Yes, it's been 5 years since my hip replacements, and all is well. I phoned my surgeon as directed to make an appointment to see him for my 5-year checkup and his office told me that if everything was okay, he didn't need to see me.
So, that's it, very lucky, blessed, to have had the surgeries and have had everything work out well.
I'm not anticipating any (or at least many) new blog posts. The whole story is here.
If I can offer one word of advice to prospective hip replacement candidates it's this: do your post-op exercises and don't stop. I've continued now for 5 years, am as flexible as ever.
If I get two words of advice: My doctor, Dr. Buly, at the Hospital for Special Surgery, and his team and the entire hospital are terrific, outstanding, excellent.
So, that's it. Good luck.
So, that's it, very lucky, blessed, to have had the surgeries and have had everything work out well.
I'm not anticipating any (or at least many) new blog posts. The whole story is here.
If I can offer one word of advice to prospective hip replacement candidates it's this: do your post-op exercises and don't stop. I've continued now for 5 years, am as flexible as ever.
If I get two words of advice: My doctor, Dr. Buly, at the Hospital for Special Surgery, and his team and the entire hospital are terrific, outstanding, excellent.
So, that's it. Good luck.
Congratulations on having a healthy recovery! My grandfather had to get his hip replaced for falling off a ladder and he still is trying to recover. I might actually use your advice and have him do some post exercises and see if that will help him improve. http://www.oamkg.com/patient-education/total-hip-replacement-surgery.html
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ReplyDeleteGet well soon.Nice post it would be greatly helpful for people who are in need of thoughts before and after hip replacement surgery.
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