
My surgery went flawlessly according to Dr. Rector. He is awesome. If anyone
in or around Colorado is considering surgery, please look him up. Everybody
I spoke to in the hospital had nothing but great things to say about him.
The nurses and staff at Boulder Community were so nice and caring as well.
And Boulder is a … Read the rest
My hip journey starts like a lot of people , was very active
and started to get pain in the groin and front of my left hip this was November
2007.
I was running 50 miles a week preparing for a December
marathon so I just ran though the pain. In February 2008 as I was training for
my April marathon by now the pain was starting to slow me down , so in May I
went to my Family Dr. and he ordered a MRI. When the MRI showed very little
joint space that’s when I started looking at … Read the rest
Oct. 9, 2009
Amazed by the results – Schmalzried
I am a 44 year old who (much like a Golden Retriever) was
apparently born with dysplasia in my right hip. Never really bothered me
growing up though I would have a little pain when I walked a long way and
never knew why. Around age 33 my hip started to ache more often and for more
prolonged periods. By the last couple of years I would go a week or two with
slight pain then one to four weeks of significant pain that made it hard to
sleep and impossible
Right BHR 2009 Dr. Klug
I had surgery on November 10, 2009. I am 4+ weeks post-BHR surgery on my
right hip. Dr. Raphael Klug of Kaiser Roseville CA was my surgeon.
I’m a 59-year old post-menopausal woman. Previous to my year of increasing
hip pain and surgery, I was an active stone sculptor. Exercise for me
consisted of water aerobics and walking. I had been experiencing unusual
thigh pain. It was as if my muscles just gave out. I could barely walk. My
general practitioner referred me to a sports doctor. The sports doc
immediately steered me to an … Read the rest
I am 59, and the op was Nov. 09 We had a lot of snow and ice here after
my op and in the UK we are not very well geared up for clearing the
pavements so I couldn’t walk much outside. I think that
might have kept me on the crutches for a longer time. I had a good physio
and did the exercises she gave me. I had steristrips and a waterproof
dressing so could shower from
day 1.
The replacement is a Mitch Per bone conserving mini-hip
replacement developed by Mr. Field and Prof. Rushton ( Cambridge)