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[jss]

Congratulations!  And congratulations on not having to wait three months.  Good luck!

[petemeads]

Excellent news - good luck!

[Comfortably Numb]

Have my surgery date set with Dr. Gross.  April 8th!  So soon, but I am looking forward to it being done.

Wait a minute!  I call BS!  I've already been waiting for 2 months and my surgery date is not until April 29th!  Just kidding, of course.  I insisted on having his first or second appointment of the day so I'm not going to do anything to jeopardize that.  I'm glad you got connected with the right doctor.  Congratulations again, and best of luck.

[ecchastang]

Have my surgery date set with Dr. Gross.  April 8th!  So soon, but I am looking forward to it being done.

Wait a minute!  I call BS!  I've already been waiting for 2 months and my surgery date is not until April 29th!  Just kidding, of course.  I insisted on having his first or second appointment of the day so I'm not going to do anything to jeopardize that.  I'm glad you got connected with the right doctor.  Congratulations again, and best of luck.

They had a cancellation!

[Ljpviper]

Jason, who performed that surgery with stem cells, was it a surgeon in the US? I am stuck with a small bad spot of arthritis with good joint space. My original microfracture failed on both hips.

Dr Gross stated i had too much joint space for HR and my scope OS is hesitant to try another microfracture.

thanks,

Larry

[petemeads]

Hi Hippies - we in the UK midlands have just had the perfect first day of spring, and a decent partial solar eclipse to add even more interest. Hit 4 months post-op this week and the BHR hip is working perfectly, so I reckoned I would take advantage of the conditions to bike outside for the first time this year. 14.6 miles in just over 52 minutes was actually better than my first few rides last year over the same course, which is pleasing. Then went for a 2.7 mile walk with my big lad when he got home from work, which brings my total post-op mileage on foot to 306.7 (approximately)! Biking has been mainly indoors, which I don't like very much, but the total is now 125 miles.
New hip painless, old hip starting to grumble but I hope to get at least this summer out of it while I am still young!

[fenceman]

Congrats Pats.  :)

Keep on Walkin.     

[Beth]

Looked up the results of my chromium:
Chromium   2.6   (0.2 - 0.6ug/L)
I gather this is not abnormal from what I have read here.
I still have pain that varies in type and severity. The one constant is if I am fully weight bearing for any length of time, I later have significantly increased pain. Ibuprofen 600 mg does not help much at these times.
I was told I was on the schedule to be called 2 days ago and the day came and went ...NO call. I then emailed Dr Brooks PA Wednesday night and again yesterday, but NO call. Today I called his nurse and she said to call his direct voice mail and leave a message. Needless to say, I am very disappointed.  :(

[Dannywayoflife]

Ah Beth thats terrible I'm sorry to hear this. I hope you get this resolved swiftly

Danny

[Arrojo]

I took 6th place in the long jump at the National Masters T&F Championships in the M 55-59 age group yesterday. My wife took this pic:



I also took 11th in the 60 meter dash with a time of 8.68. My 3-year anniversary is coming up.

[Boomer]

Beth I am very sad to hear that you are being treated with such disregard by your surgeon. There is no acceptable reason for this. My surgeon Dr. Rector does not have the best reputation for friendliness, but he always responded promptly and directly to both e mails and voice mails. And, he always took the time to listen carefully to me and respond patiently. That is the minimum you should get from your surgeon.

I hope Dr. brooks gets a twinge of conscience and gets to work helping you with your recovery. If not, you should move on to another surgeon who cares about his patients.

Best of luck to you. You deserve better.

Boomer

[John C]

Inspirational! Wonderful for you to share what new hips are capable of. Keep up the good work!!

[Tim Bratten]

Congratulations! I have to admit, it's wonderful to be back doing the activities that make life fun.

[evant]

Good on you - I think that's a great achievement.

You're the only long jumper with a BHR that I've heard of.

You are certainly getting top value for money from your BHR, and why not.

[shoraztri]

Hi Arrojo,
Top effort there. Is great too see that alot of activites can be done with BHR. Keep it up. :) ;D

[MPH]

Brilliant news. Hugely inspirational. Well done!

[Beth]

So I finally got a phone call from Dr Brooks PA.

Apparently Dr Brooks' "cut-off" for cobalt is 5.0. My cobalt level is 4.8.
Dr Brooks is concerned the pain and a cobalt level may be an indication of a problem and now I will be getting a call to schedule a MARS MRI.

I feel I am back to ground zero, but understand it is an evaluation process that takes time.

Thanks everyone for their support. It means a lot to me.
Beth

[Tim Bratten]

Hi Beth
We're still out here, reading your posts. Glad to hear Brooks finally got back to you. That's pretty disappointing he hasn't shown more concern about your problems. However, the information from this MRI can only help to get to the bottom your difficulties (which I think is what you really want to do). Sorry you have to go through all this, but I've been there too and I believe that finding out the truth, even if it's not what you hoped, is for the best.
Cheers
Tim

[bestbob]

Hi Beth, Truly sorry to hear what has been transpiring. One - the pain you have been having for a while, and two that both Dr. Brooks and the PA did not return your inquiries sooner than later. I too have Dr. Brooks as my surgeon, and when he and Phil are engaged it's great, and hopefully the lack of a return call does NOT become the norm.

It sounds like progress is being made at least, which is a positive thing in my mind.

Bob

[DeviceGuy]

Arrojo,
That's great you're competing, but enough suspense……..How far did you jump?  Where was the competition?