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  1. Right Hip Replacement

    Hi, I'm a 48 year old guy and I'm getting my right hip replaced next Tue 5th March. To say I'm worried is an understatement! It's not so much the op it's the waking ....

  2. Hip replacement

    Am booked to have a right THR on Wednesday but am terrified. I feel sick when I think about getting to the hospital and walking down to the theatre. Think I will ....

  3. hip replacement

    I am 28 years old and I am having full hip replacement within 3 month, after having 20 years of pain. I am terrified, worried and I feel sick, is anyone here had ....

  4. just had my right hip done

    had my right hip replaced on 24th October after about 6 or 7 years of worsening pain, was a little poorly from the anaesthetic for a couple of days, and they kept ....

  5. My life only really started after my hip replacement

    :D My hip replacement followed a long history. Sufferred osteomyelitis at 14 months in 1944 in occupied Holland, with lack of medication due to war, received radiation ....

  6. I am nearly 17 and am going to have a hip replacement- Info on recovery and limitations.

    Hey Guys,

    So I am soon to be 17 and have had CDH, also know as Congenital Dysplasia of the Hip for all of my life.

    I have had many surgeries through my life ....

  7. BBC participants needed

    I am working for the BBC and we are making a new series examining various aspects of the the NHS and in particular, are looking at the issue of waiting times for ....

  8. I had a total hip replacement on the 10th June

    I had a total hip replacement on the 10th of June and was home by the 13th. I kept up with the exercises. Everyday there was improvement. It's now been 9 weeks ....

  9. Hip replacement so young!

    My son is 15 years old and needs a hip replacement due to avascular necrosis that was caused when pins were inserted into his hip a year ago because he had developed ....

  10. cementless total left hip replacement

    Hi, I’m a 31 male and having a cementless total hip replacement with a ceramic ball against a polyethylene socket in October 2012, less than 3 months away.

    I ....

  11. Total Hip Replacement In A Months Time

    Hi, I am a 47 your old male and due to ann accident when I was a young man I know need a THR on my right hip.

    I have talked to my consultant about the operation, ....

  12. Periacetabular osteotomy for hip dysplasia coming up!

    I'm 39 and having a PAO to tackle one side of my hip dysplasia in April (2012) and would really love to speak to someone whose been through it. I know all about ....

  13. Anyone had a muscle come away from the bone after a hip replacement?

    I had a right hip replacement in December which never seemed to settle properly. 3 weeks I discovered the muscle in my right leg had come away from the bone. I was ....

  14. Dislocated hips

    In October I will have my left hip replaced at Wrightington Hospital. Both my hips have been dislocated since birth, however I only have pain in the left side, ....

  15. young with hip replacement problem

    hi there i had 2 consultation with 2 different doctors i am 37 years old man( young) i mean and i have to make a surgery for a hip replacement left hip ,i was choked ....

  16. Renewed pain rfollowing hip operation.

    I had a right hip replacement done in April '09 after suffering from arthritis for some years. The actual procedure carried out is a Birminham Mid Head Resection ....

  17. Later pain after hip replacement.

    Had a hip relacement,wonderful result pain gone,quick recovery.A year later such acute local pain returned had to go back to Consultant,X.rayed,Blood tested for ....

  18. hip replacement wait

    i am 39 and have recently been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in both hips. My gp has told me i will need surgery on my left hip first and my right in the future. ....

  19. wrightington hospital

    I have been told that i will need a total hip replacement, and because it is a complicated one , I am being referred to wrightington. has anyone got any experience ....

  20. Where is the best place for hip replacements?

    Hi

    A friend of mine may possibly need a hip replacement due to Osteo-arthritis. He has been referred to his local orthapedic surgeon but does not feel confident ....

  21. What Type Of Hip Replacement

    I am a 36 year old personal trainer and life long practitioner of martial arts.After expiriencing pain in my hip at 27years of age was diagnosed with a slipped femoral ....

  22. Hip Replacement usng Acrobot Surgical Navigation

    Not sure if it's in regular use where you are, but during my recent Birmingham Hip Replacement my surgeon used the Acrobot Surgical Navigation. It's a 'precision ....

  23. 17 and waiting for thr

    my son was in an accident at school in nov 2005 the school did not recognise that he had major injury i was called as he was upset and wanted to go home by the time ....

  24. Hip replacement

    Hi,

    I'm 42 and having a THR in 8 weeks time.I have suffered from Hip Dysplasia and Arthritis in it for 5 years now,but have kept putting the operation off due to ....

  25. Hip replacement without general anasthetic?

    My mum, 72 is due to have her second hip replacement, but cannot have a general anasthetic. She's is understandably scared about what she is going to see, hear and ....

  26. 8 week set back

    ! had a left THR late November and on about 8 weeks post op I stupidly over stretched whilst picking something from the floor. There was a sharp pain right in my ....

  27. After hip replacement

    I see there are many people worried about the hip replacement op. I had both hips replaced within

    7 months five years ago. Aged almost 70 I was also worried, ....

  28. Muscel weakness after op

    I had a hip replacement in november. I am a 58 yr old male. I seemed to progress very well, or so I thought. Any way im back at work now as a driver for a builders ....

  29. 3 days since THR : Progress report

    In a word - brilliant!

    The spinal block anaesthesia was everything I could have wished for : the injection was just a prick, like giving a blood sample, followed ....

  30. hip fracture at 13years old

    my daughter was electrocuted 2 years ago on holiday, and suffered a fractured hip, she had it pinned but then suffered avasular nerosis. the doctors say we should ....

  31. RH THR Newbie

    Hi , just signed up to this site .

    I've known for a long time , confirmed from x-rays after an accident in 1995 unrelated to my condition , I have hip dysplacia ....

  32. Review of Surgeon in Glasgow

    Glasgow's Gartnavel Hospital has had problems with sterile surgical supplies, so they temporarily suspended all orthopaedic surgery till the problem was solved. ....

  33. Total Hip Replacement

    I have had both hips replaced the right hip 4th July 2012 and the left hip 4th October 2012. I am a little worried at the moment because my hips never seem to get ....

  34. Hip replacement

    I am 54 years old and had a bilateral hip replacement November 2010. The left one was no problem at all. The right hip is ok but I have a constant pain in the ....

  35. hip replacment tomorrow

    hi i go in tomorrow for hip replacment or hip resuface not quite sure which one yet

    they have told me i will be in 3 days as long as everything goes ok

    we went ....

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