MissMoo
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I'm 41 and was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my right hip about 5 years ago, after suffering pain for 3 years prior to that. I've lived with it for this long and I'm an extremely active person. However in May the pain took a significant turn for the worse and I went back to my GP. To cut a long story short, I'm now scheduled for THR in November. I am in pain almost all the time; I have a noticeable limp, I'm taking Mobic 15mg daily and some nights I have trouble sleeping.
However, I remain very active, I do taekwondo 3 times a week and participate in other sporting activities. It hurts and my movement is becoming progressively restricted, but I do it anyway. I suppose ultimately its down to me to make the judgement call but I'm worried that I'm expecting too much from the surgery. My surgeon is Stephen McMahon in Melbourne, who has an excellent reputation, and has reassured me that I'll be able to resume an active lifestyle but I always come up against the caveat 'of course we're used to performing this surgery on people much older than you'. I've seen 4 surgeons across these 8 years (2 back in the UK and 2 here in Australia) and they all say something much along these lines.
What I'm really asking is - should I be having the surgery early, electively, while I am still fit and active, albeit in pain and deteriorating, or do people think I'm being stupid and should just slow the heck down with life and wait? I'd also be really interested to hear from very physically active 30 or 40-somethings who have made the decision one way or the other.
Thanks for reading.
C
However, I remain very active, I do taekwondo 3 times a week and participate in other sporting activities. It hurts and my movement is becoming progressively restricted, but I do it anyway. I suppose ultimately its down to me to make the judgement call but I'm worried that I'm expecting too much from the surgery. My surgeon is Stephen McMahon in Melbourne, who has an excellent reputation, and has reassured me that I'll be able to resume an active lifestyle but I always come up against the caveat 'of course we're used to performing this surgery on people much older than you'. I've seen 4 surgeons across these 8 years (2 back in the UK and 2 here in Australia) and they all say something much along these lines.
What I'm really asking is - should I be having the surgery early, electively, while I am still fit and active, albeit in pain and deteriorating, or do people think I'm being stupid and should just slow the heck down with life and wait? I'd also be really interested to hear from very physically active 30 or 40-somethings who have made the decision one way or the other.
Thanks for reading.
C