New member

[Guest guest]

Hi,

After reading his article, I called Boston to get his office # and left a msg

asking if he could call me to discuss this. When he called, we spoke for about

15 minutes and since he takes my insurance, I then called my primary, discussed

Trentham's article (after I faxed it to him) and he was supportive in my wanting

to see Trentham. If you'd like his number, I'll send it to you.

[Guest guest]

--

>I have had Chronic Pancreatitis for many many years. I am 39 years old and

have been having attacks since I was 18 years old.

>My path has brought me 4 years ago to Yale where DR. Topazian cut a duct I

think the procedure was called a splinker or something like that where he cut

the end of the bile duct to help the pancreas juice flow better. That did not

help got sick right after and on the average have 2-5 attacks yearly.

>As I get older I find it harder and harder to bounce back-Very depressed-very

painful in my back and stomach and nauseos often.

>Find I am able to eat fewer and fewer foods as I go on. The I was referred to

Dr. Warshaw in Mass General who immediately wanted to do the

Whipple procedure to remove head of my pancreas. I dont feel good about it-Has

anyone had this done? Has it helped? Was it done by him? Please help me-I

don't know what to do. Also went to Hartford Hospital-Doctor there said same

WHipple Operation. I have been going

>to the same Internal Medicine Group and feel comfortable there-Dont know about

this whipple though-ANy help would be great-Thanks

Welcome, , although its always sad to find another person with

pancreatitis. There are a few members of this group who have had Whipples &

other surgeries. If you look back over previous postings to the group, you'll

find their stories. I bet most of us have had sphincterotomies (cutting the

opening of the drainafe duct); many have had stents. For myself, he

sphincterotomies & stents neither helped or, except for severe attacks right

after each procedure) did any lasting harm. Depression is pretty common among

this group; I bet anyone with a debilitating chronic illness has depression.

I hope you will feel free to ask any questions you have & that you will feel

that you have found a group who can understand what you live with.

jang

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>Hi everyone, I'm Dave. I'm 36 and had my first attack of pancreatitis in

88...have had several hospitalizations since. I became 'chronic' 3 years ago

Hi, Dave. Glad to " meet " you, although sorry to hear of another with

pancreatitis. Do you know what caused your pancreatitis?

jang

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[Guest guest]

>

>Subject: pancreatitis

>Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:12:15 PDT

>

>HELLO,my name is Almeta Willitts and I have pancreatitis.I was surfing the net,

looking for answers to my many questions. All my doctors tell me is that I do

have pancreatitis. But no treatment is forth coming. The pain and throwing up .

have wore me down. What has been done for you? Are you cured?

>My attacks are getting worst and coming faster. Any infro you could give me

would be so very

>helpful. Up untill June of " 99 " . I had a fulltime job. Plus ran my home. Now

its all I can do to get out of bed Thank you

almeta

Welcome almeta, although sorry to hear another person has this problem. Please

feel free to ask any & all questions.

jang

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[Guest guest]

on 9/13/00 8:13 PM, djssekis@... at djssekis@... wrote:

> << .My attacks are getting

> worst and coming faster. Any infro you could give me would be so very

> helpful. Up untill June of " 99 " . I had a fulltime job. Plus ran my home.

> Now

> its all I can do to get out of bed sometimes.

> Thank you almeta>>

>

> almeta - you are among many friends. we all listen to the bad as well as the

> good. i am so sorry that you are suffering from this complex illness. i look

> forward to getting to know you better.

> debbie

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Dear Almeta,

Welcome to The Pancreatitis Support Group! So sorry that you are feeling

bad, and getting worse, I'm sure that you've already seen for yourself that

this is a nice group of compassionate, caring people. I hope that this group

will give some of the support that anyone with this terrible, life changing

disease needs in their life. Look forward to hearing more from you, and will

pray for you to have a better time soon!

