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I pulled the trigger today and scheduled THR for my right hip on November 17. I have a very significant protrusion and thin bone. The first OS I saw passed on the opportunity to do the job and said I needed a board-certified, fellowship-trained surgeon. The surgeon I saw today has those qualifications and is very experienced. He is confident he can do it he operation. He is the first person to look at my x-ray and not say “whoa!” He did surprise me with a plan to graft bone from my femoral head into the hip socket to reduce the protrusion. He will use a minimally-invasive posterior approach.
I hade THR of my left hip, anterior approach, five years ago. The joint is great, but I am still dealing with nerve damage and muscle weakness and atrophy. For that reason, I’ve been reluctant to do the other hip. A different surgeon did that surgery.
My hope and prayer is to come out of this with two stable, pain-free hip joints, legs that are matched in length, and no additional nerve damage. I don’t mind if recovery takes some time. I work full time at a school and I deliberately scheduled the surgery to use the Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks for recovery. I wasn’t planning to travel for the holidays in this Covid year, anyway.
I enjoyed the support of this forum last time around and have come back to it frequently to search for information.
I hade THR of my left hip, anterior approach, five years ago. The joint is great, but I am still dealing with nerve damage and muscle weakness and atrophy. For that reason, I’ve been reluctant to do the other hip. A different surgeon did that surgery.
My hope and prayer is to come out of this with two stable, pain-free hip joints, legs that are matched in length, and no additional nerve damage. I don’t mind if recovery takes some time. I work full time at a school and I deliberately scheduled the surgery to use the Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks for recovery. I wasn’t planning to travel for the holidays in this Covid year, anyway.
I enjoyed the support of this forum last time around and have come back to it frequently to search for information.