Re: Eavesdropping, and related destiny - There but for the grace ....

[Guest guest]

I don't think it's self inflation. Just another case of there but for

the grace of (fill in the blank according to personal beliefs :-) )

go I stories that make us feel good. Here's mine:

I had just been diagnosed by a local OS as having AVN in left hip and

told to get a THR ASAP. As this meant the end of many activities I

loved I was feeling pretty down. A couple of weeks later at work I

went to get a soda. An old friend that I hadn't seen in years was at

the machine. I told him that it looked like I was going to descend to

his non-athletic level since I had a bad hip and I would be reduced

to playing golf with the THR. An old joke between us - he's a golfer

and I played soccer, tennis, skied, etc.. He said " You should talk

to my friend who is getting this new hip surgery " . I talked to the

friend who told me about resurfs and surfacehippy. I saw Dr. Mont who

told me I had OA (both hips) and was an excellent candidate for

resurfacing. And now I'm looking forward to going back to all those

things that probably screwed up my hips in the first place. They

just fix our hips - not our brains :-).

Ed

Bilat C+ Dr. Mont 2/23-3/01/04

as

> Maybe I have an over inflated sense of self importance. But hearing

> all the " near miss " stories with THR's I want to share this.

> I was waiting for a table at a local Thai food restaurant with

> my lovely wife and some friends. I had to sit on the stairs like

> Tiny Tim because my hip was hurting so bad...feeling like it was a

> joint full of broken glass. Anyone relate? Anyhoo, I was wiggling

my

> leg and grimacing and grumbling about my hip when an eavesdropper

> bent down and inquired about my discomfort. I told him about my

evil

> hip, and he proceeded to tell me about his resurfacing (DR. SeSmet)

> two years prior, and he told me tha the was in town for the half

> marathon. He gave me his card and the rest is history. Otherwise,

my

> friends, it may all be different today. That was January 04, and no

> surgeon had even hinted at resurfacing to me.

> Someone once told me that a coincidence is God remaining

> Anonymous.

> C+ 04

[Guest guest]

I was really lucky - my local orthopedist actually recommended that I

investigate resurfacing. They don't do it, of course, but they'd had a

couple of young, active patients who had been resurfaced and were

impressed with the results.

Steve