Have you had a hip replacement?

[luvwinnie]

and you be willing to give some encouragement here to someone I know who is getting this done tomorrow? THanks!

 

[Disney Ontario]

Good Luck. I didn't have one YET. I am only 42 but already had both my hips done. I guess they said that my balls were showing over the sockets. So at two different times they broke my socket and moved it over. OUCH A long recovery, and he said that the last one he could of done better. THANKS now, for both hips have arthridus in them, and he is long moved away.
Thanks for a vent, now back to you. I know they don't like doing them untill your older in life but if it helps the pain. Keep us updaited please.

 

[DawnCt1]

DH had a hip replacement when he was only 49. He had severe osteoarthritis due to landing in a tree when he was in Special Forces. He ran for years on it anyway, then switched to swimming and then even that was difficult. He finally made the decision to do it and he is more than happy with it. We can go on very long hikes, and the only limitations he has now is that he cannot run and he cannot do Army sit ups. The angle is wrong so he does an modified sit up. I forget that he had it done until we go through the metal detector when we fly. He gets wanded down, held up but that's about it. If he had it to do over again, he would have done it sooner.

 

[Servants of Evan]

My boss has had both hips replaced by one of the top docs in the country. He's as good as new. He went with the ceramic "grow-in" type where the tubular mesh is driven into the femur and the bone grows in and through it forming a more solid joint than the quick "glue-in" type. Follow your doctor's advice on recovery and you should be fine.

 

[luvwinnie]

Thanks! It's not me...it's my coworker's brother.