Your New Pancreas Friend,

Henry

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/27/00 12:34:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

feuchts@... writes:

<< One Dr. would like me to try tpn for 1 mo. to try and get the

inflammation down. My duct is dilated. Picc line or g-j tube? Any

successes? >>

Hi Dawn, so nice to have you in our group. You are so welcome. I had a pick

and a central line, and two ports. I like the port the best because it is

safer concerning getting infected. I am on tpn now and have been on and off

it for over six years. If I don't do something like surgery etc. I will have

to stay on tpn for the rest of my life. I hope you have a good experience

with it. Tpn makes me sick. I have chronic hepatitis B and the liver is the

organ that takes the stress from tpn. I had the g-jtube and that make my

pancreas upset. The surgeon told me it would before he put it in but I was

so desperate to try anything. I had to have it taken out. Good luck with

what you decide. I am sure you will get more responses. Take care Dawn,

Shirley

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/15/2000 6:28:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

RRICELAW@... writes:

<< I was on a vent for 12 weeks, I also had an

infection in my blood, I had 12 week's of dialysis because my kidney's shut

down, I spent about 5 months in the hospital >>

Hi Ron! Boy that all sounds so familiar. When I was in the hospital last

year with an attack, my lungs failed too as well as my kidneys. I had

triglycerides of 4000 that caused my pancreatitis and my blood was so thick

that I clogged their dialysis machine 3 times!!! I assume that you also had

a trach being on the vent right? Did you have a nasty scar as a result? I

did, but luckily I just had surgery to repair it and so far it looks like it

did the job!!! I still have a lot of scabs from all of the dermabrasion that

they did, but seems to be healing well. I was in the ICU for about 9 weeks

with this attack. The attack I had prior was treated at home with IV's for a

week or so. I can't imagine 5 months in the hospital.........9 weeks was a

big enough nightmare for me!!! Hope you are doing better!

Hugs,

[Guest guest]

Kris you recognize all those bible quotes on sight? IAm very impressed by

you bible thumpers who can always quote a verse

Lenore

Re: new member

Hi , it is so great to meet you! Glad you came out of lurkdom. I'm

really sorry about the loss of your little boy. Hey... great username...

is it from Proverbs 15:18 ( " Losing your temper causes a lot of trouble,

but staying calm settles arguments. " )? That's a great thing to remember.

The drastic change in your system could be what made you more prone to

the marvelous side effects of pregnancy... LOL... and your age could

have something to do with it as well, although I don't think you're

*that* old... ha ha

Where in Kentucky? I have cousins in Bardstown.

-Kris

ListMom

: )

prov1518@... wrote:

> Hi y'all!! I've been reading all the posts for the past couple of

> weeks and

> decided to introduce myself. My name is and I live in KY. I'm

> 37 yrs.

> old, married for 10 yrs., and mother to 3 yr. old Hannah. I had RNY

> surgery

> in Feb. 2000 and lost 120 lbs. and was about 40 pounds from goal when

> I got

> pregnant (oh well!). Right now I'm at 18 wks. and really just getting

> over

> the worst first trimester EVER!!! Was it because of my surgery or

> just

> because I'm older? Who knows? My husband and I lost our 7 year old

> son this

> past December...Seth had multiple disabilities due to being born at 27

> weeks

> gestation (I have an incompetent cervix...but didn't know it until I

> was

> pregnant with him) so this baby is a double blessing...although we had

>

> decided to start trying in November, we kind of quit working at it

> after

> losing Seth...then SURPRISE!!!

> Anyway...I wanted to respond to the sleeping thread...Both of our

> children

> started out sleeping in their cribs...but eventually they worked their

> way

> into our bed. Seth was out and on his own for the most part by the

> time he

> was 3. On the other hand, Hannah didn't come to our bed until she

> figured

> out how to climb out of her crib at about 16 months old. She's 3 now

> and

> still sleeps with us for the most part. For my husband and I it just

> isn't

> an issue. We know that eventually she will make it to her own bed.

