@Eman85 Thank you for the reassurance about the grinding feeling! That puts my mind at ease, I was hoping it was common. Your OS sounds ace, that's really good that he checks in with you annually. Sounds like he's a good one!
Yeah I'm hoping I won't have to go back every 2 years like he said...
Hi @Jad26Aw So sorry to hear about your football injury. Were you big into sports? By the sounds of it, you'll be able to play again pain free soon, if you want to :) I'm really pleased for you that you're not in constant pain from the arthritis anymore, I can only imagine how sore and...
Thanks @Eman85 for your reply! Yes you're right, what's done is done and I can't get my hip back now. I have OCD and will ruminate a lot on certain things so I think it makes this process harder to accept but I'll get there eventually. Yeah the English surgeon was an butt in terms in how he...
Hi @Layla Thanks for writing to me! You are right, I can only go forward now. I think I'm still in the process of accepting that this has happened and coping with the changes. It was quite a traumatic experience, especially the public hospital that I was brought to first! The walls and floors...
Hi @djklaugh Thanks so much for your reply :) Yes, it has been quite traumatic and a whirlwind. I never thought I'd be coming back from holidays with a fake hip but here we are!! Thank you for your words of support and understanding.
Yes, I'm not sure what the English surgeon gained from...
Hi Jad. Thanks so much for reaching out to me. I really appreciate it. I'm so pleased to hear your experience has been positive and you don't regret anything. Did you have a condition that made you have to have a bilateral hip replacement? That's when both are replaced, right? Sorry, I'm very...
Thank you for your messages Jockette. Really appreciated. I will read through the info now. My surgery date was the 18th of October. Also, thank you for your words of encouragement x
Hi everyone. I recently had a THR (2 weeks ago) in Tunisia following a quad bike accident which caused a vertical break of my femur head. It happened on holidays! It was a floating fracture, grade IV on the Garden classification, the most severe type of fracture. The Tunisian surgeon told me...
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