Long-term success after resurf

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone,

I would like to know if we have any long-term success stories out

there. I mean 5-years and beyond (resurf 1991-1999). If you are out

there please let us know - It is important for our state of mind and

general well-being :-). I would also encourage all of you who have

had a resurf to add your name to the database file on this website.

At the moment there are only 25 entries in the database. So all you

surfers out there who are not in the website - get motivated and

enter your data. I know there are more of you out there. I

personally am planning on entering my data following my resurf this

summer, and I will then update my condition every 6 months. I

believe it would be important to get as many people and as much

information in the database to help others evaluate whether they

would like to become a part of this special community. Let me know

what you think, and all of you long-term surfers, let us know how you

are doing.

Regards,

Dr. Mark

[Guest guest]

I am on a wiating list that is approx. 18 months so I am going to be

very interested in this data baxe that Dr. Marks is starting.

Please do add yourself to this very valuable data base. I certainly

will!

Ted, Vancouver, CAnada

> Hello everyone,

> I would like to know if we have any long-term success stories out

> there. I mean 5-years and beyond (resurf 1991-1999). If you are

out

> there please let us know - It is important for our state of mind

and

> general well-being :-). I would also encourage all of you who

have

> had a resurf to add your name to the database file on this

website.

> At the moment there are only 25 entries in the database. So all

you

> surfers out there who are not in the website - get motivated and

> enter your data. I know there are more of you out there. I

> personally am planning on entering my data following my resurf

this

> summer, and I will then update my condition every 6 months. I

> believe it would be important to get as many people and as much

> information in the database to help others evaluate whether they

> would like to become a part of this special community. Let me

know

> what you think, and all of you long-term surfers, let us know how

you

> are doing.

> Regards,

> Dr. Mark

[Guest guest]

I had mine done in September 1991, by my all time hero McMinn

and it is still doing really well. I have check ups every 2 years and

there is no sign of any deterioration to the bone or any movement in

the implant. I've only posted a couple of times but I've added my

details to the database if it helps anyone ;-)

LH Mcminn 1991

> Hello everyone,

> I would like to know if we have any long-term success stories out

> there. I mean 5-years and beyond (resurf 1991-1999). If you are

out

> there please let us know - It is important for our state of mind

and

> general well-being :-). I would also encourage all of you who have

> had a resurf to add your name to the database file on this

website.

> At the moment there are only 25 entries in the database. So all

you

> surfers out there who are not in the website - get motivated and

> enter your data. I know there are more of you out there. I

> personally am planning on entering my data following my resurf this

> summer, and I will then update my condition every 6 months. I

> believe it would be important to get as many people and as much

> information in the database to help others evaluate whether they

> would like to become a part of this special community. Let me know

> what you think, and all of you long-term surfers, let us know how

you

> are doing.

> Regards,

> Dr. Mark

[Guest guest]

Dr. Mark:

Thanks for posting this - I didn't even know there was a database! I

have added my information. The database needs a separate field for

the surgery date (?).

RC2K Dr. Gross 3/24/04

> Hello everyone,

> I would like to know if we have any long-term success stories out

> there. I mean 5-years and beyond (resurf 1991-1999). If you are out

> there please let us know - It is important for our state of mind and

> general well-being :-). I would also encourage all of you who have

> had a resurf to add your name to the database file on this website.

> At the moment there are only 25 entries in the database. So all you

> surfers out there who are not in the website - get motivated and

> enter your data. I know there are more of you out there. I

> personally am planning on entering my data following my resurf this

> summer, and I will then update my condition every 6 months. I

> believe it would be important to get as many people and as much

> information in the database to help others evaluate whether they

> would like to become a part of this special community. Let me know

> what you think, and all of you long-term surfers, let us know how you

> are doing.

> Regards,

> Dr. Mark

[Guest guest]

Dr. Mark,

I'm one of the 27 already in the database and make regular posts

to this site. C+ left 3/24/98, right 2/12/04. It's not clear

how I update my original database record. Any help would be

appreciated.

