Just seen Mr Treacy for my 3 year check up and to get the results of my MRI from August. My bhr which is 3 years old on Monday is in his words perfect ;)
My right hip however well that's a different story! The MRI report stated total loss of cartilage on the femoral head with large ammounts of osteophite all over the place also. Mr Treacy offered to get me on the list now and I'd be done probably before Xmas but I said due to my work( I work for a large soccer club) I really needed to wait until the end of the current season or I fell my job could be in jepordy. He's made me an April appointment to do the formality of booking me in for may or June for my bilat! The prehab starts now!!
Good news and bad. But you knew it was on its way didn't you. Good luck for when you go totally bionic. What Footie club you at?
Yeah I've known for a long time that my right side was going south. I'm just glad he didn't say there's nothing wrong with you!! Lol
I work for Brighton and Hove Albion mate :)
A bit below the mighty Canaries mind you we are slipping off our perch at the moment.
Yeah they've had a bad run but hopefully they'll now get some momentum!
Hopefully get some home wins as well. Are you coming to Carrow road on the 29th?
That's good news Danny. I was there last week seeing Mr Pearson for my 6 week check and he very happy with both my hips.
Bet you are quite looking forward to it mate. Nice one. ;)
Hey Danny, 2 hips better than one mate! lol!
Quote from: Jason0411 on November 05, 2014, 09:38:59 AM
Hopefully get some home wins as well. Are you coming to Carrow road on the 29th?
We don't send guys along to away matches regularly mate.
Sounds like a good plan, Danny. Mr T will give you another top quality hip.
Did you go the same route- a private consultation then a referral on to the NHS?
Welcome to a very exclusive club Danny! Sorry to hear you need it done, but good that Mr. Treacy is handling it.
Nothing wrong with being bilat, my friend. It's nice to be done with that kind of pain.
Quote from: Mike D on November 05, 2014, 02:34:26 PM
Sounds like a good plan, Danny. Mr T will give you another top quality hip.
Did you go the same route- a private consultation then a referral on to the NHS?
No need mike I'm still under the care of him. I just mentioned my right hip when I saw his registrar at the beginning of the year. ;)
Just looked at your post again, Danny- you went for a 3yr check where mine is to be at 5yrs for my THR.
Is that the norm for a BHR? Just wondering for when my time comes to get the other side done-sooner rather than later I reckon.
Maybe if I can hold out for my check I could do it the way you have!
Mike I think I'm on annual as I had mine right at the height of a lot of the scares in the uk. My mate who had his done just over a year ago is on 1,5,10,15&20 year checks. I don't mind the annual checks if I'm honest. I know then that it's safe and functioning as it should! Your still under Mr Treacy's care so if you susspect an issue with your other hip just phone his secatary and ask for an appointment :)
Danny, what type of device are you getting? I had the adept and Mr Pearson said that probably after next year, all being well I would be discharged and would not require blood tests. ( I am 7 weeks post op).
Also I asked for a friend regarding a private consultation followed by NHs treatment and he stopped it dead in the water, saying they no longer allow doctors to do this. He looked unimpressed by my question by adding he was also the clinical director of the hospital ::)
Dave
Mr Treacy only uses the bhr mate. The adept is a copy of the bhr with some alterations. Finsbury used to be used to manufacture the bhr.
I think the way that a patient is transferred from private to NHS has changed. You have to be referred by your gp but that's a whole lot easier when a consultant like Mr Treacy has written to them telling them to do just that!! :D
That sucks it's happening so soon. I'm not far behind you at about 2 years. Started taking HGH in hopes it may prolong things. Good luck brother.
Hi Danny
Just read your post. Good luck with the 2nd HR mate. I hope this turns out to be as successful as the last one. No doubt, being under Mr Treacy, this will be the case.
On that note, I've just been given the go ahead by Mr Treacy for my HR. All going well Dec 11?? Gulp. It feels weird and worrying yet, at the same time, I'm strangely looking forward to it. I know I'll need both done at some point. He looked my last X-ray and said left was past scoping even though a top key hole guy reckoned the right was past it but that the left could be saved? Not sure what to make of that? Take Mr Treacy's advice and get the second done straight after the first.? To clarify, he never gave me that option but to be honest I just want to get back on the matt! And I feel that two recovery times would be hard to take.
Who was the top scope guy mate? To be honest once OA is established there's no point with a scope as as far as I can tell they just don't work. Personally I would listen to Mr Treacy. But that's just me. He's given me my kit back once and I'm certain he's going to do it a second time I truss the guy with my life.
I had my left scoped and repaired earlier this year and apart from the odd bit of clucking. It has worked. He trimmed my Labrum removed something that was floating in the joint, smoothed a bit on the acetabulum that was wrinkled and micro fractured and put a paste of my own stem cells in the hole in the cartilage of my femoral head. I was told it would not be 100% because obviousely the labrum is now thinner. But I think Mr Viller done good.
Got to say mate I'm glad your having a good result but your result does seem to be the exception rather than the rule.
It was Tony Andrade. He was certain that the right was past saving but that the left could done? Nice fella and i saw him through choose and book. However, when I saw Mr Treacy a few weeks ago, he reckoned his guys wouldn't do it.? Not too sure what to make of that but I'm cool with being bi-lateral as long as I can do train like I used to. It's just trying to figure out the recovery times?
Curious question, but once you had the hr, did you have any concerns about playing guard in bjj and having your leg forced open for the pass?