> Heck,

> someday we'll probably have to bribe her to spend ANY time with us!!!

> I

> think that you just have to do what feels right for you and your

> family...nobody else has to live with you...and the cool thing about

> having

> your own kids is YOU get to make the rules!!!! YEA!!

> So, anyway...that's me and my opinion...I'm not a real big

> poster...but am an

> avid reader...I enjoy hearing from you all every day. Good-bye for

> now.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I knew you were just jokin' around, love. : )

<grin>

K

Lenore Levy wrote:

> I wasn't sure if " bible thumpers " was construed negatively. yOu know

> I

> didn't mean it that way, but just in case anyone else didn't < I

> didn't.

> LEnore

[Guest guest]

When you all had to have the glucose tolerance test, how did they

administer the test with the new stomach pouch? Did the Doctors

understand the surgeries effect, how did they handle this>???????

New Member

I had WLS June 13, 2000. I am down 130#s and feel wonderful. We

have decided after all this time ( I am 45 yrs old) to try for one

more child. I am estatic over this and hope to get pregnant soon. I

was wondering thought the effects WLS has on pregnancy and about

weight gain during pregnancy. My primary doc is all for me and has

been very supportive during all of this. She will send me to a high

risk OB though. Because of both my age and surgery. Any commentgs

would be appreciated.

sandi A.

Children are a reward from the Lord.

Psalm 127:3

[Guest guest]

My question to you is why the cut off at wanting to complete pregnancies b4

35? I had my first at 41, conceived about 9 months post op. Not only can

you have a much healthier pregnancy with out the weight but your ENTIRE

quality of life and energy to be a mom of several small children will be SO

much greater. I beleive you will have more long term success if your weight

stabelizes first. No problems to nurse. Pregnancy or surgery first was my

main question when I was researching and I am so happy I did the surgery

first. If you are going to do it, why wait? How much weight doyou have to

lose?

Lenore

New Member

Hi! My name is Pam. I am considering a lap-band procedure.... am actually

in the midst of research.

I am 30 years old with a 1-year-old-recently-weaned. I would like to have

more children, 2 or 3, but had terrible experince with #1... Glucose

intolerance, migraines, severe back pain, sciatic nerve pain, C-sect.

etc.... I think I would be much better off if I could get some of this

weight off first, however, I would like to finish having babies before I am

35. I am already a high-risk pregnancy...because I have previously had a

tubal pregnancy and miscarriage.

My questions are: Must you wait until your weight stabilizes before trying

to conceive? Approximately how long will that take? Are you allowed to

nurse your infant? Do you suggest I finish with the babies first? I am

scared to death of getting full blown diabetes with insulin in the next

pregnancy!!

Thank you! Pam

[Guest guest]

--- Pamela Beard wrote:

>Hi pam my name is Shakia and yes you should wait to

have children after surgery because you dont want your

weight to get higher and make it harder to get off I

heard its tuff to get the weight off after baby #3,

and the doctor normally says two years because you

lost all the weight your going to and by then your

pouch will stretch a little (if its open ryn).

Hi! My name is Pam. I am considering a lap-band

> procedure.... am actually in the midst of research.

>

> I am 30 years old with a 1-year-old-recently-weaned.

> I would like to have more children, 2 or 3, but had

> terrible experince with #1... Glucose intolerance,

> migraines, severe back pain, sciatic nerve pain,

> C-sect. etc.... I think I would be much better off

> if I could get some of this weight off first,

> however, I would like to finish having babies before

> I am 35. I am already a high-risk

> pregnancy...because I have previously had a tubal

> pregnancy and miscarriage.

>

> My questions are: Must you wait until your weight

> stabilizes before trying to conceive? Approximately

> how long will that take? Are you allowed to nurse

> your infant? Do you suggest I finish with the babies

> first? I am scared to death of getting full blown

> diabetes with insulin in the next pregnancy!!