I'm very active in multiple sports and have no limitations. Life

is sweet again, especially so after years of dealing with the taxing

mental and emotional challenge of severe hip pain. I get some grief

for skydiving 8 weeks post op, (but similar to resurfacing,

there's a lot of misconceptions about skydiving).

A couple of my personal observations: (1) I experienced a speedier

recovery the second time around due to the improvement in surgical

techniques over the last 6 years - new surgical tools, technical

improvements in the implant, and surgeon experience. (2) Getting the

hip as strong as possible and getting in shape pre-op makes a huge

difference in recovery success. (3) There's often some unexpected

joint damage that doesn't show on x-rays, so choose the surgeon with

the most experience.

Dave

> Hello everyone,

> I would like to know if we have any long-term success stories out

> there. I mean 5-years and beyond (resurf 1991-1999). If you are

out

> there please let us know - It is important for our state of mind

and

> general well-being :-). I would also encourage all of you who have

> had a resurf to add your name to the database file on this

website.

> At the moment there are only 25 entries in the database. So all

you

> surfers out there who are not in the website - get motivated and

> enter your data. I know there are more of you out there. I

> personally am planning on entering my data following my resurf this

> summer, and I will then update my condition every 6 months. I

> believe it would be important to get as many people and as much

> information in the database to help others evaluate whether they

> would like to become a part of this special community. Let me know

> what you think, and all of you long-term surfers, let us know how

you

> are doing.

> Regards,

> Dr. Mark

[Guest guest]

Would be delighted to add my name to the data base, but how do you get

into it? Everytime I have tried, they ask for a password, I give them

the one I had initially put in and they say it is not valid? Any ideas

what to do next?

Eleanor

Long-term success after resurf

Hello everyone,

I would like to know if we have any long-term success stories out

there. I mean 5-years and beyond (resurf 1991-1999). If you are out

there please let us know - It is important for our state of mind and

general well-being :-). I would also encourage all of you who have

had a resurf to add your name to the database file on this website.

At the moment there are only 25 entries in the database. So all you

surfers out there who are not in the website - get motivated and

enter your data. I know there are more of you out there. I

personally am planning on entering my data following my resurf this

summer, and I will then update my condition every 6 months. I

believe it would be important to get as many people and as much

information in the database to help others evaluate whether they

would like to become a part of this special community. Let me know

what you think, and all of you long-term surfers, let us know how you

are doing.

Regards,

Dr. Mark

[Guest guest]

> > Hello everyone,

> > I would like to know if we have any long-term success stories out

> > there. I mean 5-years and beyond (resurf 1991-1999). If you are

out

> > there please let us know - It is important for our state of mind

and

> > general well-being :-). I would also encourage all of you who

have

> > had a resurf to add your name to the database file on this

website.

> > At the moment there are only 25 entries in the database. So all

you

> > surfers out there who are not in the website - get motivated and

> > enter your data. I know there are more of you out there. I

> > personally am planning on entering my data following my resurf

this

> > summer, and I will then update my condition every 6 months. I

> > believe it would be important to get as many people and as much

> > information in the database to help others evaluate whether they

> > would like to become a part of this special community. Let me

know

> > what you think, and all of you long-term surfers, let us know how

you

> > are doing.

> > Regards,

> > Dr. Mark

[Guest guest]

> > Hello everyone,

> > I would like to know if we have any long-term success stories out

> > there. I mean 5-years and beyond (resurf 1991-1999). If you are

out

> > there please let us know - It is important for our state of mind

and

> > general well-being :-). I would also encourage all of you who

have

> > had a resurf to add your name to the database file on this

website.

> > At the moment there are only 25 entries in the database. So all

you

> > surfers out there who are not in the website - get motivated and

> > enter your data. I know there are more of you out there. I

> > personally am planning on entering my data following my resurf

this

> > summer, and I will then update my condition every 6 months. I

> > believe it would be important to get as many people and as much

> > information in the database to help others evaluate whether they

> > would like to become a part of this special community. Let me

know

> > what you think, and all of you long-term surfers, let us know how

you

> > are doing.

