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Originally Posted by juanbenae
If you don't mind me asking how old are you? Hip replacement is a family tradition here. My sister had her 1st one done in her late 30's, second one in mid 40's. She was a runner so she wore them plum out. My pops had his both done early 60's. I had my right one done 2.5 years ago at 57. Too many miles walked inspecting paving projects & genetics did mine in.
My left one is starting to hurt some, but nothing like the one that was replaced, the last year I could hardly walk. I'm 59 now and will likely try to get the left done before I'm 65 and on Medicare. My insurance is too good to not consider it if it's even close.
The recovery from the procedure itself is so quick why kick the can down the road. Unless a minor orthoscopic is all ya need, just get the titanium installed..  |
I am 60, but still feel like 30 in my mind.
The hip is a result of milage more than age, 22 years in the Army. I had a ski wreck in 2002 in Austria. It was an epic day and I fell out of bounds in some deep powder, ski didn't come off and leg was behind me and twisted. The result was a knee scope and torn hip labrum. Add to that, a natural fusion of S4 and S5, and the nearly fused S5 to S1. Plus a butt ton of arthritis in the SI joint. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention the torn labrum in the other hip. Hard living...
So Doc #2 is interested in a clean up job vice straight replacement. He's done 3 other family members, to include my 91 yo FIL's knee about 4 years ago. Imagine being in your late 80s and your knee replacement blows up and you have to get a new one, that's exactly what happened.