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  1. jss

    Shoulder Hemiarthropasty Lessons learned after hemiarthroplasty

    April 3rd was my ream-and-run. Per the doctor everything went according to plan. He replaced the humeral head with a stemless ball, reamed down the glenoid fossa to shape, reattached the bone shavings and then had the PA close me up. Now the process of healing. There were a number `lessons...
  2. jss

    I'm back after 9 years

    Like Designista, I used the BoneSmart resource before my hip resurfacing in January 2015. Now it's time for a shoulder. Three years ago I had a debridement of my left shoulder. The surgeon told me that I'd rubbed a hole in the hyaline cartilage on the humeral head and didn't have a lot left...
  3. jss

    Hip Resurfacing jss Resurfacing Recovery

    This past Wednesday, Jan 7, I got my Biomet hip resurfacing from Dr Gross in Columbia, SC. Almost everything went according to plan and we're now home. After surgery Dr Gross told me that contrary to what my MRI and MRA reports said, that I was bone-on-bone. Of course there are never any...
  4. jss

    Seeking knowledge and words of wisdom

    I'm so glad I've found y'all. There is a lot of experience and knowledge about THR on this site. I am a 52 year old marathon runner, Ironman, etc... I was hit by a car on my bicycle in 1973 (I was 10) and due to right hip pain I couldn't walk for weeks, and then limped for another year. The...

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