> > Regards,

> > Dr. Mark

[Guest guest]

> Would be delighted to add my name to the data base, but how do you

get

> into it? Everytime I have tried, they ask for a password, I give

them

> the one I had initially put in and they say it is not valid? Any

ideas

> what to do next?

>

> Eleanor

Hi Eleanor,

You can enter data by performing the following functions. First,

click on 'database' on the left side of the screen. Second, click

on 'Surgery (Proposed or Completed) Survey'. Third, click on 'Add

Record'. Fourth, enter your data under 'Record data'. I hope it

works for you.

Dr. Mark

>

> Long-term success after resurf

>

> Hello everyone,

> I would like to know if we have any long-term success stories out

> there. I mean 5-years and beyond (resurf 1991-1999). If you are

out

> there please let us know - It is important for our state of mind

and

> general well-being :-). I would also encourage all of you who have

> had a resurf to add your name to the database file on this

website.

> At the moment there are only 25 entries in the database. So all

you

> surfers out there who are not in the website - get motivated and

> enter your data. I know there are more of you out there. I

> personally am planning on entering my data following my resurf this

> summer, and I will then update my condition every 6 months. I

> believe it would be important to get as many people and as much

> information in the database to help others evaluate whether they

> would like to become a part of this special community. Let me know

> what you think, and all of you long-term surfers, let us know how

you

> are doing.

> Regards,

> Dr. Mark

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dr. Mark:

I did a little experimenting - I manage some Yahoo groups for other

activities. , as owner/moderator, should be able to add a new

field pretty easily. I don't see any easy way he can give us access

to edit the records - it would open the whole thing up to anyone. The

simplest thing might be for us to create new records and for to

delete the redundant records. This is not ideal because I don't like

dumping the job on but I don't see any other way to do it.

Better to do it now before we get hundreds of entries. Maybe somebody

else is a more advanced Yahoo Groupie . . .

RC2K Dr. Gross 3/24/04

> > > Hello everyone,

> > > I would like to know if we have any long-term success stories out

> > > there. I mean 5-years and beyond (resurf 1991-1999). If you are

> out

> > > there please let us know - It is important for our state of mind

> and

> > > general well-being :-). I would also encourage all of you who

> have

> > > had a resurf to add your name to the database file on this

> website.

> > > At the moment there are only 25 entries in the database. So all

> you

> > > surfers out there who are not in the website - get motivated and

> > > enter your data. I know there are more of you out there. I

> > > personally am planning on entering my data following my resurf

> this

> > > summer, and I will then update my condition every 6 months. I

> > > believe it would be important to get as many people and as much

> > > information in the database to help others evaluate whether they

> > > would like to become a part of this special community. Let me

> know

> > > what you think, and all of you long-term surfers, let us know how

> you

> > > are doing.

> > > Regards,

> > > Dr. Mark

[Guest guest]

> > > > Hello everyone,

> > > > I would like to know if we have any long-term success stories

out

> > > > there. I mean 5-years and beyond (resurf 1991-1999). If you

are

> > out

> > > > there please let us know - It is important for our state of

mind

> > and

> > > > general well-being :-). I would also encourage all of you

who

> > have

> > > > had a resurf to add your name to the database file on this

> > website.

> > > > At the moment there are only 25 entries in the database. So

all

> > you

> > > > surfers out there who are not in the website - get motivated

and

> > > > enter your data. I know there are more of you out there. I

> > > > personally am planning on entering my data following my

resurf

> > this

> > > > summer, and I will then update my condition every 6 months.

I

> > > > believe it would be important to get as many people and as

much

> > > > information in the database to help others evaluate whether

they

> > > > would like to become a part of this special community. Let

me

> > know

> > > > what you think, and all of you long-term surfers, let us know

how

> > you

> > > > are doing.

> > > > Regards,

> > > > Dr. Mark

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Mark, but do I have to log on? It doesn't seem to work just by

clicking on Database. For some reason, my log-in info doesn't work and

when I have tried, 3 times now on different occasions to see if I have

somehow written down my log in information incorrectly, it always says

the server is too busy to help me. Frustrating! Why should you have to

log on to enter something on the data base?

