Hi all,
As the title says my surgery is scheduled for the above date.
My surgeon (Mr Graham Keene, Cambridge, UK) and I have always been discussing a BHR, over the last year.
I really should have bitten the bullet and had surgery at least 8 months ago but I have had a lot on my plate (a new business among others) so have been putting it of for as long as I could hold out, using Diclofenac to help.
I am now in so much pain the Diclofenac hardly touches it and I can't remember the last time I slept for more than an hour at a time (even after lots of wine lol)!
Anyway long story short, at my last consultation we set a date and he sent me for more X-rays, lots of, many from angles I hadn't had before.
When I returned to the consulting room he completely threw me a curveball by saying that he now wasn't so sure I was an ideal candidate for BHR as my femoral head is very large.
This coupled with the fact that I am large (6'4") and pretty fit with a lot of muscle mass he said he may prefer to do a THR with a large ball head with ceramic components.
I was totally stunned to be honest however after a further 30 minutes of discussion we have agreed that the surgery will go ahead and he will have both sets of components available, making the descision when he has opened me up.
He has promised to err on the side of BHR (he's happy doing them and has done quite a few I gather) but says that at the end of the day he wants the best result for me and if he feels this will be the ceramic THR then he will carry this out.
Now I trust him and guess I have to be guided by him ultimately, just wondered what you guys here thought?
By the way I'm 52 and very active up until 12 months ago.
Also any tips on gtrm work to prepare for the op over the next 3-4 weeks?
Great site, has taught me loads and without it I probably would've had a THR conventional small head a year or so ago as that's what my first surgeon wanted to do.
Found this site, read, found another surgeon