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Hello All,
Just thought I'd post a note. I had a C+ installed in my left hip by
the fabulous Dr Harold Boyd on 10/10/02 at the ripe old age of 40.
After over 5 years, I don't even think about having had a hip
replacement.
I was playing golf at about 6 weeks & recovered nearly fully by 12
weeks.
Speaking of golf, I play 2-3 times a week & rarely use a cart. My
handicap is 5 & 2 weeks ago I shot my best- a 68!
I have played quite a bit of basketball as well, though sometimes
I'm a little too sore the next day- don't know if that's due to the
hip or just getting a little old.
I have tried to spread the word about hip resurfacing to all who
would listen. Unfortunately, living in a rural part of the Oregon
coast, there is only basically one ortho clinic & none of the docs
have heard of or believe in this fantastic procedure. I personally
know 2 people in their mid 50's who asked me about & saw me recover
from my replacement. After I preached the gospel about my experience
& pointed them to the available info, they were apparently dissuaded
by the same doc that told me to wait until I was crawling & even
suggested fusing my hip. You would think some show like 60 mins
would like to follow up some stories like that.
Enough negative. If you're on the fence about this procedure, use my
story as another example of why to JUST DO IT!
At the time, I was number 100 for Dr Boyd. I saw him this past
summer for finalization of the FDA study (my x-rays- the ones my
original ortho were not interested in looking at post surgery- were
perfect) and he told me he has done over 500 hip resurfacings with
only 2 problems & those were borderline cases to start with.
Brian
C+, 10/10/02
Bandon, OR
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