Long story short I severely boogered up my left hip in the Navy and as a result within probably 2 years I will have to have a hip replacement and am kinda curious what your turn around time was? I have already had surgery to remove the shredded labrum and grind down bone growth and arthritis hurts all the time.
And because my left hip is boogered up I am abusing my right one, so I am reasonably confident it will need to be replaced as well.
Can they do both at the same time?
My wife had her right hip replaced almost 2 years ago.?ÿ She's a pretty active gal (ran track in HS and college), and wasn't happy with her rate of recovery.?ÿ No problems with the replacement joint itself, but getting all those atrophied and surgically-traumatized muscles back into high gear has taken time and a *lot* of work (icing, stretching, exercising, PT visits).?ÿ?ÿ She has finally gotten to the point where it doesn't give her any trouble.?ÿ Our hikes in the Yosemite high country this year were without incident.?ÿ She's not even taking ibuprofen anymore.
I wouldn't recommend getting both done at once.?ÿ One at a time is bad enough.
From what I'm told; PT is the key to any surgery of this type; and the following recovery time:
- Listen to your doctor.
- Do what your therapist tells you.
- Try to do a little more, on your own, than they recommend.
- Looking up, on the internet, information about what you had done, wouldn't hurt either.
Good luck, with what ever you decide to do!
You are in luck, kinda. You are kinda young. Hips are old-tech... been doing them for 40 years or more.
Sister in-law is 71, and overweight... both knees had been replace in the last decade, and half dozen vertebrae in her lower back have been fused.
Not an ideal candidate at all.
Before surgery she was using a walker all the time, always in pain.
She had one hip replaced this summer, late June I think. After a couple months she was scooting around without assistance, doing well now I believe.
Damn, I need to call and check.
If you can, drop any excess weight now. Better for now, and surgery, and for recovery.
Best of luck.
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"Can they do both at the same time?"
"If?ÿboth?ÿknees or?ÿboth hips?ÿneed?ÿreplacement, some doctors recommend doing?ÿbothknees or?ÿhips?ÿat the?ÿsame time?ÿduring the?ÿsame surgery. ... The?ÿhip surgery?ÿusually is?ÿdone?ÿfirst, because a painful knee?ÿwill?ÿnot interfere too much with successful rehab after?ÿhip surgery."
One day hip replacement in Naples Florida:?ÿ
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"Can they do both at the same time?"
"If?ÿboth?ÿknees or?ÿboth hips?ÿneed?ÿreplacement, some doctors recommend doing?ÿbothknees or?ÿhips?ÿat the?ÿsame time?ÿduring the?ÿsame surgery. ... The?ÿhip surgery?ÿusually is?ÿdone?ÿfirst, because a painful knee?ÿwill?ÿnot interfere too much with successful rehab after?ÿhip surgery."
One day hip replacement in Naples Florida:?ÿ
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Interesting that they do both at the same time but?ÿI can assure you I will not go to Naples Florida for major surgery.
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Im having my left hip replaced Nov 30 in Nashville. Xrays a couple years ago showed bone on bone. Odd thing is it really doesnt hurt much when I walk, but sitting, standing, and laying in the bed, or getting up out of a chair, or bending over to tie shoes is when it hurts. Also makes knee ache. Tylenol Arthritis every day really helps. Dr says it will be out-patient since Im in good shape otherwise and I havent let it go too long. They go through the front now which causes less muscle damage and recovery is easier. Said I could drive in 2 weeks and expect pretty much full recovery in 6 months. PT seems to be the key to that.?ÿ
"I will not go to Naples Florida for major surgery."
I would, but it's your hip.?ÿ ??ÿ
They go through the front now which causes less muscle damage and recovery is easier.
Anterior versus posterior seems to be more a matter of what the surgeon prefers, which is usually what he/she has the most experience with.?ÿ I've heard good stories about both, and bad stories about both.?ÿ I can't remember which my wife had.
"I will not go to Naples Florida for major surgery."
I would, but it's your hip.?ÿ ??ÿ
I just heard this last week from a friend with direct experience. ?ÿHe learned the hard way that Florida is where bad surgeons go to hide behind some sort of state law. ?ÿNote, he did not say that all Florida surgeons are bad, just be careful and do your homework.