Hey Danny,
Inspirational as always. Someday I'll be in your shoes probably but can't say I mind the thought of being problem free again.
Do you and Dr. Treacy feel that you can continue with mixed martial arts with the second BHR and do you feel running on a regular basis will be possible or limited?
CI
Quote from: daveyboy on November 07, 2014, 07:53:52 PM
It was Tony Andrade. He was certain that the right was past saving but that the left could done? Nice fella and i saw him through choose and book. However, when I saw Mr Treacy a few weeks ago, he reckoned his guys wouldn't do it.? Not too sure what to make of that but I'm cool with being bi-lateral as long as I can do train like I used to. It's just trying to figure out the recovery times?
Curious question, but once you had the hr, did you have any concerns about playing guard in bjj and having your leg forced open for the pass?
I've been told by several surgeons that the best scope surgeon in the UK and one of the best world Wide is Richard villa. I think he's generally who Mr T sends guys to.
On the subject of guard no problems what so ever once fully healed mate. Mind to be honest most of the guys at my judo club struggle to pass my guard.
I am sure that once I'm fully healed I'll be able to carry on with training. I've not really done any mma since my hips went south more because my interests have changed to more real world fight training and what works on the street. Contrary to what a lot of guys think mma ain't great at that.
But my bhr hasn't limited me since being healed where as my natual hip with OA has
Cheers Danny. Informative as ever. I take great comfort in reading the posts by you and the other guys on here. You're a wealth of positive information.
On that note, like you, given that I know I'll being going down the bi-lateral route at some point , should I be pushing that with Mr T when I see him in December? Or do you think it's best to wait? The left is not great, but nowhere near as bad as the right. No labral tear, just a rom issue and pain in the front of the hip which I can live with.
I doubt that he will intervene at that point Davy. I think OA really needs to be fairly well established in the joint to justify it. I would have thought if the labrum is still intact then there's still some life left in it yet. You could ask about cortisone injections in the mean time? I only had 1 but while it lasted it was like having a new hip!! :)
I missed your initial post due to a break away in Spain without the internet which was good for the soul.
Hang in there, and before you know it, the soccer season will be over and you'll be in sunny Birmingham (England) being fitted with BHR number 2.
And, under the care of Mr Treacy you'll get the best surgery that will enable you to re-start your life once again.
There'll be no stopping you then.
Cheers evant I'm looking forward to being able to put my shoes and socks on again with out it being war and peace!! ;D
Richard Villar did me. I know it is just a stop gap but the longer I can go the better. Like I say its not the perfect fix but it is good enough.
Quote from: Jason0411 on November 09, 2014, 05:08:16 AM
Richard Villar did me. I know it is just a stop gap but the longer I can go the better. Like I say its not the perfect fix but it is good enough.
Glad it is still going well for you Jason as went down the same route 2 weeks ago and cracking on with the other side in 6 weeks!
My view is that all of the options have some kind of compromise attached at the moment and if you can kick the can down the road for a number of years until for instance they evolve the materials for HR to have zero chance of MOM then that's not a bad thing
Danny - don't forget the nuance here of stem cells rather than lumping all artho in the same bucket. Agreed artho doesn't historically have a great track record for anything other than basic problems but that's because microfracture has not proved to be great for hips on its own, which was the only natural "rebuilding" technique they had. They have only been trying stem cells in hips here for less than a year and suspect Jason is the first on this board to try it. Might prove to be false hope, but then it may turn out to be a total evolution in hip surgery, as they are literally rolling out stem cell treatment in lots of other areas at the moment after testing for instance shows it helps restore sight. Give it a few years and we'll know for sure whether it works, but good luck with your second HR.
Now off to find the image I recall someone posting here a while back of a guinea pig ;D
David
The guinea pig was on the aiccs device thread I think.
I know what you mean with regards scoping and stem cells but the surgeons I've asked about stem cells have all said that there a long long way off. I hope there wrong as having the ability to just regrow cartilage would be the ideal solution however that still won't cure a lot of the underlying issues like fai and dysplasia to name a few.
Quote from: Dannywayoflife on November 09, 2014, 06:34:02 AM
The guinea pig was on the aiccs device thread I think.
I know what you mean with regards scoping and stem cells but the surgeons I've asked about stem cells have all said that there a long long way off. I hope there wrong as having the ability to just regrow cartilage would be the ideal solution however that still won't cure a lot of the underlying issues like fai and dysplasia to name a few.
That's the medical profession for you ???, some think HR is amazing and others won't touch it with the proverbial. Hardly helps us non-medical types hoping for some consistent (good) advice, so I think you put your faith in a top surgeon and hope they're are right. I'm just hoping Mr Villar knows his onions on this as he is backing stem cell technology big time which looks a real reputational risk but am also taking the view if he is wrong it has just cost my medical insurers a few quid and some of my time to know for sure and then I'll be back to booking my HR
FAI is an extension of stem cell really, in that it is easily removed under a scope (I had that too) but has generally caused damage which needs re-generation. Dysplasia is a whole new ballgame!
I hope he's right also mate! It will happen it's just a matter of when.
Fai being removed by scope will depend on how severe it is. There's also tons of other morphology type issues that won't be cured by stem cells. I remember someone on here I think saying eventually scientists would like to be able to grow like a full femoral neck and head and attach that as opposed to putting a device in there! That would be real space age!! ;)