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My Hip Project - 10/17/06
Announcing 2007 AHAH! (A Hip Anniversary Hike)
My 9 week list of exercises - probably stick to these for some time now...
If you really want to hear
the details, you can read my journal. Here's an
excerpt (which also explains why I'm having this at age 36).
9/18/06 – t-minus 1 month… Insurance approval through. Scheduled with local
internist 10/4 and have appointments pre-op in LA. Surgery scheduled for 10/17
at 10:30am. Plan to spend 10/15-10/20 in LA and drive back with Dad. Getting
jittery and wondering (as many do) if it really is time. I keep reminding myself
of the gradual decline, trouble putting on socks, trouble sleeping etc. etc.
[Pain started way back before I can remember – maybe 1990(?), no soccer started
about 2001, no running 2004, no hikes with backpack 2004, no squash 2005, no
golf 2006, no biking 2006, just swimming now] It will be worth it. Hard struggle
with the feeling of mortality that comes with losing an original piece of
equipment that wore out. Starting to look at the rest of my body with more
care/reverence. Thinking about which ‘aids’ I will need post-op – sock helper,
toilet helper, etc. Wondering if I want general or local anesthetic. The mailing
list can sometimes give you too much information to ponder – but in general it
has been a big, big help. (surfacehippy on yahoo groups)
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/surfacehippy/messages/
Surgery being done by Dr. Amstutz (
www.jri-oh.com ) – renown in the community and co-developer of the prostheses.
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 Before - my left hip - bone on bone in places. Spurs, cysts. It is inevitable. |
 The implant - www.wmt.com ..and a cool video of the ball and socket |
After - new
cup and ball. Conserve + from Wright Medical. Surgery done by Dr. Harlan
Amstutz. This is my hip - taken 4 weeks post-op. |
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Below is the 'Total' Hip equivalent of the same implant
(Big Femoral Head). In the future, the hip can be 'revised' using the same
acetabular cup component - therefore requiring (in principle) work only on
the femoral side. Clearly you can see the difference on the femoral side of
the 'total' hip vs. resurfacing. Both are really total hip replacements -
but the resurfacing approach saves bone and maintains the original mechanics
of the joint better. |
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Goal Tracker
| Walking without cane | done Week 7 - trusting it for long periods around the house at Week 9. |
| Walking without a limp | est. Week 10 .. about 1 week behind?? - I did a truly limp-free walk without cane Week 12. |
| Tying Shoes and/or putting on sock without 'help' | est. Week 11-12 - barely tied shoes on left at Week 9 - about same ROM as before. Barely got sock on using only my hands at the gym... I must have looked funny on the floor contorted... but I did it and met my goal at Week 12. |
| First off-road hike of >3mi. | est. Week 11-12 - did this at 4 months - mainly because I didn't have much time! When I was on my way back on the hike I was very cheerful. |
| First morning where I didn't think of hip first | est. Week 20 |
| First Golf Game - 18 holes | est Week 20 |
| First time I feel like I can get into my 4x4 pickup (with no step) and push the clutch with op. leg | est Week 20 - already doing this at Week 9. Good exercise actually. |
| First bike ride on the road | est. 5mo. |
| First bike ride on dirt | est. 6mo. |
| First time I can touch my nose to my left knee... | est 9mo. |
| First backpack hike of >10mi. | est. 9mo. |
| More... | |
| Marathon | Never |
A pseudo-random list of Hip and Hip Resurfacing Web Sites
- Reading List: Metal on Metal
- The Center for Joint Preservation and Reconstruction
- Belgium & my BHR Ebook
- Resurfacing's Official Web Site,...........................................Welcome to Asian Regional Center for Hip
- Colortone - Twist - Bean: fashionable canes
- Assistive Devices for Independent Living for Seniors, the Handicapped or Disabled
- Writers' Collective: Burdenko Water Walkers
- Hip Surface Replacement
- hip muscle: anterior compartment
- The Pain Clinic - Joint Pain - Hip
- Hip Resurfacing Hip replacement, Hip resurfacing, Knee Surgery, NHS, Private, THR's,THR, Mr Mark Bloomfield, Minimal Incision Hip Replacement, femoral head, Birmingham Hip Resurfacing, BHR, Knee Replacement, arthroscopy, Runnymede Hospital Chertsey, Princess Margaret Hospital Windsor, Woking Nuffield Hospital, Rowley Bristow Orthopaedic Unit, Ashford & St Peter's NHS Trust, Hip Resurfacing Hip replacement, Hip resurfacing, Knee Surgery, NHS, Private, THR's,THR, Mr Mark Bloomfield, femoral head, Birmingham Hip Resurfacing, BHR, Knee Replacement, arthroscopy, Runnymede Hospital Chertsey, Princess Margaret Hospital Windsor, Woking Nuffield Hospital, Rowley Bristow Orthopaedic Unit, Ashford & St Peter's NHS Trust, Minimal Incision Hip Replacement
- Wright Medical's big femoral head hip – solution for Jimmy Connors
- Services of the Orthopedic Clinic Association in Phoenix, Arizona - TOCA
- The McMinn Centre
- Welcome to South Carolina Joint Replacement Center
- "Total Hip Replacement: ActiveJoints.com"
- Canadian Orthopaedic Association
- Resurfacing