Re: Van Halen, , Popper...

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I agree with your assesment of the "following the pack" deal of the celebs. I heard Bertinellie(sp) who is married to

Eddie Van Halen talking about his replacement and how difficult it was for them. I thought...man if you guys would make yourselves

more "available " to the public....people like you and I could get in touch with them or their agents and say "hey maybe you need to look at this". She did say that with his job and lifestyle that he

would need a "redo" in like ten years. Man if they only knew!

Tim

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Rick

There's a post, yesterday/today, on TH directing people to Dr Mont's

new Sinai site and he addresses the metal ions question. Seems a 16

year study following all metal THR patients showed lower than average

cancer rates. I don't know of the validity of the study but there

have been other short term 'studies' which indicate that metal

prostheses don't lead to higher than average rates of cancer.

We will all have to wait and see.

Arlene

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Rick:

To answer your question: some people have more money (and/or fame)

than brains. This trait is common in the general aviation field

where rich guys buy too much airplane that they cannot handle and

crash. High performance retractable single engine airplanes are

frequently called " doctor killers " .

Another thing is that celebs suffer from group-think. They go to

celeb docs (recommended by celeb friends) who may be photogenic and

are world-class schmoozers, but may not be the " real deal " .

Therefore, it is no surprise that celebs behave like most " sheeple "

and march single file into the slaughterhouse... it must be the right

way... everyone else is headed there...

[Guest guest]

In message , Rick West

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>>Hola Amigos, que tal?... just thought I'd throw a little fuel into the

>>conversational fire... something I've been wondering about...

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>why would, probably all within the last couple of years, people that have

>major resources [financial, social supportive, etc. etc.] select thr?...

>this question has me baffled... to list a few: Eddie Van Halen, Steve

>(Journey), Popper (Blues Traveler), Jack Nicklaus (duffer), the Shark

>(Aussie duffer with blond hair whose name I will probably remember

>immediately after I post this), , the Pope, the Queen of

>England... only kidding about the last two or three, I think they fractured

>their hips prior to recieving thr... and there are probably many more...

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>I know each person has their own specific medical condition, but dollars to

>donuts, I'd bet that many of these people would have benefited from

>resurfacing... could this be due to hotshot orthopaedic surgeons wearing

>tunnel-vision-inducing-blinders... it would be interesting to know what type

>prosthesis each has... maybe ceramic/ceramic?... as I've said before, I

>don't want any plastic in my body, ceramic, poly crosslink, or whatever...

>granted, there is much to learn about how we will tolerate our metal

>implants, be them resurface or metal/metal thrs... anyway, what 'cha

>think?... Rick

>

>Rick - this is tantamount to blasphemy. Go and wash your fingertips

with soap and water - then lock your door firmly at night!

This wealthy clientele you mention is prime material for costly revision

in not too many years time when debris takes its toll. Don't blow the

whistle and blow some peoples' retirement fund.

Keep it under your hats everyone. Resurfacing is great and it will

last! A future with, current millennium thinking, efficient hip

specialist orthopaedic surgeons. Ask me again in 10 years!

Roy

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[Guest guest]

Tim,

If Bertinelli is correct in saying that Eddie VanHalen will need

a revision in ten years, then I am SCREWED SCREWED SCREWED!!!... my

lifestyle is active enough to blow Eddie's out of the water... geeze, I

reasonably certain the guy smokes butts and how active can a smoker get? not

very!!! sorry cig smokers...

or in speaking of lifestyle, perhaps she's referring to the alchoholism that

bummed his hip out in the first place... maybe Eddie is still on the

sauce... if she was referring to active lifestyle causing need for revision

she's either hitting the bottle herself, or soft as a sneaker... the dude

isn't overweight, and it's fairly agreed upon that there is thr technology

out there that can outlast ten years...

Schmalzreid had one question for me when he said my hips were too beat for

resurfacing... " what is the main reason you want resurfacing? " ... of course

I replied, " prosthetic durability/longevity " ... he said bilateral

metal/metal thr with 36 mm femoral heads are my best option... I'm fairly

small framed, 5'9 " 155lbs, I'm not sure, but think my 36 mm heads aren't all

that smaller than a resurface would be... a few years back, I think the

standard was 22 cm with poly [yucko] cups...

anyway, I read that Eddie will need the other hip done soon... if anyone

knows him, do give a call... hehe... otherwise, he's gonna be twice as

pissed-off when he discovers resurfacing, after the fact... good night

everyone, Rick

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>To: surfacehippy

>Subject: Re: Re: Van Halen, , Popper...

>Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 14:34:43 EDT

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> She did say that with his job and lifestyle that he

>would need a " redo " in like ten years. Man if they only knew!

>Tim

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Hi :

Hope you're recovering nicely. Just curious, why did you respond to

Rick by saying " A thr will work a whole lot better [than a

resurfacing] on someone your size. " What is particular about Ricks

frame size that you believe favors a THR over a resurfacing? Am I

missing something here? Thanks.

Larry

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> Rick

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> I think the stem is called the s-rom and Dr. S told me that he

could

> give me resurfacing equivalent range of motion with this thr and

I'm

> 6'4 " 315lbs. He feels that the THR gives him more flexibility in

> getting the best fit possible. I'm pretty sure he designed the

stem.

. . . A thr will work a whole lot better on someone your size. How

> important is the risk of fracture in determining how far you might

> want to push a surf job?

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> Good Luck

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[Guest guest]

" A thr will work a whole lot better [than a

> resurfacing] on someone your size. " What is particular about Ricks

> frame size that you believe favors a THR over a resurfacing? Am I

> missing something here? Thanks.

>

Larry

I never said that a THR was better than a surf job. What I said that

a THR works better on someone with a small build. The history of THR

shows poorer results for large people.

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Hi Larry

My email to you came back to me with " permenant error " . I " ll try to email you

through the group. I am thinking you had an appointment with Dr. S this week.

How did it go?

, how are you recovering? I am the lady who visited you and your wife

in the hospital. I have my date for resurfacing on Oct. 22 with Dr. S , I

hope all is well with you,Gail