Re: Looking for Dan Milosevic

[Guest guest]

Hi Glen

I’m not a cyclist. I suppose the closest expression for my hobby is biking

(as in motorcycling). We could be talking semantics here as I am not familiar

with the US biking or cycling jargon. Anyway, although I do cycle as well –

last week I suspect I clocked about 50 miles in 3 days on my mountain bike –

my passion is my motorcycle. Prior to my resurfacing I rode my bike quiet

extensively – last August/September I rode some 2,000 miles by going in one go

(20 odd hours) to a destination 1,100 miles away in Europe; the return trip was

somewhat shorter (I got a lift from a car transporter driver as I got caught in

a torrential rain) – but my left leg, where my bad hip was, acted like a

windshield throughout and I felt very sore after these long journeys. Last week

I mounted my bike again and rode tentatively some 50 miles or so only to find

that my left leg is now hugging the petrol tank and my hip/bum no longer hurts.

I hope to ride my bike tomorrow to my first check-up – I had my hip resurfaced

on 16th February – and the hospital is 100 miles from my home. If the weather

improves – it’s currently cloudy and wet – I shall be riding there.

Apologies for not being able to reply to your specific questions, but I did not

understand those expressions, nor do I have your experience. If you don’t

mind, I’m curious as to why you opted for THR instead of hip resurfacing

which, by all accounts, results in a practically unrestricted ROM and nearly no

evidence of dislocation (I understand that both of these points could be

applicable to THRs)? The reason I’m asking is that I was supposed to have THR

of my left hip but opted instead for resurfacing, obviously believing it to be a

better option for me.

Best regards

Dan

* +44 (0)7974 981-407

* +44 (0)20 8501-2573

@ dan.milosevic@...

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From: smokinspokes

Sent: 28 April 2004 16:40

To: surfacehippy

Subject: Looking for Dan Milosevic

Hey, Dan!

Somebody on another board recommended that I track you down!

I'm a cyclist, too, and I had a THR (cer/cer) six weeks ago. I've put 122 miles

on the new parts, and everything seems to be going really well BUT I would

really like to hear about your experiences with returning to the roads.

I'm 46, and was racing until last year. My performance last year was really

sub-par, and I quit riding altogether in October. It feels good to be back on

the

bike! My biggest " problem " so far is that I can't get in the drops. I can get on

the hoods and get down pretty low, but the hip feels bad when I try to get

" aero. " And I'm really, really slow, which I think is more from just plain being

out of shape.

If you get a minute, I'd really like to hear how things went for you!

Glenn in KC, MO USA

gwright@...

Thanks, Dan!

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for your response, Dan!

I think semantics has gotten the better of us...someone on another board re=

ad

about you riding your " bike " long distances, and figured you were riding th=

e

same sort of " bike " I'm riding. They told me to track you down, and now I =

find

that you have an engine! However, 50 miles in 3 days on a mountain bike is =

pretty impressive! Actually very impressive!

I was very interested in resurfacing. I brought a bunch of information to t=

he first

surgeon I visited, and he told me it was wrong for me, blah, blah. The real=

reason, probably, was that he didn't do them! He did say my femoral ball wa=

s

too deformed and chewed up, but that's probably not true. If I have to get =

the

other side done, I'll be more aggressive about resurfacing. It took a lot o=

f work

to find a surgeon who would give me the ceramic hip I wanted!

I'm very happy with the total hip. It's nearly pain-free after 6 weeks. The=

doc

told me I can do pretty much whatever I want, and now it just feels stiff f=

rom

trying to obey the 90° bending restriction.

I think I got lucky with a great surgeon, because my hip seems just fine.

Maybe the different results from the two approaches have more to do with

people being out of shape when they have the surgery. Some people that

have gotten resurfs arent doing as well as I am with a total. Who the heck =

knows? I think in a couple of years I may need the other hip done, so then =

I

can really compare!

Thanks for trying to help!

Glenn

> Hi Glen

>

> I’m not a cyclist. I suppose the closest expression for my hobby is

biking (as in motorcycling). We could be talking semantics here as I am no=

t

familiar with the US biking or cycling jargon. Anyway, although I do cycle=

as

well †" last week I suspect I clocked about 50 miles in 3 days on my

mountain bike †" my passion is my motorcycle. Prior to my resurfacing I r=

ode

my bike quiet extensively †" last August/September I rode some 2,000 miles=

by going in one go (20 odd hours) to a destination 1,100 miles away in

Europe; the return trip was somewhat shorter (I got a lift from a car trans=

porter

driver as I got caught in a torrential rain) †" but my left leg, where my =

bad hip

was, acted like a windshield throughout and I felt very sore after these lo=

ng

journeys. Last week I mounted my bike again and rode tentatively some 50

miles or so only to find that my left leg is now hugging the petrol tank an=

d my

hip/bum no longer hurts.

>

> I hope to ride my bike tomorrow to my first check-up †" I had my hip

resurfaced on 16th February †" and the hospital is 100 miles from my home.=

If the weather improves †" it’s currently cloudy and wet †" I shall be =

riding there.

>

> Apologies for not being able to reply to your specific questions, but I d=

id not

understand those expressions, nor do I have your experience. If you

don’t mind, I’m curious as to why you opted for THR instead of hip

resurfacing which, by all accounts, results in a practically unrestricted R=

OM

and nearly no evidence of dislocation (I understand that both of these poin=

ts

could be applicable to THRs)? The reason I’m asking is that I was

supposed to have THR of my left hip but opted instead for resurfacing,

obviously believing it to be a better option for me.

>

> Best regards

> Dan

>

> * +44 (0)7974 981-407

> * +44 (0)20 8501-2573

> @ dan.milosevic@i...

> _____

>

> From: smokinspokes [mailto:gwright@b...]

> Sent: 28 April 2004 16:40

> To: surfacehippy

> Subject: Looking for Dan Milosevic

>

> Hey, Dan!

>

> Somebody on another board recommended that I track you down!

>

> I'm a cyclist, too, and I had a THR (cer/cer) six weeks ago. I've put 122=

miles

> on the new parts, and everything seems to be going really well BUT I woul=

d

> really like to hear about your experiences with returning to the roads.

>

> I'm 46, and was racing until last year. My performance last year was real=

ly

> sub-par, and I quit riding altogether in October. It feels good to be bac=

k on

the

> bike! My biggest " problem " so far is that I can't get in the drops. I can=

get on

> the hoods and get down pretty low, but the hip feels bad when I try to ge=

t

> " aero. " And I'm really, really slow, which I think is more from just plai=

n being

> out of shape.

>

> If you get a minute, I'd really like to hear how things went for you!

>

> Glenn in KC, MO USA

>

> gwright@b...

>

> Thanks, Dan!

>

>

>

>

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