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dimples

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Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« on: May 01, 2011, 10:41:40 PM »
Just passed the 3 year mark and happy to report that I still love my hip!!!!
LBHR 4/30/08 :D

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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2011, 11:58:29 PM »
Wonderful,  also love your name.  So cute.
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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2011, 04:18:17 AM »
awesome to hear that news .....   :D
"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy cow...what a ride!"

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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2011, 04:18:43 AM »
Hippy Birthday!   ;D

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bothdone

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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2011, 04:20:04 AM »
Maxi - your avatar continues to make me smile.  Great!

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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2011, 04:31:40 AM »
She's in love with her hip.
Ain't it grand?
Congrats on your hip's birthday!
kate

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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2011, 05:30:38 AM »
WOW...3 years..congratulations  :) :)

So....you can probably tell us mere 6 monthers a thing or two. ;) ;D

Whats it like 3 years down the road.....hows your range of motion.....are you involved in a sport??....do you run? whats day to day life like???

yeah I know......I should mind my own business  ;D ;D ;D
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dimples

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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2011, 07:24:56 AM »
The range of motion is very good - much better than my other hip!
I'm not an athlete, however I do work out regularly at the gym which makes a huge difference in the way my hip feels.  If I miss a couple of weeks, I can feel the muscles around my hip start to tighten up and find myself starting to limp again.
All I ever wanted was a pain-free, normal life.  My BHR has given that back to me.  I can now keep up with my 3 teenagers, and also the 15 4-year-olds at the preschool where I work!  I'm sure my husband feels like he is married to a much younger woman than he had 3 years ago!

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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2011, 08:02:36 AM »
I'm very happy for you, and for me it's great to hear about goodness down the road.
Hernan, LHR 8/24/2010, RHR 11/29/2010 - Cormet, Dr. Snyder

chris finn

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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2011, 09:09:30 AM »
Thanks for the reply. Its fantastic to hear that you are doing so well.....something for us all to look forward to in the future  :)
BIRMINGHAM RESURFACE, LEFT HIP, 9TH DEC 2010,BY MR A. NORRISH...CONSULTANT-SURGEON, ADDENBROOKE`S HOSPITAL...CAMBRIDGE UK

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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2011, 02:01:29 PM »
Hippy Birthday too !. Does anybody on this forum has got some limping when stopping sport ?
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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2011, 12:24:26 AM »
Great to hear!  Thanks for continuing to hang out here and be an inspiration for those of us not so hip.

Dan
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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2011, 11:08:20 AM »
thanks for the the three year update. It's an inspiration.
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chris finn

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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2011, 12:53:32 PM »
Hippy Birthday too !. Does anybody on this forum has got some limping when stopping sport ?

If I understand you right.....your asking if anyone limps if they stop working out...???

Well...I dont limp at all anymore  :D unless I push it too much and then my hip aches and I do limp for a few days  :-[ :-[ ....but I do get various aches and pains if I dont train on a regular basis....old injuries that play up for some reason, if I dont exercise.
BIRMINGHAM RESURFACE, LEFT HIP, 9TH DEC 2010,BY MR A. NORRISH...CONSULTANT-SURGEON, ADDENBROOKE`S HOSPITAL...CAMBRIDGE UK

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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2011, 01:22:53 PM »
Thanks Chris. This is what I wanted to hear !!
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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2011, 03:06:32 PM »
I limped pre-op for a few years...didn't even realize it until people kept pointing it out to me or asked if I had injured myself. I do not limp at all anymore!!! I am 5 1/2 months post-op. No start up pain, no start up limping, it is awesome!!!

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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #16 on: May 03, 2011, 09:08:00 PM »
dimples,
Great to hear from someone years into this. I wish there were a lot more reporting in. Thanks.

I limped pre-op for a few years...didn't even realize it until people kept pointing it out to me or asked if I had injured myself.

I remember those days. It really got old getting asked that question. It is so awesome walking normally again!
Steve, Dr. Gross bilateral, uncemented Biomet, January 10 & 12, 2011, Columbia S.C.

ScubaDuck

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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #17 on: May 04, 2011, 02:00:17 AM »
It is sure amazing how much we all have in common in dealing with this disease.  I would limp and not notice anything unusual.  But people would ask why I was limping.

I will be sure glad when this is behind me. (Yes, I am having a posterior incision)  LOL

Dan
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bothdone

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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #18 on: May 04, 2011, 04:19:56 AM »
dimples,
Great to hear from someone years into this. I wish there were a lot more reporting in. Thanks.


Hi Folks

Newdog's post has prompted me to add something here as my left hip is coming up to 7 years later this month and my right hip went past 3 years in March.   Like others who've posted I had horrendous pre-op limps.  It was really a friend who is a  physiotherapist who stopped me and told me how bad it was who prompted me to get my first hip op.   I don't think this website was around back in 2004 (Pat?).   I wish it had been or I had known about something like it.

As has also been posted, like others I don't usually limp but every now and then I overdo the exercise and strain things.  A couple of weeks ago I did a very hilly hike of just over 6 miles in 2 hours.   It wouldn't have been so bad but I hadn't been doing a lot of walking in the weeks before it.   I limped for a couple of days after.

I would add that at 57 years old I would expect to get muscle strains even if I didn't have new hips.

I'm hoping to put together a fuller post on my hip's 7th birthday (25 May) when I'll add in some details to where I am now.

7 years ago I had to pay for my new left hip.  3 years ago the National Health Service paid for the new right one.  I certainly have no regrets paying for the left one.   Money well spent!

Best wishes to all hippies (and potential hippies) on here, whatever stage you are at.

Ed
LBHR 25 May 2004
RBHR 19 March 2008

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Re: Happy Birthday to my 3-year-old hip!
« Reply #19 on: May 04, 2011, 08:48:33 AM »
Dimples, I love hearing stories like yours, keep them coming.. It gives great hope to the newbies!!
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