>

> Thank you! Pam

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I want to finish my family by the age of 35, because I am already

high risk, due to my history of miscarriage, and tubal pregnancy. I

have to take a pregnancy test every month midcycle to be certain I am

not pregnant. I did not show any signs and symptoms of tubal

pregnancy, and I was very lucky to not have had it to rupture. I

just want to get " baby making " out of the way before I enter into

ANOTER high risk category.

Pam

> My question to you is why the cut off at wanting to complete

pregnancies b4

> 35? I had my first at 41, conceived about 9 months post op. Not

only can

> you have a much healthier pregnancy with out the weight but your

ENTIRE

> quality of life and energy to be a mom of several small children

will be SO

> much greater. I beleive you will have more long term success if

your weight

> stabelizes first. No problems to nurse. Pregnancy or surgery

first was my

> main question when I was researching and I am so happy I did the

surgery

> first. If you are going to do it, why wait? How much weight doyou

have to

> lose?

> Lenore

>

> New Member

>

>

> Hi! My name is Pam. I am considering a lap-band procedure.... am

actually

> in the midst of research.

>

> I am 30 years old with a 1-year-old-recently-weaned. I would like

to have

> more children, 2 or 3, but had terrible experince with #1... Glucose

> intolerance, migraines, severe back pain, sciatic nerve pain, C-

sect.

> etc.... I think I would be much better off if I could get some of

this

> weight off first, however, I would like to finish having babies

before I am

> 35. I am already a high-risk pregnancy...because I have previously

had a

> tubal pregnancy and miscarriage.

>

> My questions are: Must you wait until your weight stabilizes

before trying

> to conceive? Approximately how long will that take? Are you

allowed to

> nurse your infant? Do you suggest I finish with the babies first?

I am

> scared to death of getting full blown diabetes with insulin in the

next

> pregnancy!!

>

> Thank you! Pam

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

well you idn't answer the Q about how much weight you had to lose. Does

having a tubal once mean you are prone to it? Which risks are greater- the

ones of over 35 or the ones of pregnancy while obese? My pregnancy at 40

was a peice of cake.

LEnore

New Member

>

>

> Hi! My name is Pam. I am considering a lap-band procedure.... am

actually

> in the midst of research.

>

> I am 30 years old with a 1-year-old-recently-weaned. I would like

to have

> more children, 2 or 3, but had terrible experince with #1... Glucose

> intolerance, migraines, severe back pain, sciatic nerve pain, C-

sect.

> etc.... I think I would be much better off if I could get some of

this

> weight off first, however, I would like to finish having babies

before I am

> 35. I am already a high-risk pregnancy...because I have previously

had a

> tubal pregnancy and miscarriage.

>

> My questions are: Must you wait until your weight stabilizes

before trying

> to conceive? Approximately how long will that take? Are you

allowed to

> nurse your infant? Do you suggest I finish with the babies first?

I am

> scared to death of getting full blown diabetes with insulin in the

next

> pregnancy!!

>

> Thank you! Pam

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Pam,

I understand where you are coming from. I'd really like to be pregnant by

the time I am 30. I turned 29 two days ago and won't start trying until April.

It is my personal preference not to have a child after 31. My husband is 38 now

and would like to be a father before 40. My other children (step) are 11, 7 1/2

and 6. I don't want this baby to feel like it's part of a seperate family

because of a large age difference. Lenore, you seem to be taking this very

personally. I don't think Pam is saying that you can't be over 35 and not have

a wonderful pregnancy and a wonderful baby. She is saying for HER 35 is her

limit. Just like weight loss surgery is not for everyone. Pregnancy after 35

is not either.

Hugs,

398/260/200

New Member

>

>

> Hi! My name is Pam. I am considering a lap-band procedure.... am

actually

> in the midst of research.

