Steve,
I've actually had 2 events where my hip took a big impact, one with the wild mouse, the other was early spring at work I went out to take the trash out and I walked on some wet cardboard on the ground and my feet slipped out from under me so fast I had no chance to react. Well, my hip took full force shot right on the cement/wet cardboard. I sat for what seemed like a minute because it hurt real bad, finally I got the nerve to get up and I was fine, sore mind you but I was fine.
I guess the moral of my stories are, yes you need to be careful but your hip is protected by muscle and as Pat said your bone is fused well by now with the implant.... and I did not have to worry about loosening the cement either
(that's an inside joke)
We have other skiers that do well Steve, I would go out and just enjoy that new hip I bet you'll do fine, just follow Dr. Su's instructions. Dr. Gross told me a few weeks ago to go out and use my hip and have fun, he's also very optimistic that we're going to be buried with our implants, I hope he's right.
Chuck
Chuck,
That's reassuring since I'm a downhill skier and haven't taken a hard fall yet on my new left hip resurfacing. I realize its inevitable. I saw the ski area manager at the health club last night and he asked me if I was going to buy a season pass this upcoming season and I said I would. He had hip surgery last October, but it was an arthroscopic surgery to remove bone spurs. He doesn't ski since he is busy managing the facility. My doctor of internal medicine wants me to continue low strength aspirin to minimize a cardiac event and unless I ski cliffs where I might fall and bleed, so I'm OK. He is a snowboarder who skis the same steeps as I do.
Needless to say, hip resurfacing is a no brainer for those who downhill ski.