It has been 20 years since I received my left hip BHR from Dr. De Smet. Back in 2005, I really needed a hip replacement, but just didn't want a THR since I was 61 and very active. A man I was talking to from our little town told me how he went to California to Dr. Amstutz for a hip resurfacing. So I started researching Hip Resurfacing. Wow, am I glad I did. After talking with others on Discussion Groups, I decided on Dr. De Smet. He even emailed me several times about my hip and information about hip resurfacing. He had done around 2000 back then. I am so glad I chose Hip Resurfacing and Dr. De Smet. I flew from Ohio to Belgium and stayed 10 days. It was a wonderful trip and Ghent was beautiful. I never regretted my decision and my BHR still works great today. Never had a problem. Unfortunately, the rest of my 81 year old body has many problems! I decided back then that there needed to be a website about hip resurfacing so I started the https://surfacehippy.info website. I am glad I did because millions of people have looked at the website and many found it useful. Close to a million visitors a year visit the website. I have hundreds of emails from people Thanking me for starting/running the website and how it changed their lives. I hope to keep it running for many more years. I wrote a book about my BHR experience and it is a free download https://surfacehippy.info/ebook/belgium%26mybhr-2018.pdf Hoping to enjoy my BHR for a few more years! Patricia Walter