>

> I am 30 years old with a 1-year-old-recently-weaned. I would like

to have

> more children, 2 or 3, but had terrible experince with #1... Glucose

> intolerance, migraines, severe back pain, sciatic nerve pain, C-

sect.

> etc.... I think I would be much better off if I could get some of

this

> weight off first, however, I would like to finish having babies

before I am

> 35. I am already a high-risk pregnancy...because I have previously

had a

> tubal pregnancy and miscarriage.

>

> My questions are: Must you wait until your weight stabilizes

before trying

> to conceive? Approximately how long will that take? Are you

allowed to

> nurse your infant? Do you suggest I finish with the babies first?

I am

> scared to death of getting full blown diabetes with insulin in the

next

> pregnancy!!

>

> Thank you! Pam

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Well, I hate to intrude on this topic, but in 's defense, you did

seem to be a bit offended by Pam's decision, and defensive about your own.

Perhaps you didn't mean it that way, but you know how it is when we're only

able to read words, and not actually see facial expressions, etc.

I don't think there's any need for resentments, I believe that was

trying to be helpful and smooth out a situation, which is, hopefully, how

I'm being perceived. I will deliver at age 35, my pcp had her first at 40,

and her second at 42, however, out of all of my family members and personal

friends, I'm in the minority as far as my age and pregnancy. In fact, I'm

the only one.

Everyone has the right to different choices and opinions.......let's just

all get along!

Dee P.G.

New Member

> >

> >

> > Hi! My name is Pam. I am considering a lap-band procedure.... am

> actually

> > in the midst of research.

> >

> > I am 30 years old with a 1-year-old-recently-weaned. I would like

> to have

> > more children, 2 or 3, but had terrible experince with #1... Glucose

> > intolerance, migraines, severe back pain, sciatic nerve pain, C-

> sect.

> > etc.... I think I would be much better off if I could get some of

> this

> > weight off first, however, I would like to finish having babies

> before I am

> > 35. I am already a high-risk pregnancy...because I have previously

> had a

> > tubal pregnancy and miscarriage.

> >

> > My questions are: Must you wait until your weight stabilizes

> before trying

> > to conceive? Approximately how long will that take? Are you

> allowed to

> > nurse your infant? Do you suggest I finish with the babies first?

> I am

> > scared to death of getting full blown diabetes with insulin in the

> next

> > pregnancy!!

> >

> > Thank you! Pam

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Dee P.G. wrote:

>Everyone has the right to different choices and opinions.......let's just

>all get along!

>

I am officially declaring this topic OVER. Of course, everyone has the

right to their own choices and such... Lenore never said she didn't. I

think some may be mistaking Lenore's usual brevity for a negative tone.

K?

-Kris

[Guest guest]

Welcome Jeanne,

Our stats are similar. I am 5'3 " . I have lost 117 pounds. I am 8

pounds away from goal. I started at 255. My surgery was 2/12/01. I

just found out I am pregnant. Congrats on your weight loss and

upcoming pregnancy.

Trina

rny 2/12/01

-117

255/138/130

EDD 09/25/02

[Guest guest]

Hi Amber & Welcome!

I'd suggest waiting to conceive until after surgery. You'll have a much

healthier pregnancy...plus a lot more energy after the baby comes come.

Believe me, as a new mom, you'll definitely need all the energy you can

muster! LOL!

You are so young, take time to get you healthy.

Blessings,

Jordan's Mommy

( in California)

New Member

Hey!

I am thinking of having bariatric surgery. I am 22, have a BMI of 39

and I have HTN. My only concern is that I have no children. I have

been unable to conceive. I was trying to decide if I should keep

trying to conceive before getting the surgery, or if it would be

better to get the surgery first. Also, if I did get pregnant after

the procedure, by eating such small meals would I be able to

sufficiently provide nutrition to the baby? This may be a dumb

question, but I need to be sure. Thank you for your time.

Amber

[Guest guest]

Tara...I am terribly sorry to hear about your miscarriage.

