Hip upgrade
 

Putting up with a failing hip joint for quite a few years, afraid of bad outcomes but I had to do something about it, so I saw an ortho surgeon and set up a surgery date.
cancelled surgery due to bladder cancer issue (resolved) but held things up for a month or so.

75 years old, go in for the operation @ 11:30am, out around 1pm. Dr. said joint was pulverized which explains the terrible pain. lol Home by 5:30pm with a new titanium joint, and walking!! Just some minor pain from muscles around the site. Went in from the front, and it enables the Dr. to get access without a lot of cutting muscle/tendons.


Anyway, 5 hrs in and out, and walking!

Good to hear! Do your therapy!

George

Waiting on PT now...

No matter how bad it hurts initially you HAVE to keep up the PT.

As someone with 1 leg shorter than the other and a hip that likely will be wearing out soon before I hit 50, I cheer you on and hope it leads to a restoration of normal life. And definitely do that PT and keep mobile!

I have a friend that recently had it done, and he tremendously regrets not doing it years ago. He's 57 and says he's completely pain free and back to playing golf, relearning how to swing since he doesnt have to compensate for the bum hip joint.

I've also had a hip replacement, with one leg about an inch shorter than the other.

My hip bothered me for many years. I was very close to having it done in the early 2000s, but I chickened out. I waited until I needed a cane to have it done.

I'm glad I waited. The doctor at the time recommended metal on metal. About ten years after I first signed up, I started seeing numerous lawsuits against metal on metal hip implants. It seems that wear was a problem with metal on metal, which put heavy metals into the blood stream. This was causing various problems such as congestive heart failure, lukemia, cancers, etc.

I finally got my hip replaced using a ceramic head with plastic liner. It's been working great for about six years now. I'll probably be going in for my left hip replacement this summer. Incidentally, my doctor went in through the side. The surgery where they go through the butt is more complicated and has longer recovery times.

I'm pleasantly surprised that I have what feels like a pulled quad muscle, as he went in through the front and only had to slide muscle aside to do the thing, and no muscle or tendon damage. They're saying apply full weight to the new hip and take "baby steps" while upping the walking time by more minutes each day or two. I do know it feels so much better putting weight on it, and the Dr. said the original was ground to dust, any further trying to walk with it could have gone really bad real quick.

Went through knee replacement surgery two years ago. My physical therapist had me taking pain meds BEFORE my appointments for the first six weeks so I would get used to doing my PT exercises. I had to walk 100 ft just after surgery; 600 feet before I could go home the next day. By my fifth day at home I wasn’t using my walker….until my wife sat it in front of me in while I was in the kitchen and gave me THAT look!

That does sound complicated , no further questions.

My Dad @83 just had a hip replacement about 2 months ago after a trip/fall on a curb.
He recovered and walked again quickly.
I'm not going to ask him which way they did his.

For anybody considering hip replacement, you might want to check this out.

Most older surgeons use the original method of going through the rear. I had mine done at Duke, and they use the newer method.

https://www.abmsparing.com/

My son has had two hip surgeries at Duke when he was in his early 40s and they worked well.....his recovery time was quick. Unfortunately he suffered a serious fall a few months ago (now 49) and broke his femur in 3 places.....is now scheduled for a femur replacement along with a new hip.

Best wishes for your son's operations and recovery, Carcrazy .
So sorry that happened to the young fellow.

I think Duke did my Dad's hip too.

I asked my friend for the old hip bone to make a shifter out of it. No dice. I am disappointed.

Too much football is bad for the body!

For sure on the football wear and tear.
My middle brother played 4A high school football.
We talked him out of college football.

A kid planning on being a heart surgeon didn't need any more head butts.

My son played for 11 years. Also cracked his C7 vertebra making a tackle and was concussed several times. He loved the game (still does) but it took a terrible toll on his body.