Connected with my OS because I am a nurse one of the hospitals he does surgery in. His patients rave about him, many were elderly with other problems and some even had him do revisions of older surgeries. The infection control nurse said they very very seldom get notified of postop infections in his patients. So I had great confidence in him.
We did PT and hip injections-- for me it just delayed the inevitable.
Like many have said here, my life just became so limited and my sleep was terrible. He saw my x Ray's and showed me over the 3 years since my last ones he had done had worsened. It was the only option left so I gladly took it.
BTW,I had r hip done May 1 and left is scheduled for August 21st.
Because I wanted him to do it I consented to the time span between, never questioned what type of approach, or what type of hip I was getting.
I had hired him because he knows his stuff.
The surgery went well (my very first one at 62!) Recovery is a road for sure but it gets better every day.
I am amazed and grateful that this surgery exists and that the results are so good for the vast majority of people. No medicine is an exact science
But I picked a good surgeon, did as I was told and all is well.
I hope and pray no 2 goes well, no reason to fear the surgery, it is amazingly slick.
I have seen personally some complications with surgeries in patients who werent healthy going in, another reason I wanted it done now is that I am healthy.
I saw it all as reaching for a better life and turning away from the limits and the pain!!
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Yes! Finally! So happy to see you back.
