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Thanks ine

I have tried to get in touch with him but I couldn't get through his

secretary. - She told me that 'just because it's getting more

painful...doesn't mean it's getting worse'. However I have written

to him now and if I don't hear anything back within the next week or

so I'll really go for it. Thanks for the advice...I was beginning to

feel that I'm making a big deal out of nothing so thank you for

giving me the incentive to follow this through!!

I'll let you know what happens! How are you feeling after your op?

Morag

> > Hi Folks

> >

> > I'm in a lot of pain - I can't walk far at all, I limp very very

> > heavily, and my bones grind and pop when I try to move anywhere.

I

> > cant's stand up/sit down easily. I can't put on shoes or socks

etc

> > etc (you all know what I'm talking about.) I feel like I'm

getting

> > less and less flexible daily... Is all this this 'normal' whan

> > waiting for a resurf? I'm worried that my hip might deteriorate

> past

> > the point of a resurfacing by the time my place comes up on a

> > waiting list.

> >

> > I'm 22 and am on a waiting list to see a consultant I've already

> > seen privately! I had to see him privately cos I'm from Glasgow

and

> > no-one up here performs this procedure. During the private

> > consultation he said I'd be a suitable candidate for resurfacing

> but

> > that I'd have to have it done in Birmingham (uk). However - I

now

> > have to have exactly the same consultation with the same doctor

> > (again in Birmingham) to get put on the NHS waiting list.

Waiting

> > list to see him = 15 weeks. After that, waiting list for

operation

> =

> > 7 -12 months. That's an awful long time to wait if I'm gonna be

> past

> > the point that a resurf is possible by the time my place comes

up.

> >

> > Is there anything I should/shouldn't be doing at the moment to

> > protect myself? Should I get on my consultants back? (not

> literally -

> > I do have arthritis you know! ;0) ) I don't want to try to

skip

> > the NHS queue if everyone on it is in the same boat as me. But

if

> > I'm much worse and only gonna get much much worse I might make

an

> > effort.

> >

> >

> > ANy advice anyone? It would be greatly appreciated! I'm very

very

> > stressed about this?

> >

> > THanks

> >

> > Morag

> > xxx