New Member - 34 year old Male, both hips shot, have questions!

John C · January 21, 2009, 11:50:50 PM

For what its worth, I ended up staying at both of the Marriotts, and would recommend them both. My wife and I stayed at the Courtyard next to the hospital for the day before surgery, and my wife continued to stay there while I was in the hospital; basically a nice hotel room, and very convenient. When I checked out of the hospital, we moved over to the Residence for three nights, because of the larger living area. The suite we stayed in at the Residence was really one large room, but it was divided into the bedroom area, and the kitchen/ living area, which made it nicer for my wife to hang out, while I zoned out in bed. Both are very nice, and provide lots of room, indoors and out, for walking/ crutching around. Be sure to ask for the "handi-capped" (post surgery) equipped rooms, since the raised toilet seats and safety bars are invaluable.

Bionic · January 22, 2009, 01:05:56 PM

Quote from: obxpelican on January 21, 2009, 10:02:00 PM
Yes, I second that Pat.... I want to especially read that character "Bionic" guys recovery story. ;D He better behave for Dr. G and Lee or I'll tell his wife on him.
Chuck

I thought it was my job to make sure my wife behaved :).

I'm looking forward to posting all about bad food and "monkey fists." Does the hospital have Internet? Can I trust people not to steal my computer?

triathloner · January 30, 2009, 10:38:52 AM

Hi- I had my hip resurfaced with Dr. Gross and his team on Oct. 24th a few months after chuck had. Everything went great and I'm doing great now at 3 months post op. I didn't find any internet anywhere, but i'll bet you could bring in a laptop and they probably have wifi. It will be fine in your room, as your going to spend all your time there except rehab walks in the halls. When I was there I had 3 people come in and ask about the food taste and quality because they had just switched food service providers. I thought the food wasn't bad for hospital quality, but it sure was good to get out and have some real food. the only think I would have done differently with my whole stay is to take the ice machine they give you on the plane with the hand pump if they will let you. If the front counter says it's OK, take it and have a flight attendent get you some water and ice, that would have been great on the plane. Now after I typed all this I don't even know if you flying like I did, but hopefully it will help others out in the future. Good luck.

obxpelican · January 30, 2009, 11:13:16 AM

The hospital had wi-fi.... hopefully the food did get better, when I was there it was your average tasteless hospital food.

I really had no problem leaving my Ipod, laptop and stuff in the room, like triathloner said, you're never really out of your room that long except for a walk a couple times a day. When I was there accross from my room was the steps that we walked with the crutches.

Bionic, don't worry.... your monkey fist is coming. Did you get your surgery orders yet?

Chuck

Barbara · January 30, 2009, 12:01:48 PM

This is off subject but on the subject of hospital food I thought it might be interesting for people.

I am a Nurse and trained and worked in Scotland where I come from. I moved to Seattle 14 years ago. The hospital I work in has the same catering company as the hospital in Scotland. The company, Sodexo is a French company and is the world leader in providing food for hospitals and schools. It does the catering at a large % of the schools and hospitals throughout the US and Europe.

I've often wondered about those lovely hospital gowns as they too are the same. At least we can be sure of some consistency. No matter where you get your surgery you can be sure of bad food and exposing your backside to the world. ;D

Barbara

triathloner · January 31, 2009, 05:33:29 PM

Those gowns are great- NOT, that was the lowest point before surgery for me. I was all alone in the room getting that thing on and it hit me, I just about cried. Well If and when I have to get the other hip done I won't be nearly as worried, the whole thing just went so smoothly. I was 39 and had never had anything worse than strep throat before, so I was a little scared.

nwugrad · February 16, 2009, 12:33:47 AM

Aaron,

I had bi lat resurfacing done by Dr. Su at the Hospital for Special Surgery in NYC 17 days ago. Dr. Su, his staff and the Hospital for Special Surgery are fantastic. am 54 now but have suffered with one and then two bad hips for at least 12 years. I was very active until about 8 years ago when I could no longer play basketball, do deep squats or leg presses, practice marshall arts or even take vigorous bike rides. In fact, I could now longer walk for any length of time without hip, groin and back pain. Moreover, my limp was becoming more pronounced. At 17 days post op my range of motion is already better than my pre op ROM by far and I have no arthritis related hip pain. My back even feels better.

At 17 days post op I've already had 21 hours of PT since leaving the hospital. I realize I have to retrain some muscles because of the length of time I waited before the corrective surgery. My muscles altho very strong have issue related to muscle memory and patterns resulting from compensation and from restricted range of motion. This means more and longer PT will be necessary. This is the risk you face if you wait too long before correcting your hips.

Best of Luck.

As a result of waiting