Re: Resurfacing or PAO . For CINDY

July 11, 2004

Hi Cindy

I was wondering if I could ask....you had your hip/s resurfaced in

1996, how do they feel today? That's been ~10yrs. Do you feel that

resurfacing could benefit someone, who used to be very active, under

the age of 30?

Thankyou,

Becky )

>

> > I guess if its all

> >about extending the life of our hips then why am I not being

> >influenced in the direction of PAO first. Is resurfacing going to

be

> >the 'new thing' in preserving our hips. I've read a lot about both,

> >but I haven't met anyone else who's been given such freedom of

> >choice, most seem to be influenced one way or another.

>

> Becky,

>

> I suspect that a PAO specialist is not also going to be a

resurfacing

> specialist and vice-versa. Therefore, they are both likely to

point you

> down the path of their particular specialty, which then leaves you

to

> become informed (which obviously you are doing), and choose which

feels

> best for YOU! I was so far beyond eligibility for PAO, so that

option was

> eliminated for me (in 1996), so I went after resurfacing.

>

> Cindy

> C+ 5/25/01 and 6/28/01

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