Six Week Up-Date /Dr. Marwin

[Jeremy76761]

Woodstalk, I'm no expert but that sounds pretty amazing recovery for one HR let alone 2.

When Dr. Marwin said "no impact" he was talking about ever or this phase? Why or why not?

Jeremy

[Woodstock Hippy]

''no impact'' for now.  I'll be running this summer and crashing my mountain bike, hopefully not to hard, in fall.

[Raji]

Hi there Woodstock!

I live in Woodstock, NY too!  I am doing research on behalf of my boyfriend, Robert, who has to have bi-lateral hip resurfacing done and I came upon your posts - don't ya just love the World Wide Web?

Anyway, here's the scoop:

My boyfriend and I went to see Dr. Su a few weeks ago.  Dr. Su took x-rays and spoke with my boyfriend, Robert.  He told us that he felt my boyfriend would be an excellent candidate for resurfacing - even though he is 61 years old.  This is because he has been active his entire life - doing QiGong, Martial Arts, Yoga, Dance, etc. and up until a few years ago, he was quite active in all of these and more - he still has managed to use his discipline - mind over matter - to continue on some level in some of these things.  He uses his Total Gym almost every day, does some upper body martial arts practices, etc.   

Dr. Su scheduled bi-lateral hip resurfacing for him on May 11th.  Since then, we have discovered that Dr. Su's office does not accept my boyfriend's insurance because he is "out of network".  This does not completely rule out Dr. Su, however, we decided it would be wise to explore other options.  I have sent emails to Dr. Clarke and also to Dr. Bose (in India).  These are two fantastic and experienced hip REsurfacing surgeons who have experience under their belts.  I've been in touch with Vicky Marlow and her website - which is very informative and helpful.  Lots of folks out there who have had this surgery done and they can offer great tips for sure!

We are both well aware that finding the right surgeon -- someone who really cares, is detail oriented, does the entire surgery themselves, and has some significant experience with hip resurfacing -- these are all of utmost importance to us.  So, any enlightening information you can provide in response to this email would be very much appreciated.

Is there anything else you would advise us on at this point? 

Maybe you and I could meet in person and have a chat over some tea or coffee?  I work from home during the week or the weekends are good too - please email me offline if you can meet.  raji10008@yahoo That would be so great!  Thank you for your response!

[Woodstock Hippy]

Hi Raji and hello to Robert also,

You certainly can't go wrong Dr Su or Dr Clark.  Would they be doing same day bilateral?  What would the plan be for recovery?  I know that Dr Bose keeps his patients in India for a week of PT before they go home.  There is a show "Going Under The knife Abroad" on Current TV that keeps shoeing up in their after noon rotation, one of the patients goes to Dr Bose and you get to see how everything goes.  My first hip doctor was Dr Boetner at HSS.  He's the one who told me about hip resurfacing, then told that he wouldn't do it and that I should have total hip replacements and learn how to relax.  I didn't want to relax so the next day I made appointments with Dr Su and Dr Scott Marwin at NYU Hospital for Joint Disease.  Dr Su's appoint was months away and he wouldn't take Empire insurance so even with my excellent out of network coverage, it would have cost me a lot of money.  Dr Marwin' appointment came up first and I liked the guy. He sat down and told me everything I could ever imagine about hip resurfacing.  Told me all about his technique and his reason for going that way.  He told me that the doctors who turned away from hip resurfacing didn't take the time to learn it properly.  He was not in any rush, he made me feel confident in him and he told me that with my insurance, it wouldn't cost me anything.  It was his suggestion to do both hips the same day and to stay at NYU in the Rusk Rehab Hospital to recover.  It couldn't have gone better.  Check my thread from the hospital on the Bilateral page dated 11/15/11 and you'll see how well it went.  Every person in that hospital just seemed to go that extra step to make me feel better.  I've had four other surgeries at HSS and might be having two more for carpal tunnel, but my surgeries at "the Joint" with Dr Marwin can only be thought of as miraculous. 

Since my surgery, I've met two other hip patients of Dr Marwin and they also praise him.  One will be doing his first Ironman this summer.  My Ironman days are behind me but Yesterday I did do a beautiful 30 mile bike ride on the back side of the Ashoken Res, hitting some hills for the first time and I feel just fine today.  I'll be able to resume running in May.   This really has been like a miracle.

I'm 100% thrilled with my results and I think that with any of the doctors you are considering you will be also, but I'm pretty sure the Dr Marwin, NYU Joint Disease Hosp and Rusk Rehab Hospital have the best overall plan for bilateral patients.