John’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Antoniou 2009 March 3, 2009 I first heard of hip resurfacing back in 2002 when my brother-in-law had one done in England. At the time I had no hip problems so his descriptions, whilst fascinating were purely academic. Yes hips were fine then. Knees, that … Continue reading →
Jeanie’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Gross 2008 I’m 41 and had my left hip resurfaced in August. I had degenerative joint disease which was secondary to dysplasia. Apparently, my hip was dislocated at birth and no one noticed for 11 months! When my parents finally brought me to a specialist, … Continue reading →
Jeff’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Gross 2012 March 14, 2012 Woke up about 1:30 today .Don’t even remember getting the spinal. Still a little loopy from the sedatives. I don’t think it’s the Nucynta. Typing is a struggle. PT came to walk me about 5 or so. We could not … Continue reading →
Jazz’s Bilateral Hip Resurfacing 2010 May 31, 2010 I am totally new to Surface Hippy, but find the site to be enormously helpful. I will continue to make use of all the information presented, especially physical therapy tips. I am almost 8 weeks post bilateral hip resurfacing, and I’ve read … Continue reading →
Jaze’s Bilateral Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Gross 2009 July 24, 2009 I’m 16 days post op. Dr. Gross performed a hip resurfacing on my right hip July 8, 2009. I spent one day in the hospital and flew home to Evergreen CO. I hit the ground running, so to speak, … Continue reading →
Jay’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Crofford 2011 February 26, 2009 The quick is I am a 41 yr old Male, I need a RBHR, I think. My Injury was in Iraq 2003. The fracture was called a ‘pulled grion’ by Air Force medical folks. My hip really degraded very fast … Continue reading →
Jane S’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Bose 2008 I returned from having my hip resurfaced by Dr. Bose in Chennai on April 18, 2008. For years I was told by my local orthopeds that I had a compressed disc leading to nerve impingement which was causing severe sciatica. They sent … Continue reading →
Evant’s Hip Resurfacing with Mr. Treacy 2013 January 24, 2013 As of today I am 3 weeks post-op. So far I feel happy to be cautious and not push my recovery. I’m able to walk short distances with 1 crutch and all feels ok. I still occasionally take pain killing … Continue reading →
Kevin’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Su 2013 July 23, 2013 I had my hip resurfacing surgery with Dr. Su on May 17th at HSS in New York. Its going on 10 weeks post op and everything is going great. Dr. Su is truly a great surgeon and the Hospital for … Continue reading →
Roger Hendrix’s Bilateral Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Gross 2011 I was looking on the surfacehippy web site and wanted to report my bilateral hip resurfacing surgery for your data. I learned about hip resurfacing from the website in 2010 and had mine done on 4/4/11 and 4/6/11 by Dr. Thomas … Continue reading →
Donna’s Tooth Infection in 2012 after Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Su in 2008 I had both my hips resurfaced 9/2008 Dr. Su. Been feeling wonderful, exercising every day – pool and spinning. This past April 2012, I had a cracked tooth under a cap. I had some pain but nothing … Continue reading →
Mike Baker’s Bilateral Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Powell 2011 July 24, 2013 This site was incredible for all the lead up to surgery and through the recovery process. I am glad to say that I am at my 2 year anniversary of my LBHR and it will be 2 years … Continue reading →
August 2019 11 Year Anniversary I got an email from Miss Patty today and I looked at the date and I said wow, it’s my anniversary + 2 days. I am 11 years 2 days post op today with Dr. Gross. I received an uncemented hip replacement that Dr. Gross … Continue reading →
Mike’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Gross 2012 April 27, 2012 Two weeks post-op yesterday, no bone density issues. Going through this you take a lot of hits to your ego, so when I had my dexascan at Providence hospital (Dr. Gross’s machine was on the fritz) and the technician pronounced … Continue reading →
I just look to my Brother for Longevity of BHR, Birmingham Hip Resurfacing. He is coming up to 14 years we think. He had his left hip done by Mr. McMinn and has done Karate and worked 6 days a week in the catering industry ever since. He works six … Continue reading →
Tim’s Hip Resurfacing with Dr. McCalden 2010 April 24, 2010 I did it ;D Finally the roller coaster I have been on hit the top of the tallest hill Mon April 19th. As I peeked over it was scary 😮 but I knew there was no turning back…I was ready…down … Continue reading →
Lee R’s Bilateral Hip Resurfacing with Dr. Kusuma 2010 August 18, 2013 Even though my specific case is atypical, my story is not. I call it atypical in that my need was not due to Osteoarthritis, wear and tear, running (in high school I was a athlete), or over weight. … Continue reading →
2 Year Update June 12, 2017 I celebrate my two year anniversary of RBHR on June 17! It was a tough recovery and a lot of work but overall it has been great…I can do things I have not done in a very long time and the pain in my … Continue reading →