Knowing it's time.....

[Aerial]

Annie- My condition seems to be related to dysplasia (not severe but enough to cause problems at this stage of my life).  My mother too blames herself to a certain degree since we did not know as I grew up.  I suspect eventually the left side might have problems too.  Right now though, the left is fine.  I sure hope fixing the right hip doesn't shift my mechanics in a way that is detrimental to the left hip.  I am somewhat concerned about that.

[Cantab]

I think I know why it's my right hip that has the problem and the left is fine.  Like I said in my first post I am a police officer, 30 yrs in patrol carrying a gun on my right hip.  Getting in and out of the cruiser your always banging against something with the gun. I have been in some knock down drag out fights and landed on the right side more than once.  I know at least 5-7 other officers who have either had surgery on their right hip or who need it. I have gone through about 5 holsters in 30 years on the same hip.  The doctors cant pinpoint this as the reason but it seems like a reasonable conclusion. 

[Anniee]

Aerial, did Dr. Gross say anything to you about problems in your other hip?  If not, probably you do not have a problem at this time.  I was not aware of any problem in my left hip, but it evidently looked just as bad on the x-ray as my right hip.  He told my daughter that, based on the x-rays alone, he would not have known which hip to operate on when he operated on my right hip.  The strange thing is that I really did not notice any pain on the left side until I had the right side fixed.

Lop, you are very funny!

[hernanu]

I think I know why it's my right hip that has the problem and the left is fine.  Like I said in my first post I am a police officer, 30 yrs in patrol carrying a gun on my right hip.  Getting in and out of the cruiser your always banging against something with the gun. I have been in some knock down drag out fights and landed on the right side more than once.  I know at least 5-7 other officers who have either had surgery on their right hip or who need it. I have gone through about 5 holsters in 30 years on the same hip.  The doctors cant pinpoint this as the reason but it seems like a reasonable conclusion.

May well be, since we all seem to have pushed the envelope in some way, as well as having some tendency towards the problem. I think my stretching / high impact from martial arts, as well as repetitive stress from weight lifting may have contributed.

I guess we all have our theories, but in the end, would you have been happy sitting a desk?  You've done a lot of good and may be paying for it, but at least there's a good procedure for you with good chance for an excellent result.

[Aerial]

Aerial, did Dr. Gross say anything to you about problems in your other hip?  If not, probably you do not have a problem at this time.  I was not aware of any problem in my left hip, but it evidently looked just as bad on the x-ray as my right hip.  He told my daughter that, based on the x-rays alone, he would not have known which hip to operate on when he operated on my right hip.  The strange thing is that I really did not notice any pain on the left side until I had the right side fixed.

Lop, you are very funny!

No Dr. Gross said nothing about my "good" hip so I hoping it really is in good shape.  It looks like it has a lot of joint space yet.