Re: Jill...Protrusio Acetabulum

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Jill!!! We are sooo much alike! I am 51 but noticed a drastic

decline in my range of motion I'd say about 5 years ago...I, like

you, have always been as active as can be in spite of my

hips..aerobics, snow skiing, water skiing, lots of walking...but then

a couple of years ago I noticed that my range of motion was not

good...and getting worse so I joined a gym and really had intense

pain on the stationary bike and then one day around Christmas I was

shopping, carrying a bunch of packages and my hip hurt sooo bad that

I almost had to hop to the car....well that took me to the

Orthopedist (Jan. '04)... who did an x-ray and gave me my

diagnosis..Protrusio Acetabulum, or " Otto Pelvis " . It did give me

some justification for my inability to do all those hip activities

all of my life. He said one of my hips was much worse than the other

and is really sinking into my pelvis...yes, I saw it! and feel it in

the groin. Anyway he told me that I would be needing bilat. hip

replacements. I didn't really take this well because my husband is a

marathon runner and I've always tried to participate the best I could

in everything but now I can't do much of anything! I'm definitely not

his dream-come-true! (he is an internal medicine physician) Well,

(this is getting long!) I started researching this protrusio thing

and I've been at it probably for about 12 weeks now, and I think

there aren't many of us! But, I did find another girl whom you may

want to talk to who lives in NYC. She's about your same age. She has

protrusio and had a re-surfacing in Birmingham, England a couple of

years ago and is about to get her other hip done. She said it's

great and that she now has better range of motion in her re-surfaced

hip that she ever had in her life. She said that the only minor

drawback is that the operated leg is now a bit longer than the non-

operated but the second surgery will even them out. She said that

the first two days after surgery you will feel terrible but after

that your muscles will want to get you up walking. ....Where in

Germany do you live? Are you German? You certainly speak good

english! Are you just having one hip done or both? Thank you sooo

much for responding...I would love to follow the course of your

surgery and rehab...re-surfacing in the US is in it's infancy and not

done routinely and I oh-so want that range-of-motion! Only another

range-of-motion deprived person could empathize! I'm having a hard

time convincing my husband that that is the way to go. Please keep

in touch. My e-mail is sjkotr@.... Thank you and GOOD LUCK!

Susie

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Jill!!! We are sooo much alike! I am 51 but noticed a drastic

decline in my range of motion I'd say about 5 years ago...I, like

you, have always been as active as can be in spite of my

hips..aerobics, snow skiing, water skiing, lots of walking...but then

a couple of years ago I noticed that my range of motion was not

good...and getting worse so I joined a gym and really had intense

pain on the stationary bike and then one day around Christmas I was

shopping, carrying a bunch of packages and my hip hurt sooo bad that

I almost had to hop to the car....well that took me to the

Orthopedist (Jan. '04)... who did an x-ray and gave me my

diagnosis..Protrusio Acetabulum, or " Otto Pelvis " . It did give me

some justification for my inability to do all those hip activities

all of my life. He said one of my hips was much worse than the other

and is really sinking into my pelvis...yes, I saw it! and feel it in

the groin. Anyway he told me that I would be needing bilat. hip

replacements. I didn't really take this well because my husband is a

marathon runner and I've always tried to participate the best I could

in everything but now I can't do much of anything! I'm definitely not

his dream-come-true! (he is an internal medicine physician) Well,

(this is getting long!) I started researching this protrusio thing

and I've been at it probably for about 12 weeks now, and I think

there aren't many of us! But, I did find another girl whom you may

want to talk to who lives in NYC. She's about your same age. She has

protrusio and had a re-surfacing in Birmingham, England a couple of

years ago and is about to get her other hip done. She said it's

great and that she now has better range of motion in her re-surfaced

hip that she ever had in her life. She said that the only minor

drawback is that the operated leg is now a bit longer than the non-

operated but the second surgery will even them out. She said that

the first two days after surgery you will feel terrible but after

that your muscles will want to get you up walking. ....Where in

Germany do you live? Are you German? You certainly speak good

english! Are you just having one hip done or both? Thank you sooo

much for responding...I would love to follow the course of your

surgery and rehab...re-surfacing in the US is in it's infancy and not

done routinely and I oh-so want that range-of-motion! Only another

range-of-motion deprived person could empathize! I'm having a hard

time convincing my husband that that is the way to go. Please keep

in touch. My e-mail is sjkotr@.... Thank you and GOOD LUCK!

