Re: Colorado search

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> Hi Colorado guys,

> I would heartfully appreciate an extension of your learning. Are

> there any docs in CO doing resurfacing?

Nope. Your closest option is probably JRI in Los Angeles. I had my

resurface done there 9 weeks ago (I live in Boulder, too).

> How do you receive an appropriate consult from surgeons who don't

> do the procedure?

Basically, you don't. You get your X-rays sent to a resurfacing

surgeon for evaluation.

> How to gauge waiting before intervention while the the femoral

> head is still okay?

That's a pretty touchy issue. We've had at least two people in this

group end up with THRs because they waited too long.

Two years ago, when I still had some cartilage, my complaint was that

my hip hurt after a 3-5 mile run or a bike ride over 15 miles. Last

summer, I couldn't run at all nor could I even get on a bike. By

November, I knew I'd gone bone-on-bone and the pain was excruciating.

I wish I'd gotten resurfaced two years ago.

Don't wait too long!

> Frequency of x-ray? The use of drugs? Maintaining alignment thru

movement and conscious activity?

I can't take NSAIDS, so my medication options were rather limited.

I finally had to quit yoga because it started making things worse.

All the alignment in the world won't help once your bones start

grinding one another into dust.

> I am 54 in Boulder, doing lots of yoga, modified by pain these

days. Can't hike as the high country beckons. The information is quite

overwhelming. And then there's the consideration of waiting as long as

possisible as the technology improves like lightening.

If you wait too long, it won't be possible to resurface you. Besides,

what's the point of living in Paradise if you hurt too much to enjoy it?

If you'd like to discuss resurfacing, call me 3 0 3 - 4 1 5 - 0 3 2 7.

Yes, , you can call too ;-).

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

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Hi ,

Lightening changes may occur in computer technology but sadly it doesn't

appear to apply to hip replacements...........

It is true that some extra cups

and other bits are being added to a Resurface prothesis but basically I have

the same as who got her's 15 years ago............and then in your

country there is apparently a very long process involved in just getting

that basic prothesis approved for general use...........so your insurance

coys gets to pay for it and you can afford it.............

It is a similiar story with the THR as they make them out of different

materials, fiddle with the shaft and cement etc............ but basically it

is still a shaft with a ball on top............... the actual change of

technology to a Resurface is still struggling to be accepted..........i.e.

after 15 years of use in UK, USA is still fiddling with approval............

so you are talking very long waits for anything new...........

I waited 35 years for my hip............. there is far too much damage to a

range of other body parts including major damage to the spine after that

sort of wait............ Others report similiar damage after much less

time............. and it isn't easy to fix spines and other bits.......so

the state of the hip isn't the only consideration............... that's

without loss of general life due to pain and misery and lost

opportunities...........

Edith LBHR Dr. L Walter Syd Aust 8/02

> I would heartfully appreciate an extension of your learning. Are there

any docs in CO doing resurfacing? How do you receive an appropriate consult

from surgeons who don't do the procedure? How to gauge waiting before

intervention while the the femoral head is still okay? Frequency of x-ray?

The use of drugs? Maintaining alignment thru movement and conscious

activity?

> I am 54 in Boulder, doing lots of yoga, modified by pain these days.

Can't hike as the high country beckons. The information is quite

overwhelming. And then there's the consideration of waiting as long as

possisible as the technology improves like lightening.

>

> I'd be more than grateful to hear what you know.

>