And Just Like That....what did Carrie have done?

[blinky]

Hey! I have a pop culture question: on the HBO Show that updates Sex and the City, And Just Like That, Carrie has a hip procedure done. Not THR. Not HR. It is due to an abnormality with which she was born and it is "fixed" with a simple surgery. She can't wear heels for a few weeks afterwards but is otherwise back in action quickly.

What could it be? Or is this a fictional hip disorder?

Meanwhile, how about that Isaiah Thomas?

(I am fine, too, six years post op bilat.)

[catfriend]

Well, there's 38 minutes of my life I'm never getting back. That was bad, really bad. NB: if a doctor tells you that you don't have arthritis, but a congenital hip defect that can be easily rectified with surgery, but fails to mention exactly what that defect is, you might want to find another doctor.

As you and I both know the most common congenital hip defect is dysplasia. If she had dysplasia, she would have other symptoms than needing to use an umbrella for a cane to walk upstairs in heels. By this point it would have progressed to arthritis, or, as CB/SJP refers to it, "old lady disease". This would entail HR/THR surgery, and nobody refers to that as minor.

The most "minor" hip surgery I can think of is arthroscopy. It's useful for torn labrums, impingement, etc., but these aren't congenital issues.

The surgery she has appears to be significant. They keep her in the hospital for at least one night, although how many isn't specified. She needs to be waited on hand and foot at home. OTOH she doesn't have a walker. Now, obviously, I'm not exactly expecting realism in a fictional tv show. But a walker could have been used for so many jokes! She can't even manage to get out of bed and pee on her own after several days. Within a couple of hours of my last resurfacing I was up off the gurney and down the hall to the toilet. The hardest part was navigating the IV I was still hooked up to.

But back to the subject...I can't think of congenital defect that fits her symptoms, or lack thereof, that can be corrected with minor surgery. My verdict: fictional hip disorder.