One of our mods is a real poopiehead!

[KFC911]

If my memory is correct .... I might get away with this thread for a few daze. ..

Best to you Paul.... hope it all goes well !

[Seahawk]

Surgery did not happen. Doc got the most recent CV variant.

Back in queue.

Your assessment, however, is entirely correct

[KFC911]

Well.... that sux. I know you want to "get on with it" and put it in the rearview mirror....

[masraum]

Good luck with the queuing. Hopefully, you're back up to bat again soon.

[Seahawk]

I am really disappointed….the Doc is a great person and did my left hip seven years ago that remains in great shape and pain free.

I did the final pre-surgery checks three weeks ago and and he went into detail how CV changed a lot of post surgery protocols.

I’ll get there.

[GH85Carrera]

Paul. I had my hip done 10 years ago. It was a several days in the hospital, and slow recovery. My brother had his hip done just about a year ago. It was pretty much outpatient surgery. He went home the same day as the surgery! He was ordered to use a walker for a few days, and then a cane. He was walking his dog within the week, and driving a manual transmission car within a few weeks.

So the surgery has improved a lot.

And no doubt the dumbest thing I have done in my life was put off the hip replacement for as long as I did. 10 years of pain free walking. The only time I really think about it is stepping out of the shower, and I see my cool scar. I can't get chicks with my cool scar, as I have to drop my pants to show them, and for some reason they run away screaming as I moon them.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

And no doubt the dumbest thing I have done in my life was put off the hip replacement for as long as I did. 10 years of pain free walking.

I was still in the Navy when my left hip went south from numerous injuries, etc. I was hit by a car in college and lost 3/4 inch off my left leg. Almost 40 years walking and running at a list will cause some "issues".

With all due respect to Navy medicine, they were not at the time on the leading edge of hip replacement. I found the right Doc - he was recommended to me my a very highly respected Doc that looked at my x-rays and said: "I'm sending you to Scott."

He did the minimally invasive complete joint replacement and I was pain free for the first time in five years. I was home that night and driving in a few days.

Scott did tell me, "I'll see you in 5 to ten years for the right hip - you are going to up your activity level and it is just a matter of time before the right hip goes as well."

How right he was. Been chasing this for two years now, Another month or so won't matter.

[Halm]

FWIW, it sounds like Glen had a "Jiffy Hip." The surgeon uses an anterior approach. My wife did the same thing 3 years ago. Same post-op experience, recovery. Highly recommend.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Paul. I had my hip done 10 years ago. It was a several days in the hospital, and slow recovery. My brother had his hip done just about a year ago. It was pretty much outpatient surgery. He went home the same day as the surgery! He was ordered to use a walker for a few days, and then a cane. He was walking his dog within the week, and driving a manual transmission car within a few weeks.

So the surgery has improved a lot.

And no doubt the dumbest thing I have done in my life was put off the hip replacement for as long as I did. 10 years of pain free walking. The only time I really think about it is stepping out of the shower, and I see my cool scar. I can't get chicks with my cool scar, as I have to drop my pants to show them, and for some reason they run away screaming as I moon them.

My mom had a hip replaced a couple/few years ago. It was an inpatient procedure. She's going in for the other in about a week and a half. This time it's outpatient. She's in her 70s.

[GH85Carrera]

My mom had four hip replacements. The first ones were in the mid 1970s, and she wore them out, had them redone. She had to use a walker in her later years to get around.

My dad lived to 82 and died with his original hips.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Almost 40 years walking and running at a list will cause some "issues".

Moderate arthritis in left hip. I swear the muscle discomfort I have from compensating for the hip pain is more a PITA than than the hip itself.

I met a guy this summer at a party, 15 years my junior, who recently had a hip replacement. Almost first words out of his mouth were get it done ASAP.

[Racerbvd]

You will be out dancing in no time.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

I met a guy this summer at a party, 15 years my junior, who recently had a hip replacement. Almost first words out of his mouth were get it done ASAP.

The pain is real.

My Doc, Scott, and I spent about 1/2 hours going through what has changed with hip surgeries since I had my first one done. We also talked about the impacts of CV on out-patient care post surgery.

The actual procedure, the more non-invasive one I had the first time, is still very much the same except for improvement in materials and how they seal the incision. They glue the suture now.

Post surgery they get you home that day now. I didn't stay over the first hip replacement, which was unusual in those days. They found that staying overnight exposed patients to CV unnecessarily. They also do not recommend PT for at least five days and then not in home.

Lots of other nits but find the right Doctor and it is a blessing.

[smadsen]

Anterior here three years ago. Fell & broke hip Friday, 2PM. On the table Saturday at 7AM, little nervous. Woke up in recovery around 10AM. Took two laps around the ward around at 2PM (bubba had a hold of me, just in case). Took a nap after lunch. Home in time for Jeopardy. Used a walker for a week just for steady. It's magic, and to think 50 years earlier I'd have been a cripple for the rest of my life.

[Tobra]

Make sure they check to see if you are even afterward.

Yeah, bone pain is something, which is what the Arthur eyetis ends up as. That is why they use dental surgery to assess pain medications. It is practically 100% bone pain. Bone pain ain't no joke, only thing worse maybe is nerve pain, but it is not as reproducible.

Oh yeah, do as much PT as you can stand pre-op. Makes the hill a bit smaller on recovery.

[Steve Carlton]

You have my best wishes for a successful surgery and recovery, Paul. I would say I'm confident you'll come out fine, but I really feel like I know that to be the case.

[Skip Newsom]

Hope it goes smoothly for you!
(if not expedient at this point)

I've been considering starting the process- twisted and tore some ligaments in my left hip learning down hill skiing 40 years ago. It's continued to remind me of that left ski binding being set way too tight (thanks Steven's Pass rental ski gear techs!) and causing mischief... gotten worse over time of course. Back packing is not as much fun as it used to be and I miss it...
At that time my independent General Practitioner/Family Dr/Surgeon said "Don't do that to that hip again, otherwise I'll have to go in and repair it"

Oy!
Getting older is not for the wimps Mom used to say.

Good luck on a fantastic outcome!

[GH85Carrera]

My doc said once he got me opened up and cut my leg off, there was no scrap of cartilage, just bone on bone and some blood. I had not noticed, but as the cartilage wore away to nothing, I had a shorter leg on that side. I had adapted without knowing. When he put me back together, the new hip made that side a 1/8 inch longer than the other side. I had to adapt my walk to fit the new me. I don't even notice it now.

My brother said they locked both legs in boots to the table, and a robot did the cutting and placement of the prosthetics. He came out exactly even.







This is the style of parts I now have in me. Each part is adjustable before they put it in to make it fit each individual. So the ball and spike are screwed into the dark grey part.

I figure if extraterrestrials ever abduct me they will see the titanium body parts and know I am from an advance civilization and species. That or with my luck, they only abduct people to mine for titanium.

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

My Doc, Scott, and I spent about 1/2 hours going through what has changed with hip surgeries since I had my first one done.

Scott? From Cyberdyne? He does nice work!

[juanbenae]

Hope all goes well Paul. I've saved the links you sent me from your previous procedure. I met with the surgeon who will be doing my hip yesterday and really like him and his manner. won't get mine until after the 1st of the year cause I had a cortisone shot last week that has help a ton. hope it lasts until I get all the leaves picked up and hauled off...

researched the frontal and rear approach and the doc stated he only did the posterior method... im prolly gunna go forward knowing the downside cause im too fat for the anterior approach....