Eleanor

Long-term success after resurf

>

> Hello everyone,

> I would like to know if we have any long-term success stories out

> there. I mean 5-years and beyond (resurf 1991-1999). If you are

out

> there please let us know - It is important for our state of mind

and

> general well-being :-). I would also encourage all of you who have

> had a resurf to add your name to the database file on this

website.

> At the moment there are only 25 entries in the database. So all

you

> surfers out there who are not in the website - get motivated and

> enter your data. I know there are more of you out there. I

> personally am planning on entering my data following my resurf this

> summer, and I will then update my condition every 6 months. I

> believe it would be important to get as many people and as much

> information in the database to help others evaluate whether they

> would like to become a part of this special community. Let me know

> what you think, and all of you long-term surfers, let us know how

you

> are doing.

> Regards,

> Dr. Mark

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I have created a new survey with new fields. The system was not

very friendly for adding new columns, unless you tag them on to the

end. I reorganized things a bit besides adding the date field. I

hope this is more useful to people. I was able to import the old

survey into Excel and I played with it a bit. Sometime I may be able

to export it to the new survey with the old fields properly

reorganized. Won't be happening this evening, however.

Sooo...maybe a few of you could look at the new survey, enter your

info, and give me some feedback on the new organization. Once we've

settled on it, we can all fill the fields, and later I'll see about

importing the older info (you can reenter your data and I'll remove

dupes later).

-

> > Dr. Mark:

> >

> > I did a little experimenting - I manage some Yahoo groups for

other

> > activities. , as owner/moderator, should be able to add a

new

> > field pretty easily. I don't see any easy way he can give us

access

> > to edit the records - it would open the whole thing up to

anyone.

> The

> > simplest thing might be for us to create new records and for

> to

> > delete the redundant records. This is not ideal because I don't

> like

> > dumping the job on but I don't see any other way to do it.

> > Better to do it now before we get hundreds of entries. Maybe

> somebody

> > else is a more advanced Yahoo Groupie . . .

[Guest guest]

> > > Dr. Mark:

> > >

> > > I did a little experimenting - I manage some Yahoo groups for

> other

> > > activities. , as owner/moderator, should be able to add a

> new

> > > field pretty easily. I don't see any easy way he can give us

> access

> > > to edit the records - it would open the whole thing up to

> anyone.

> > The

> > > simplest thing might be for us to create new records and for

>

> > to

> > > delete the redundant records. This is not ideal because I

don't

> > like

> > > dumping the job on but I don't see any other way to do

it.

> > > Better to do it now before we get hundreds of entries. Maybe

> > somebody

> > > else is a more advanced Yahoo Groupie . . .

[Guest guest]

> > > > Dr. Mark:

> > > >

> > > > I did a little experimenting - I manage some Yahoo groups for

> > other

> > > > activities. , as owner/moderator, should be able to add

a

> > new

> > > > field pretty easily. I don't see any easy way he can give us

> > access

> > > > to edit the records - it would open the whole thing up to

> > anyone.

> > > The

> > > > simplest thing might be for us to create new records and for

> >

> > > to

> > > > delete the redundant records. This is not ideal because I

> don't

> > > like

> > > > dumping the job on but I don't see any other way to do

> it.

> > > > Better to do it now before we get hundreds of entries. Maybe

> > > somebody

> > > > else is a more advanced Yahoo Groupie . . .

[Guest guest]

(3) There's often some unexpected joint damage that doesn't show on

x-rays, so choose the surgeon with the most experience.

Dave

Reading this made my stomach queezie (or however you spell it...)

- thus , I'm not shouting... : /

Now I'm thinking about " what if... " the surgeon goes in and my hip IS

as bad off as I thought it'd be? I didn't think I'd be a candidate

for a resruf and was surprised to learn I was. I've had progressive

OA since mid/late teens - I'm now 37. I'm going with Beaule at

JRI...will be scheduling once I figure out the work thing - and meet

tomorrow and pick his brain (Amstutz - 3 weeks postop).

....anyway...anyone calm my nerves???