Susie

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Hi Susie,

I'll be having both hips done but not at the same time. I'm planning

to have the left side done in November. I have more (it is quite

difficult to have more than none) mobility in the right hip i.e. it

serves me better than the left. However, it is the side that gives me

most pain. That's why I've decided to go for the right side first.

I hope I get such good results that your husband cannot do anything

else than tell you to go for resurfacing.

I'm going to try and send you an email. As I cannot read all of the

address I'm not sure it's going to work. Let me know if you receive

it. You can contact me at gl2004 at gmx.de Maybe you can let me know

how to contact the other girl. Jill

P.S. I'm English...

> Jill!!! We are sooo much alike! I am 51 but noticed a drastic

> decline in my range of motion I'd say about 5 years ago...I, like

> you, have always been as active as can be in spite of my

> hips..aerobics, snow skiing, water skiing, lots of walking...but

then

> a couple of years ago I noticed that my range of motion was not

> good...and getting worse so I joined a gym and really had intense

> pain on the stationary bike and then one day around Christmas I was

> shopping, carrying a bunch of packages and my hip hurt sooo bad

that

> I almost had to hop to the car....well that took me to the

> Orthopedist (Jan. '04)... who did an x-ray and gave me my

> diagnosis..Protrusio Acetabulum, or " Otto Pelvis " . It did give me

> some justification for my inability to do all those hip activities

> all of my life. He said one of my hips was much worse than the

other

> and is really sinking into my pelvis...yes, I saw it! and feel it

in

> the groin. Anyway he told me that I would be needing bilat. hip

> replacements. I didn't really take this well because my husband is

a

> marathon runner and I've always tried to participate the best I

could

> in everything but now I can't do much of anything! I'm definitely

not

> his dream-come-true! (he is an internal medicine physician) Well,

> (this is getting long!) I started researching this protrusio thing

> and I've been at it probably for about 12 weeks now, and I think

> there aren't many of us! But, I did find another girl whom you may

> want to talk to who lives in NYC. She's about your same age. She

has

> protrusio and had a re-surfacing in Birmingham, England a couple of

> years ago and is about to get her other hip done. She said it's

> great and that she now has better range of motion in her re-

surfaced

> hip that she ever had in her life. She said that the only minor

> drawback is that the operated leg is now a bit longer than the non-

> operated but the second surgery will even them out. She said that

> the first two days after surgery you will feel terrible but after

> that your muscles will want to get you up walking. ....Where in

> Germany do you live? Are you German? You certainly speak good

> english! Are you just having one hip done or both? Thank you sooo

> much for responding...I would love to follow the course of your

> surgery and rehab...re-surfacing in the US is in it's infancy and

not

> done routinely and I oh-so want that range-of-motion! Only another

> range-of-motion deprived person could empathize! I'm having a hard

> time convincing my husband that that is the way to go. Please keep

> in touch. My e-mail is sjkotr@a... Thank you and GOOD LUCK!

> Susie

[Guest guest]

