Any and all input please. Good stories, horror stories... (I was married 12 years and my boys live with me, you can't sceer me! HA!)

Doing research on the web on the procedure and whatnot. Wanted to bounce it off the NT team. VA needs me to be under 300lbs. to do it. Gonna go to my civillian doc/general practiconer next week to see what the alternatives are or get SOME STRONG FRIGGIN DIET PILLS!

Sorry. That was uncalled for.

Hip replacement.

Discuss.

Hello, is it from, trying to think of the name, my friend had both done, might of been arterial sclerosis? he had some ups and downs but he is getting about real well now with a cane some days and some days he gets about without a cane. he had a rough go but is doing good now the rehab did take time and he is a few years younger so he had it when he was 39 or 40? he too had to drop some weight also to get it done, I know he got something from doc at that time i a
have no idea what, but it worked,

I hope some more folks can help shed some light on this, I hope if you choose replacement it works out well, I've also talked to others, older than myself, over the years that had it and most were hesitant, but glad after wards

I've known a few people who've had it done, and they were so glad they did ~ the pain they had from the hip problems was gone almost immediately. Now, my best piece of advise is DO NOT watch the procedure done on any of TV's health channels. Looks (and sounds) awful.
Good luck, Moose!

My mom had hip surgery when she was about 70. It went very well for her and was a real blessing. She had to take care of herself post the surgery and she had to do the rehab, but in the end it went very well for her. Good luck!

Hey there Moose!!

My 70 year old BIL just had it done in October and says he wishes he'd have had it done years ago.

He is taking physical therapy three days a week and no longer has pain or using his cane after the six weeks healing time.

He is learning to walk without a limp as he favored one side for so many years.

Good luck and keep us posted!!

One of our good buddies had it done a couple of years ago...he put it off because he wanted to continue to play volleyball, and once he had it done, the doc told him no more of that...he was in excruciating pain...finally said okay.
He had minimally invasive replacement...recovery time is much faster. He can walk normally without any pain now...so glad he did it.
The only way to lose weight is to reduce portions and get active, which I know will be somewhat difficult...but you can take hand weights and do arm work, strengthen the back and chest muscles with them, too. Eat breakfast, mainly protein. Veggies...we're doing a modified South Beach diet here, and we feel so much better nixing the carbs.
Good luck and keep us informed!

Hi Moose. I don't have any experience with hip replacement (personally or within my family) but I have to assume that the younger you are when you have it done the easier and more rapidly you'll recover. I've heard people who have had it done say that they wish they'd done it years before. I guess it makes you feel so much better. I'm sure the recovery and PT is grueling but if it'll make your QOL better then I'd do it.

Good luck on the diet. Have you tried Weight Watchers? You can join online and pretty much make up your own menus based on the foods you like to eat......healthy choices, though. Not junk.

I wish you the best!

Thank you all so much.

I broke the femur head and shattered my pelvis (among other injuries) in The Wreck 3 years ago. -Pics on my myspace.

This then developed into ossification -too much bone growing- and now avascular necrosis -the bone mass is dying.

I've seen the xrays. Whoever said beauty is on the inside wasn't privy to that technology. HA!

So it's not IF I want to do the surgery, it's I HAVE to do this surgery. I'm finally mad enough to realize I can't keep living this way.

Yes, age was brought up when I last talked to the VA about it. I'm 38 now and don't care about it wearing out or dislocating or breaking or whatever. I'm worried about getting on with my life.

And watching the operation...? I used to work Central Supply at a hospital. Part of what I did was to clean and sterilize surgical instruments. YIKES! Some of those tools looked like torture devices. Amazing what the body can tolerate and recover from.

TEAM NEUROTALK KICKS ALL THE BUTT!

Uncle is going to have it done again after 10 or 12 yrs on the first one.
He is now 70 yrs old.
First time it took him a little longer to recover but he was able to.
His was because of a cow pinning him into the wall.

Hope it goes well for you.

avascular necrosis thank you moose that is what he had, research is your best friend and you seem to already be on track with that, and like I said others I have over the years talked too about such operations, all had the hesitation before but all were glad after wards, even my friend John, he had a rough re-coop, but can walk better now and get about better, he too is glad he had the replacement surgery. i hope and pray for it to be a huge success, if this is the path you choose, your not immune to a moosesize hug coming back at you are ya