Hi all,
I'm scheduled for hip resurfacing or THR surgery (he'll decide during surgery since I measured small) on Mar. 25, 2013 with Dr. Peter Brooks at the Cleveland Clinic. I have ankylosing spondylitis which increases my risk for heterotopic bone growth after surgery. During my appointment, Dr. Brooks said I would need one session of radiation therapy to help decrease the risk. Yikes! This is keeping me up at night since I can't find out much information about this online. I read that the skin at the site could become irritated and sensitive, ok, i can handle that. What else? Does it generally make people feel sick? Anyone here been through this? Did you stay in the hospital longer? I have a two year old daughter - will I have to stay away from her for a bit?
I'm so grateful for this wonderful website! Thanks for helping all of us out who are new to hip resurfacing.
Christina