Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

[Pat Walter]

I would like to wish the over 3000+ members of Hip Talk and all the guests a very Merry Christmas! May you enjoy your new hips and families for a wonderful holiday celebration.

If you are in pain, my New Year's wish for you is to find a solution thru an experienced hip resurfacing surgeon. 

May we all be out of pain and active again. 
May we enjoy life to it's fullest.
May we be Thankful for surgeons that have learned to rebuild our hips.
May we be Thankful for the medical companies and researchers that develop new hip devices.
May we be Thankful for our families and friends.
May we be Thankful for each other - for support and caring, quiet help and listening.

Happy New Year!

Pat

[dwbitt]

Merry Christmas Pat, and I know I am very Thankful for your efforts to keep this website running.

Thanks,

[Luanna]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Pat and to everyone who visits and shares their stories and learnings on this great site.

Luanna

[Woodstock Hippy]

Merry Christmas Pat and thank you for this sight

And Merry Christmas to all my fellow hippies who are out celebrating by walking, running, biking, kicking, riding horses and everything else pain free and just enjoying the Holidays.

[Aerial]

Thank you very much to Pat and all the great people who post here.  I have learned so much and went into surgery feeling very prepared.  I am so grateful for the new hip I got this Christmas and for Dr. Gross and his staff who got the job done! My outlook is so much brighter now that my hip pain is gone.  Merry Christmas everyone and a big thank you 

[mslendzion]

Merry Christmas fellow hippies. May the joy of the season bless you and your loved ones.   Thank you all for your gifts of wisdom.

[hernanu]

Merry Christmas to all of our hippies, preop, post op and most of all currently op. Hope everything that we expect of our treatment comes true and that it lasts forever.

[ScubaDuck]

Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukkah!

I feel guilty because I gave myself the best present of all.

No, come to think of it, I am sharing this gift with my family and friends.  I no longer cause them pain and concern with my limping.  I can participate actively again with them.  I am not grumpy because I am constantly in pain.  I can help when I could only watch before.

Best wishes.

Dan

[Jimt]

DGossack.    Amen to that. 

[Dannywayoflife]

Merry christmas to everyone. Thanks to all the members on here you have all really helped me this year. And as a result I'm in the position of ebing able to start the new year with the prospect of getting my life back! That's be best present I could wish for!
Thank you one and all
Danny

[obxpelican]

Merry Christmas to all and a painless New Year to all the hippies out there on God's great earth.

This was a wonderful year on this forum with lots of support given by some of the best hippies this board has ever had IMHO.  With the exception of some minor drama and a hacker or two this has really been an excellent year.

The reason this board is so good is because of you guys.

I look forward to 2012 being even better.

Chuck

[B.I.L.L.]

Merry Christmas to all of our hippies, preop, post op and most of all currently op. Hope everything that we expect of our treatment comes true and that it lasts forever.

Well put hernanu
 Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and next year is your best yet !

[marcus]

happy christmas and new year to you pat
I must be getting old hip resurfacing on my favourites bar ?
my present is hopefully being given/fitted to me on 12 th Jan
Happy and healthy christmas and new year to all the helpful, kind and nice people who post comments on this website
Remember
"Its nice to be important,but its more important to be nice"
cheers
marcus

[WTW15]

Merry Christmas to all - I, too, am So Thankful for finding this site and all the great - supportive - encouraging - wonderful members.  ~*~*~*~*~ May everyone have a Blessed 2012 ~*~*~*~*~

I am looking forward to my LBHR on Jan 19, 2012    

[Two4One]

Merry HAPPY Holidays, Everyone!

Thank you, Pat, for a wonderful site that's helping us all break on thru to the other side of recovery and beyond.

[Luann]

AMEN to all that, Pat! We thank YOU for this great site! I LOVE my new hip. This site has been so very valuable to me. Good luck to all the new hippies to be! Lu

[David]

Thank you Pat.  You have touched and helped the lives of many with your website. 
I feel blessed that I am able to gain back the active life that I love...
Best to everyone at whatever stage in your journey...
David

[Tin Soldier]

Yeah, Thanks to Pat and everyone.  I'm not quite sure where I'd be if it weren't for this website.  Maybe still in pain, maybe with a THR, maybe trying to find a surgeon who would relunctantly do arthro work on my hip only to have it not work out,...

The other day I was awake at 3 am thinking about "The 12 Days of HR", hmmm?  I got to about day 4 or so and maybe I was actually thinking months would be more appropro for HR.

On the first month of HR, my doctor said to me, "you have osteoarthritis, and you need a total hip replacement",
On the second month of HR, my doctor said to me, "you should come back and see me when you can't stand it, you have osteoarthritis, and you need a total hip replacement",
On the third month of HR, my doctor said to me,...

I can't remember anymore of it.  It was pretty sappy, and I believe I slept quite well that night, because my hips and legs don't hurt.   

[Kiwi]

To Pat & all the fellow hippies & hippies to be,
Thanks to everyone who's responded & written in here. I've appreciated all the support & knowledge accessed via this fantastic site. It's great being able to fire off a question or concern & get such experienced feedback & often mind settling advice. Living over here in NZ there's not the population of HRs to gain this sort of experience & knowledge so readily available on this site.  Technology is great isn't it? Imagine attempting this sort of support network pre internet!
Pat - you rock!
Here's to you ALL & an absolutely positively awesome 2012!

[Mike D]

hello to you all-I'm Mike from York in England.
I've not had surgery yet but hopefully will have this year.
Like so many others here, I've been confused, bewildered, depressed and everything else that comes with an arthritic hip, but on finding this fantastic site have found that I will reclaim my life, be able to ride my motorcycle again and play with my new grandson.
To Pat and everyone -thank you for completely changing my outlook to whats coming-I've gone from dreading it to looking forward to it. Cheers, Happy new year,Mike.