March 30, 2015 – I am a former mountain bike racer and was racing at a very high level at one time.  I still keep in top cycling shape and after 7 weeks, I am already at full strength on the bike and just 2 weeks ago, it seemed like an impossibility I would be this strong.  Dr. Marchand laid out a timeline for my recovery and it was pretty much perfect with what he gave me for expectations.  When quoting this site, it would be called a “Superman Recovery”.  Granted, I went into the surgery in very good shape and I am relatively young (38).

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March 30, 2015

I first heard about the BHR watching the Tour de France when Floyd Landis (cough) won it.  I then continually researched this procedure and met many doctors including Dr. Su. in NYC who is one of the most known doctors for this surgery.  He was pleasant enough…but I drove 5 hours to meet him and paid nearly $500.00 for the appointment and he spent about 10 minutes with me, which is fine as it wasn’t a surprise what was wrong with my hip.  I had all the xrays and an mri already done.  Over the next few years after meeting him, I was supposed to get him new xrays every year which was a challenge.  I would mail them and the PA would tell me the disk didn’t work (I am an IT professional, I tested the disk before I sent it in).  I then would email them and the PA would tell me he couldn’t see it well.  I would also not get very clear answer from the PA about what to do or how my hip was doing.  I gave up after some time and stopped contact with his office.  Now 6 years later I make an appointment with Dr. Marchand in RI.  He was very pleasant and informative.  He even gave me his personal cell phone number (which I am sure he regrets).  He talked to me several times before the surgery via text and voice.  He performed the surgery on me 7 weeks ago and I am almost fully recovered.  Dr. Marchand has done over 1300 BHRs and that info should be updated on this site.  He has a 3 month wait list of patients and when I ask him questions via text, he still always gets right back to me immediately even on the weekends.  I have never met a doctor like him.  I cannot say enough good things about this Doctor.  His staff is very pleasant to deal with also.  On a side note, Dr. Su doesn’t take my insurance and from what I know, he doesn’t take a lot of major insurances.  Dr. Marchand does, so this wasn’t too expensive either.  I was also an out of state patient.  People in the New England area should really consider Dr. Marchand as he pretty much has no failures from any fault of his own and is a top doc for this procedure.  Oh a side note, this website is priceless as it answers almost every question/concern.

I am a former mountain bike racer and was racing at a very high level at one time.  I still keep in top cycling shape and after 7 weeks, I am already at full strength on the bike and just 2 weeks ago, it seemed like an impossibility I would be this strong.  Dr. Marchand laid out a timeline for my recovery and it was pretty much perfect with what he gave me for expectations.  When quoting this site, it would be called a “Superman Recovery”.  Granted, I went into the surgery in very good shape and I am relatively young (38).