RE: small world!

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Hi Gill,

Glad to hear you're managing to avoid THR at the moment. Hope your op in

April went well and you're not in pain. What hospital were you in?

I had my operations for CHD on both hips when I was about 1 1/2 and they

worked well for many years. However, my left hip ended up being pretty

useless with extremely limited movement, bad pain etc and my pelvis and

spine had got completely out of line. Anyway, Mr Field has performed what I

consider a miracle. No more hip pain, my pelvis is now where it should be

and my spine is now back in line. What more could I ask for!!!

All I can say is don't worry about having to have THR, the thought of it is

a lot worse than the reality believe me!!!

Take care and hope to hear from you soon

Nicola

small world!

hi Nicola,

a fellow hippy from the TotallyHip website alerted me to your

message.I am also a patient of Mr Field, I had an Open

Cheilectomy in April this year to remove osteophytes and other excess

bone from around the head of my left femur: this is a rare op, I am

told only Mr Field does them.The op was to delay THR but I will have

to have one: the question is when??? I had CHD in left hip and

surgeries when I was 2, I'm 38 now and I live near Sutton.Anyway

would you like to chat more??? Gill

>

> Hi Jo,

> I'm Nicola, I'm 35 and live in Anerley in South London, UK. I was

> born with congenital hip dysplasia in both hips and have always had

a

> bad limp. I developed osteoarthritis in both hips but my left hip

> started to get much worse about 8 years ago. I saw a consultant on

> the NHS who told me that I needed a hip replacement but that I

would

> have to wait until I was at least 40. You can imagine how I felt

at

> the time!!! Earlier this year I decided to go private as the pain

had

> become unbearable. I went to St 's in Cheam where I saw Mr

> Field. He said he though a metal/metal surface hip

> replacement would be the best thing for me but he would have to see

> what the situation was like when he opened me up as a total hip

> replacement might be necessary. To cut a long story short, I had

the

> metal/metal surface hip replacement and a bone graft on May 25th

this

> year. The difference it's made to me is incredible. Just be

> prepared to do a lot of exercises after the op!!! You'll be shown

> how to do stairs while you're in hospital and you'll use a walking

> frame and then crutches. I was on 2 crutches for 6 weeks and then

1

> crutch for another 6 weeks. I was back at work 8 weeks after my op

> and was told I couldn't drive for 8 weeks after the op. I've seen

Mr

> Field twice since the op and he's really pleased with how

successful

> everything's been. I still walk with a stick as my muscles are

still

> quite weak due to not being able to walk properly for years before

my

> op but I'm in no pain!!! I'm also walking straight for the first

> time in my life, it's just great!!!

>

> Go for it Jo, you won't regret it.

>

> Hope this isn't too long-winded and boring and hope you find some

> useful information in it somewhere!!!

>

> Good luck Jo.

>

> Nicola