[Guest guest]

> (3) There's often some unexpected joint damage that doesn't show on

> x-rays, so choose the surgeon with the most experience.

>

> Dave

>

> Reading this made my stomach queezie (or however you spell it...)

> - thus , I'm not shouting... : /

>

> Now I'm thinking about " what if... " the surgeon goes in and my hip IS

> as bad off as I thought it'd be? I didn't think I'd be a candidate

> for a resruf and was surprised to learn I was. I've had progressive

> OA since mid/late teens - I'm now 37. I'm going with Beaule at

> JRI...will be scheduling once I figure out the work thing - and meet

> tomorrow and pick his brain (Amstutz - 3 weeks postop).

>

> ...anyway...anyone calm my nerves???

, take a deep breath and relax. Yes, it's true that there can be

defects that don't show on a simple X-ray, however:

1) The guys at JRI are very, very good at evalauating for such

defects.

2) They, like most of the highly experienced resurfacing surgeons,

have refined their technique a lot over the past years. As they've

developed more experience, they've found methods of dealing with

a lot of these defects (filling in bone cysts, etc), and they've

become really good at recognizing those cases that can't be

resurfaced in advance.

If Beaule' has done a full ortho exam on you (including the delightful

" true lateral " x-ray) and says he can resurface you, then he

can resurface you. If he had any doubts, he'd have let you know.

This is what's going to happen:

1) You'll check in for surgery

2) " Dr. B " , the anesthesiologist, will double-check your history in

the OR, give you your epidural, and just enough happy juice that

you'll be oblivious to the proceedings

3) An hour and a half later, you'll wake up in the recovery room to

dulcet tones of a nurse telling you that it's all over and

everything went perfectly. You will already be wearing your

wonderful TEDs, and you'll have the legenday Abduction Pillow of

Gods holding your legs apart. By the end of your second week,

you'll be ready to propose to the damned thing.

The one thing you will notice immediately is that your hips don't hurt

anymore. Not at all. Oh, you'll have some surgical pain, and you won't

feel particularly good for the first couple of days, but that

everpresent grinding pain is going to be gone for good.

Since you'll be on the epidural, it's not even going to hurt the next

day when those two sadists, Eddie and Theresa, make you get out of bed

and use the walker (I wasn't quite so lucky). Just kidding about the

sadist part. ;-)

That's the way it's going to be, kiddo.

Your biggest problem is going to be finding something worth watching

on the TV.

Steve (bilateral C+ 4/20/04, Amstutz)

[Guest guest]

> (3) There's often some unexpected joint damage that doesn't show on

> x-rays, so choose the surgeon with the most experience.

>

> Dave

>

> Reading this made my stomach queezie (or however you spell it...)

> - thus , I'm not shouting... : /

>

> Now I'm thinking about " what if... " the surgeon goes in and my hip IS

> as bad off as I thought it'd be? I didn't think I'd be a candidate

> for a resruf and was surprised to learn I was. I've had progressive

> OA since mid/late teens - I'm now 37. I'm going with Beaule at

> JRI...will be scheduling once I figure out the work thing - and meet

> tomorrow and pick his brain (Amstutz - 3 weeks postop).

>

> ...anyway...anyone calm my nerves???

, take a deep breath and relax. Yes, it's true that there can be

defects that don't show on a simple X-ray, however:

1) The guys at JRI are very, very good at evalauating for such

defects.

2) They, like most of the highly experienced resurfacing surgeons,

have refined their technique a lot over the past years. As they've

developed more experience, they've found methods of dealing with

a lot of these defects (filling in bone cysts, etc), and they've

become really good at recognizing those cases that can't be

resurfaced in advance.

If Beaule' has done a full ortho exam on you (including the delightful

" true lateral " x-ray) and says he can resurface you, then he

can resurface you. If he had any doubts, he'd have let you know.

This is what's going to happen:

1) You'll check in for surgery

2) " Dr. B " , the anesthesiologist, will double-check your history in

the OR, give you your epidural, and just enough happy juice that

you'll be oblivious to the proceedings

3) An hour and a half later, you'll wake up in the recovery room to

dulcet tones of a nurse telling you that it's all over and

everything went perfectly. You will already be wearing your

wonderful TEDs, and you'll have the legenday Abduction Pillow of

Gods holding your legs apart. By the end of your second week,

you'll be ready to propose to the damned thing.

