I had my left hip done in 2018, came out very well. For the most part, I came out better to wait. I looked at having my hip replaced in the early 2000s. At that time, the doctor I was seeing was pushing metal on metal hip replacements. Then about 4 - 5 years ago, I started seeing all kinds of legal advertisements for people who had metal on metal hip replacement. It seems the plating on the metals was wearing off, causing heavy metals to enter the blood stream. Bone cancer, congestive heart failure, liver failure, and a number of other issues were the results of wear. When I decided it was finally time to get it replaced, I changed doctors and got a better option.
It was done as outpatient. I was not put under full anesthesia. The doctor gave me a nerve block in conjunction with the Michael Jackson juice. The nerve block lasted about two days. So days 3 - 5 were worse than days 1 & 2.
So overall, I'm pretty happy with the outcome so far. My right hip is totally pain free, but it took a few months to get there.
Mike
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