> > Jill!!! We are sooo much alike! I am 51 but noticed a drastic

> > decline in my range of motion I'd say about 5 years ago...I, like

> > you, have always been as active as can be in spite of my

> > hips..aerobics, snow skiing, water skiing, lots of walking...but

> then

> > a couple of years ago I noticed that my range of motion was not

> > good...and getting worse so I joined a gym and really had intense

> > pain on the stationary bike and then one day around Christmas I

was

> > shopping, carrying a bunch of packages and my hip hurt sooo bad

> that

> > I almost had to hop to the car....well that took me to the

> > Orthopedist (Jan. '04)... who did an x-ray and gave me my

> > diagnosis..Protrusio Acetabulum, or " Otto Pelvis " . It did give me

> > some justification for my inability to do all those hip

activities

> > all of my life. He said one of my hips was much worse than the

> other

> > and is really sinking into my pelvis...yes, I saw it! and feel it

> in

> > the groin. Anyway he told me that I would be needing bilat. hip

> > replacements. I didn't really take this well because my husband

is

> a

> > marathon runner and I've always tried to participate the best I

> could

> > in everything but now I can't do much of anything! I'm definitely

> not

> > his dream-come-true! (he is an internal medicine physician) Well,

> > (this is getting long!) I started researching this protrusio

thing

> > and I've been at it probably for about 12 weeks now, and I think

> > there aren't many of us! But, I did find another girl whom you

may

> > want to talk to who lives in NYC. She's about your same age. She

> has

> > protrusio and had a re-surfacing in Birmingham, England a couple

of

> > years ago and is about to get her other hip done. She said it's

> > great and that she now has better range of motion in her re-

> surfaced

> > hip that she ever had in her life. She said that the only minor

> > drawback is that the operated leg is now a bit longer than the

non-

> > operated but the second surgery will even them out. She said

that

> > the first two days after surgery you will feel terrible but after

> > that your muscles will want to get you up walking. ....Where in

> > Germany do you live? Are you German? You certainly speak good

> > english! Are you just having one hip done or both? Thank you sooo

> > much for responding...I would love to follow the course of your

> > surgery and rehab...re-surfacing in the US is in it's infancy and

> not

> > done routinely and I oh-so want that range-of-motion! Only

another

> > range-of-motion deprived person could empathize! I'm having a

hard

> > time convincing my husband that that is the way to go. Please

keep

> > in touch. My e-mail is sjkotr@a... Thank you and GOOD LUCK!

> > Susie

Jill....Susie's e-mail...sjkotr@... I did not get your e-mail!

[Guest guest]

> > > Jill!!! We are sooo much alike! I am 51 but noticed a drastic

> > > decline in my range of motion I'd say about 5 years ago...I,

like

> > > you, have always been as active as can be in spite of my

> > > hips..aerobics, snow skiing, water skiing, lots of

walking...but

> > then

> > > a couple of years ago I noticed that my range of motion was not

> > > good...and getting worse so I joined a gym and really had

intense

> > > pain on the stationary bike and then one day around Christmas I

> was

> > > shopping, carrying a bunch of packages and my hip hurt sooo bad

> > that

> > > I almost had to hop to the car....well that took me to the

> > > Orthopedist (Jan. '04)... who did an x-ray and gave me my

> > > diagnosis..Protrusio Acetabulum, or " Otto Pelvis " . It did give

me

> > > some justification for my inability to do all those hip

> activities

> > > all of my life. He said one of my hips was much worse than the

> > other

> > > and is really sinking into my pelvis...yes, I saw it! and feel

it

> > in

> > > the groin. Anyway he told me that I would be needing bilat.

hip

> > > replacements. I didn't really take this well because my

husband

> is

> > a

> > > marathon runner and I've always tried to participate the best I

> > could

> > > in everything but now I can't do much of anything! I'm

definitely

> > not

> > > his dream-come-true! (he is an internal medicine physician)

Well,

> > > (this is getting long!) I started researching this protrusio

> thing

> > > and I've been at it probably for about 12 weeks now, and I

think

> > > there aren't many of us! But, I did find another girl whom you

> may

> > > want to talk to who lives in NYC. She's about your same age.

She

> > has

> > > protrusio and had a re-surfacing in Birmingham, England a

couple

> of

> > > years ago and is about to get her other hip done. She said

it's

> > > great and that she now has better range of motion in her re-

> > surfaced

> > > hip that she ever had in her life. She said that the only

minor

> > > drawback is that the operated leg is now a bit longer than the

> non-

> > > operated but the second surgery will even them out. She said

> that

> > > the first two days after surgery you will feel terrible but

after

> > > that your muscles will want to get you up walking. ....Where in

> > > Germany do you live? Are you German? You certainly speak good

> > > english! Are you just having one hip done or both? Thank you

sooo

> > > much for responding...I would love to follow the course of your

> > > surgery and rehab...re-surfacing in the US is in it's infancy

and

> > not

> > > done routinely and I oh-so want that range-of-motion! Only

> another

> > > range-of-motion deprived person could empathize! I'm having a

> hard

> > > time convincing my husband that that is the way to go. Please

> keep

> > > in touch. My e-mail is sjkotr@a... Thank you and GOOD LUCK!

> > > Susie

>

> Jill....Susie's e-mail...sjkotr@a... I did not get your e-mail!

Jill...I don't know why my e-mail address won't appear....must be a

rule on this website...but the last part is @aol.com Susie

[Guest guest]

Hi Greg,

Join the gang...

I had to laugh reading about the stretching exercises. I've been to

quite a few physiotherapists in the past and have I caused them real

headaches. I made them throw all their text books in the corner. They

each had to develop new methods to get me in to any position at all

where the muscles could be stretched. I always get to hear that they

do not get taught at school how to cope with patients like me. By the

way, I just call my current physiotherapist the torturer... That

probably says it all...

Take care. Jill

> Hi Susie, Jill and others,

>

> Yikes! Protrusio Acetabulum? I was just reading some of the

messages and stumbled across yours and I fall right into this

catagory too!