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IN PRAISE OF DR. BALASUBRAMANIAN (COIMBATORE, INDIA)
In January, I had my left hip resurfaced by Dr. Bose in
Chennai. Although
both hips were almost equally bad (bone on bone), Dr. Bose
was very
reluctant to operate on both, so I had the left hip operated
on, returned
home to Chicago and hoped for the best.
Unfortunately, my
right hip began
getting worse, and after about 5 weeks, it became apparent
that I'd have to
have it resurfaced too. I was extremely depressed for a
couple of days, and
then I decided to stop crying about it and just get it done
as soon as
possible. I read Gregg Dean's e-mail on the surfacehippy
website about a
Dr. Balasubramanian who charged only $5000. Dr. Bose is
great, one of the
best, and I highly recommend him - but at this point, I was
already in so
much debt, I decided to go to Dr. Balasubramanian.
I flew
back to India in
mid-April. Dr. Bala was wonderful! He came by every day and
answered
questions and just sat and chatted with me. He's very warm
and friendly.
The nurses were all wonderful as well. The operation was
successful and my
recovery pretty normal.
Initially, I couldn't do leg lifts
with my right
leg, and it seemed longer than my left, but after 8 weeks, I
was able to do
leg lifts and somewhere along the line, my legs evened out.
Now I can run
up the stairs, walk normally, and dance, and I'm free of
that constant
horrible pain.
Thank you, Dr. Bala! For anyone who wants
more information,
you can go to his website at
www.hipresurfacingcenter.com
Patti Adachi, Chicago IL
LBHR Dr. Bose 1/06 RBHR Dr. Bala 4/06
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