Guest guest Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 , Just read of your latest misfortunate & just want to let you know how sorry I am you're going through so much. You were so helpful to me a few months back -- wish I could help you in some way.  Thinking of you & sending all good wishes for your speedy & complete recovery.  Best, Lorraine From: marywaspe2000 <maryanne.waspe1@...> Joint Replacement Sent: Friday, October 7, 2011 9:04 PM Subject: Hi Gayle and .sorry its long !!!  Thanks for answering my absolute frustration. when i had the first round of joints 5 of them,going back to 1993 I had the same surgeon do all five, in fact he did 2 of my revisions.,I used to work with him so knew how good he was and so on.. Also my hip x-rays MRI's etc never showed the AVN I had. it wasn't until the joint was out and my GP was able to photograph it, did I believe that's what I had wrong.. of course the pathology came back as positive to AVN. he moved away from here, and has become so busy that he has 3 operating rooms going all at once with people at different stages of their surgery, he did in fact do the wrong joint on someone (got greedy).so i decided no way was I going to get involved in this. He also stopped doing shoulders at this point so I had to find a good shoulder guy which I did. so when my hip dislocated I contacted my shoulder man and he told me to go to this guy I am now seeing, I also asked the nurses in theatre, who they would go to for hips and knees and they were unanimous with what the shoulder guy said.. He did my 4th revision last year, was very good and straight to the point... I was happy with his skills and the outcome is good. But 4 months prior to that hip dislocating I was told it all looked perfect.Only to find out it was too loose and kept dislocating. I have now had Bone scan, MRI, bone density, x-rays and now an ultrasound to make sure its not ovaries or a hernia clot etc.which it isn't. Having had 5 hips done, I darn well know its my hip, I don't have any back pain and or very little, now and then, but I think that's from walking funny with this hip !!! and my knee replacement same side is okay as far as I know. I wouldn't have a clue who else to go to, if you read the doctors on the web pages they all say they are experienced and fantastic, well we know that isn't always true, I don't know whether to stick it out a bit longer or get another opinion, I am just so depressed now. not knowing where to turn.I got no sleep last night because of the hip and the new shoulder.. Thanks for reading this far. I truly do appreciate any and all your feedback. Money isn't the deciding factor. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Thanks Lorraine, I think I was feeling a bit sorry for myself. I am normally a VERY positive person But this has just sent me into a deep hole.just your kind thoughts are good. thanks -- Hi Gayle and .sorry its long !!! Thanks for answering my absolute frustration. when i had the first round of joints 5 of them,going back to 1993 I had the same surgeon do all five, in fact he did 2 of my revisions.,I used to work with him so knew how good he was and so on.. Also my hip x-rays MRI's etc never showed the AVN I had. it wasn't until the joint was out and my GP was able to photograph it, did I believe that's what I had wrong.. of course the pathology came back as positive to AVN. he moved away from here, and has become so busy that he has 3 operating rooms going all at once with people at different stages of their surgery, he did in fact do the wrong joint on someone (got greedy).so i decided no way was I going to get involved in this. He also stopped doing shoulders at this point so I had to find a good shoulder guy which I did. so when my hip dislocated I contacted my shoulder man and he told me to go to this guy I am now seeing, I also asked the nurses in theatre, who they would go to for hips and knees and they were unanimous with what the shoulder guy said.. He did my 4th revision last year, was very good and straight to the point... I was happy with his skills and the outcome is good. But 4 months prior to that hip dislocating I was told it all looked perfect Only to find out it was too loose and kept dislocating. I have now had Bone scan, MRI, bone density, x-rays and now an ultrasound to make sure its not ovaries or a hernia clot etc.which it isn't. Having had 5 hips done, I darn well know its my hip, I don't have any back pain and or very little, now and then, but I think that's from walking funny with this hip !!! and my knee replacement same side is okay as far as I know I wouldn't have a clue who else to go to, if you read the doctors on the web pages they all say they are experienced and fantastic, well we know that isn t always true, I don't know whether to stick it out a bit longer or get another opinion, I am just so depressed now. not knowing where to turn.I got no sleep last night because of the hip and the new shoulder.. Thanks for reading this far. I truly do appreciate any and all your feedback. Money isn't the deciding factor. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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