THR I am titanium!

[Jamie]

I know this is not what you planned with your new hip. But it seems to me that you wouldn't want to stay with a problem hip when there is an excellent chance you can improve things with a revision. Please don't let the talk of possible complications weigh too heavily on your brain. You know, doctors have to mention all that stuff. But these serious problems don't happen frequently....it's just a risk. There is a much greater chance of things going well!!

Just be sure that the surgeon you choose has your confidence and trust....and that he does a lot of revisions.

 

[glynis]

Hi Calikat

If you want my advice...

(This is where you should start running for the hills, make representation to any deity you may choose to respect, and certainly, at the very least, switch off your computer.)

In answer to your query of Aug 16, I technically qualify as being a revision success story. I speak only very guardedly about this, for two reasons. One is that I am all too aware that there are still many things which could go wrong. (Breaking a metatarsal in my foot this summer, for instance - on the same leg as my operated hip - has set back my walking skills a little.)

But the other reason is that my problems were quite different from yours. And the point I am so laboriously getting round to making is that I really feel this will apply to anyone else you have contact with on the forum.

As always, I agree with Jamie. The most important thing is to have confidence in your surgeon.

It really doesn't matter if your workmate's sister-in-law's next door neighbour's ex-husband had a problem which sounds a lot like yours. Your problems sound quite complex, and are very specific to you.

The thing which seems to be apparent with long-standing hip problems is that, left alone, they don't generally tend to improve. It's a nasty thought, but it seems to be true.

All the best with the way ahead. And remember the age old adage: Into every life a little surgery will fall.

 

[Poppet]

Hip revision techniques are improving all the time and there is no reason to contemplate that you will have anything but a good quality of life afterwards. Surgeons are required to tell us all about the risks, but as Jamie indicated, they are risks and not necessarily going to be your outcome @calikat. It is scary, it is confusing, but with the right choice of revision surgeon you will be in good hands, they want the best outcome for you