After running competitively in high school and college and then just for fun through my 20’s & 30’s, with mid-life creeping up my back, the thought of finishing a marathon by 40 turned into a obsession in June, 1994. After completing #1 in September, I went on to finish 30 in 20 states during the next 6 years, added trail running and felt the closest to God’s great creation during those Saturday 50 milers. Ultimately, … Read the rest
Dwight Vanderboegh Original Story Here
November 2015 Seven years and counting!
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Osteo Arthritis took it’s toll over the years and wore my A** out to the point of getting fitted for new parts. It has been an adventure that has taken over 18 months from Diagnosis to surgery. I was limping along for up to 5 years prior to that but my attention was diverted by a neck problem in April of 2003 when my herniated disc commanded more attention that my hip. My surgery went |
Steve’s hip –I just had surgery at Wake Forest Medical
Center with Dr. Jinnah. Here is my story. Since I live in Virginia there
were a few logistics about how I would get to and from the hospital. I have
many friends who are pilots and one volunteered to take me to Wake Forrest
and also provide the return trip. I was not worried about getting down there
but getting back would pose some … Read the rest
I turned 53 five weeks after having my surgery on
1/26/09. For several years I suffered with hip pain that continued to get
progressively worse each year. I have always been very active. I was an
athlete in college and I have continued to stay involved with recreational
sports into adult life. More recently I have been a practice partner for my
daughter while she was participating in high school sports. Each year the
activity
I am a 53 year old male. In September, 2007 I thought
I pulled my groin playing tennis, Nine months later with a deteriorating
condition, increasing pain and decreasing mobility, an MRI showed my
right hip was shot. My local orthopedist recommended a total hip
replacement. I was devastated. However, a friend put me in touch with a
friend who it turns out had two hip resurfacings courtesy of Dr. Gross
in SC. My local … Read the rest
I was referred to this site by a fellow hippy,
Max Garner of Troy,NC. We talked today on the phone for about an hour. I’d
heard that he had the resurfacing done and decided to call him.
He said it was interesting that I called today because it
was his first anniversary of the surgery. We both had the same surgeon,
Riyaz Jinnah at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. My surgery
was on Sept. … Read the rest