The one thing you will notice immediately is that your hips don't hurt

anymore. Not at all. Oh, you'll have some surgical pain, and you won't

feel particularly good for the first couple of days, but that

everpresent grinding pain is going to be gone for good.

Since you'll be on the epidural, it's not even going to hurt the next

day when those two sadists, Eddie and Theresa, make you get out of bed

and use the walker (I wasn't quite so lucky). Just kidding about the

sadist part. ;-)

That's the way it's going to be, kiddo.

Your biggest problem is going to be finding something worth watching

on the TV.

Steve (bilateral C+ 4/20/04, Amstutz)

[Guest guest]

" ...and you'll have the legenday Abduction Pillow of

Gods holding your legs apart. By the end of your second week,

you'll be ready to propose to the damned thing. " I LOVE this! Made me

laugh out loud. Joyce (Dr Gross, LHR, 2/2/04)

[Guest guest]

" ...and you'll have the legenday Abduction Pillow of

Gods holding your legs apart. By the end of your second week,

you'll be ready to propose to the damned thing. " I LOVE this! Made me

laugh out loud. Joyce (Dr Gross, LHR, 2/2/04)

[Guest guest]

> " ...and you'll have the legenday Abduction Pillow of

> Gods holding your legs apart. By the end of your second week,

> you'll be ready to propose to the damned thing. " I LOVE this!

Made me laugh out loud. Joyce (Dr Gross, LHR, 2/2/04)

Yeah, the only downside is that she'll end up every bit as fond of

hearing " La Cucaracha " as and I are.

Steve (bilateral C+ 4/20/04, Amstutz)

[Guest guest]

> " ...and you'll have the legenday Abduction Pillow of

> Gods holding your legs apart. By the end of your second week,

> you'll be ready to propose to the damned thing. " I LOVE this!

Made me laugh out loud. Joyce (Dr Gross, LHR, 2/2/04)

Yeah, the only downside is that she'll end up every bit as fond of

hearing " La Cucaracha " as and I are.

Steve (bilateral C+ 4/20/04, Amstutz)

[Guest guest]

> > (3) There's often some unexpected joint damage that doesn't show

on

> > x-rays, so choose the surgeon with the most experience.

> >

> > Dave

> >

> > Reading this made my stomach queezie (or however you spell it...)

> > - thus , I'm not shouting... : /

> >

> > Now I'm thinking about " what if... " the surgeon goes in and my

hip IS

> > as bad off as I thought it'd be? I didn't think I'd be a

candidate

> > for a resruf and was surprised to learn I was. I've had

progressive

> > OA since mid/late teens - I'm now 37. I'm going with Beaule at

> > JRI...will be scheduling once I figure out the work thing - and

meet

> > tomorrow and pick his brain (Amstutz - 3 weeks postop).

> >

> > ...anyway...anyone calm my nerves???

>

> , take a deep breath and relax. Yes, it's true that there can

be

> defects that don't show on a simple X-ray, however:

>

> 1) The guys at JRI are very, very good at evalauating for such

> defects.

>

> 2) They, like most of the highly experienced resurfacing surgeons,

> have refined their technique a lot over the past years. As

they've

> developed more experience, they've found methods of dealing with

> a lot of these defects (filling in bone cysts, etc), and they've

> become really good at recognizing those cases that can't be

> resurfaced in advance.

>

> If Beaule' has done a full ortho exam on you (including the

delightful

> " true lateral " x-ray) and says he can resurface you, then he

> can resurface you. If he had any doubts, he'd have let you know.

>

> This is what's going to happen:

>

> 1) You'll check in for surgery

>

> 2) " Dr. B " , the anesthesiologist, will double-check your history in

> the OR, give you your epidural, and just enough happy juice that

> you'll be oblivious to the proceedings

>

> 3) An hour and a half later, you'll wake up in the recovery room to

> dulcet tones of a nurse telling you that it's all over and

> everything went perfectly. You will already be wearing your

> wonderful TEDs, and you'll have the legenday Abduction Pillow of

> Gods holding your legs apart. By the end of your second week,

> you'll be ready to propose to the damned thing.

