Just got home from five days in the hospital, with a new titanium hip replacement, I'm only 53 but it's been crook for about eight years. Everything went very well, much less pain now than before the op, overall a great success.
Norm
Norm
My latest titanium acquisition.
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BladeZealot
Enlightened
Congrats on the successful operation
I've an artificial {Ti} hip replacement myself. Got it when I was around 35 {ten years ago}. It's great we live in an age when such is possible is'nt it
I've an artificial {Ti} hip replacement myself. Got it when I was around 35 {ten years ago}. It's great we live in an age when such is possible is'nt it
TedTheLed
Flashlight Enthusiast
what a coincidence, so did my brother just have a hip replaced; just one incision 3-4" or so, a new technique..amazing..he didn't say what the new hip was made of though.. he has to have the other one done too..he's 62, I'm 53, but my hips seem ok..knock on, um, wood, bone? ti?
Good health and Good luck, Norm.
Good health and Good luck, Norm.
TigerhawkT3
Flashlight Enthusiast
Congratulations on your decrease in pain. In my book, that definitely makes a surgical procedure worth the while!
For my experience with a Ti implant, see this thread, posts 45, 56, and 58. I've had it for about a year, and I'm 20 now.
For my experience with a Ti implant, see this thread, posts 45, 56, and 58. I've had it for about a year, and I'm 20 now.
Concept
Flashlight Enthusiast
Glad to hear it went well mate. Can you have a beer yet?
How ironic: my mother goes under the knife today to replace her existing Ti hip (that was put in about eighteen years ago). Apparently, it's a pretty big deal the second time around. She's supposed to be in the hospital for a few days.
Glad you're doing well, Norm.
Glad you're doing well, Norm.
jtice
Flashaholic
Glad to hear everything went well.
I am going on 27, and will need a hip replacement in a few years I figure.
I have hip perthes, http://www.pediatric-orthopedics.com/Topics/Perthes/perthes.html
I still get around, but much more than a few miles of hiking will get it pretty damn sore.
Not to mention that leg is almost an inch shorter, figure thats helping my back alot.
I hear the hip replacements are fairly common and easy to do now.
i am not looking forward to it at all, but it seems that most are better off once its done.
~John
I am going on 27, and will need a hip replacement in a few years I figure.
I have hip perthes, http://www.pediatric-orthopedics.com/Topics/Perthes/perthes.html
I still get around, but much more than a few miles of hiking will get it pretty damn sore.
Not to mention that leg is almost an inch shorter, figure thats helping my back alot.
I hear the hip replacements are fairly common and easy to do now.
i am not looking forward to it at all, but it seems that most are better off once its done.
~John
TedTheLed
Flashlight Enthusiast
surgery is over rated; you go to sleep, you wake up, you're better...
(before the operation I had my brother convinced that he had to go back to the hospital once a year to get it lubricated! really. )
(before the operation I had my brother convinced that he had to go back to the hospital once a year to get it lubricated! really.
)arewethereyetdad said:How ironic: my mother goes under the knife today to replace her existing Ti hip (that was put in about eighteen years ago). Apparently, it's a pretty big deal the second time around. She's supposed to be in the hospital for a few days.
Glad you're doing well, Norm.
The nice thing about the hips they use now is that they have a replaceable cup instead of replacing the lot.
Norm
Norm said:
Apparently she needs the whole lot. :huh:
Edit: nope, you were right: she just needed the new "cup" piece. That's good news. She's out of surgery and doing just fine.
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Sigman
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HILARIOUS!! Probably too late to ask him where they inserted the "Zerk" fitting?!!TedTheLed said:...(before the operation I had my brother convinced that he had to go back to the hospital once a year to get it lubricated! really.
(Could have used pics 3 & 6 on that link's page to show him!? Ok...maybe not!
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