careybw
new member
I crushed my hip in 1949 and walked for 30 years with a Whitman's Reconstruction (no joint,but a screw holding my femur in the socket). I had a total hip replacement done in 1979(48 years old) and got along great after rebuilding muscles-worked and played golf,no tennis nor jogging.I was so active I wore it out in 13 years and had to take it out and put another one in (1992).The second hip is now almost 16 years old and I'm beginning to have some discomfort and will probably have to have it replaced soon.
My concern is getting this second hip joint out without splitting the femur and getting another prothesis to go in and hold. I am now 76 years old and have had 2 back surgeries to correct the scolosis and spondolosis all of which came from the way I walked using my tail bone for the 30 years without a hip joint.Hope you will read and respond to this long epistle. Thanks.
My concern is getting this second hip joint out without splitting the femur and getting another prothesis to go in and hold. I am now 76 years old and have had 2 back surgeries to correct the scolosis and spondolosis all of which came from the way I walked using my tail bone for the 30 years without a hip joint.Hope you will read and respond to this long epistle. Thanks.