>

> The one thing you will notice immediately is that your hips don't

hurt

> anymore. Not at all. Oh, you'll have some surgical pain, and you

won't

> feel particularly good for the first couple of days, but that

> everpresent grinding pain is going to be gone for good.

>

> Since you'll be on the epidural, it's not even going to hurt the

next

> day when those two sadists, Eddie and Theresa, make you get out of

bed

> and use the walker (I wasn't quite so lucky). Just kidding about the

> sadist part. ;-)

>

> That's the way it's going to be, kiddo.

>

> Your biggest problem is going to be finding something worth watching

> on the TV.

>

> Steve (bilateral C+ 4/20/04, Amstutz)

[Guest guest]

> > (3) There's often some unexpected joint damage that doesn't show

on

> > x-rays, so choose the surgeon with the most experience.

> >

> > Dave

> >

> > Reading this made my stomach queezie (or however you spell it...)

> > - thus , I'm not shouting... : /

> >

> > Now I'm thinking about " what if... " the surgeon goes in and my

hip IS

> > as bad off as I thought it'd be? I didn't think I'd be a

candidate

> > for a resruf and was surprised to learn I was. I've had

progressive

> > OA since mid/late teens - I'm now 37. I'm going with Beaule at

> > JRI...will be scheduling once I figure out the work thing - and

meet

> > tomorrow and pick his brain (Amstutz - 3 weeks postop).

> >

> > ...anyway...anyone calm my nerves???

>

> , take a deep breath and relax. Yes, it's true that there can

be

> defects that don't show on a simple X-ray, however:

>

> 1) The guys at JRI are very, very good at evalauating for such

> defects.

>

> 2) They, like most of the highly experienced resurfacing surgeons,

> have refined their technique a lot over the past years. As

they've

> developed more experience, they've found methods of dealing with

> a lot of these defects (filling in bone cysts, etc), and they've

> become really good at recognizing those cases that can't be

> resurfaced in advance.

>

> If Beaule' has done a full ortho exam on you (including the

delightful

> " true lateral " x-ray) and says he can resurface you, then he

> can resurface you. If he had any doubts, he'd have let you know.

>

> This is what's going to happen:

>

> 1) You'll check in for surgery

>

> 2) " Dr. B " , the anesthesiologist, will double-check your history in

> the OR, give you your epidural, and just enough happy juice that

> you'll be oblivious to the proceedings

>

> 3) An hour and a half later, you'll wake up in the recovery room to

> dulcet tones of a nurse telling you that it's all over and

> everything went perfectly. You will already be wearing your

> wonderful TEDs, and you'll have the legenday Abduction Pillow of

> Gods holding your legs apart. By the end of your second week,

> you'll be ready to propose to the damned thing.

>

> The one thing you will notice immediately is that your hips don't

hurt

> anymore. Not at all. Oh, you'll have some surgical pain, and you

won't

> feel particularly good for the first couple of days, but that

> everpresent grinding pain is going to be gone for good.

>

> Since you'll be on the epidural, it's not even going to hurt the

next

> day when those two sadists, Eddie and Theresa, make you get out of

bed

> and use the walker (I wasn't quite so lucky). Just kidding about the

> sadist part. ;-)

>

> That's the way it's going to be, kiddo.

>

> Your biggest problem is going to be finding something worth watching

> on the TV.

>

> Steve (bilateral C+ 4/20/04, Amstutz)

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/7/2004 1:41:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ecm56@...

writes:

> Mark:

>

> Thanks for posting this - I didn't even know there was a database! I

> have added my information. The database needs a separate field for

> the surgery date (?).

Where is the data base? i will add my stuff.

Conserve plus left hip 2003 Dr. Wm. Kennedy

Corin Right hip january 2004 Dr. Wm. Kennedy

Diane (Diane Batshaw Eisman, m.D.)