Stop burying my head!

[Guest guest]

OK it is now time for me to stop burying my head in

the sand and start facing up to the reality that lies

in front of me.

I was told about 5 months ago that I had arthritis in

my hip. Although I knew that the movement was

deteriorating, I had no idea that it was arthritis and

again no idea just how bad it had got.

At the age of 27 being told that I needed surgery

scared me senseless and I have practically ignored the

topic when anyone asks me about it, let alone allow

myself to think about it and what it will entail.

My consultant here in London is pro resurfacing and is

hoping that he will be able to carry out the procedure

but says that he wont know for sure if my femur head

is strong enough until he opens me up – is this normal

or should I seek a second opinion?

He also says that the decision as to when to go for

surgery should be mine. I know how things are for me

but I have had hip problems since birth so I don’t

know what normal people feel like!

I am totally clueless about anything medical and get

very tongue tied when in front of people. I never

know what to ask until afterwards and just generally

need some help.

I am not the brightest cookie in the cookie jar and

find it hard to understand some of what the websites

are talking about. I obviously want to make an

informed choice, but I don’t know really what choice

there is – I cant carry on living like this, I cant do

simple things.

So what do I need to think about? I obviously would

prefer a resurfacing to a THR but other than that I

know nothing.

Is there anything that I can do to help prolong the

life of the hip that I have, or shouldn’t I bother and

try and have a resurfacing before I do too much

damage? There is just so much that I don’t know and I

would really value the advice of someone more

knowledgeable, and hey lets face it, it isn’t hard to

be more informed than me!

Thanks for taking the time to read my waffle and for

any words of wisdom you can send my way. Sorry for

sounding so stupid!

Liney

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