It just recently happened to me and I totally agree on it being a

horrible thing to go through. This definately is a very supportive

group here. I wish you the best of luck whenever you decide to start

trying again. Welcome and congratulations on the great weight

loss!...Doreen

> Hi, everyone. I'm new to this club and thought I would tell

everyone

> a little about me.

> My name is Tara, I had my Lap RNY on 3/6/01. I was 265 lbs. and am

> now 150. =)

> That's the good news....

> I got pregnant when I was 4 months post-op and had a miscarriage at

> 11 weeks. That was a horrible thing to go through and I am worried

> about trying again. I am NOT trying as of this time, because there

> are just too many things going on in my life right now. But, I

> joined this group because I want to hear how everyone else is

> doing...maybe just to ease my mind for when I DO decide to try

again.

> I have a 3 year old son and I do want him to have a baby brother or

> sister sometime! I just want my body to REALLY be ready next time!

> That's me in a nutshell...

> Everyone seems really supportive here. I'm glad I found the way to

> your family!

> =)

> Tara

[Guest guest]

Hello! My name is and I had an Open RNY 09/28/00 in Belvidere, Illinois.

I have lost 130#s and have been pretty stable around 202#s (I'm 5' 9 " ) for the

past six months. I am 4wks pregnant, also. I did join a gym four weeks ago to

try to tone up a little and will continue to go there for the excercise; I'll

just forego the kickboxing classes (that really kick my butt) now that I know

I'm pregnant!

I have never been back to see my surgeon since surgery. I have kept in contact

and faxed them my blood work, and have also spoken to the nutritionist a few

times. I did call and leave them a message that I was pregnant but they haven't

returned my call so I assume they aren't too worried about it so I will just

continue to follow up with my OB-GYN, PCP and two local surgeons who now perform

RNY's and with whom I've worked pretty closely with the past few months.

I stopped taking the Depo shot in November (was due for one then), hoping we'd

get pregnant soon, although my OB-GYN warned me that the Depo could take a year

to get out of my system. It didn't take that long for me! I actually knew I was

pregnant even before I took the home pregnancy test as I tend to run a little

dehydrated (does anyone else have a hard time getting all of their fluids in? I

know I don't get 64oz/day in like we are supposed to) and I have been going to

the restroom A LOT the past couple weeks. I haven't had morning sickness yet,

which I'm really worried about as I did have terrible 'all-day' sickness with my

first child and I had to take a really expensive anti-nausea med for about four

months.

I was thankful to find this sight to be able to read what you all post. I am

nervous about being pregnant after my RNY, although one of my first questions to

my surgeon was whether or not I could have another baby after surgery. I just

worry that what I have done to my body, even though it saved my life/improved my

health 100%, might harm my baby. So I know the pregnancy will be long and I'll

worry a lot.

Congratulations to the rest of you who are pregnant and who have had babies

after WLS. And THANK YOU you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to

share on this website so that folks like me can see that everything really

should be okay.

---

New member

Hello!

My name is , and I had surgery 12-12-00. I am 4 weeks pregnant

with my first child and very excited! I am looking forward to

picking up good info from all of you and share my experiences as well.

I have a couple of questions that I am concerned about:

Is nutrasweet okay? I like to drink Crystal Light.

Is Splenda okay? I like the lower sugar applesauce and the one I

like has Splenda as the sweetener.

Thanks for any input you can share!

in MN

Children are a blessing, and a gift from the Lord. -Psalm 127:3

[Guest guest]

CONGRATS!!!!!!

Sandi

----

From: cjcb616

Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 12:57 PM

To: OSSG-pregnant

Subject: New Memeber

Well I signed into this group in January because I was getting the ok

from my surgeon to start trying for a baby. Well guess what it only

took a few weeks!!!! LOL I was release on 2/5 and took a positive

pregnancy test on 3/6. I have been to my first ob visit and they did

an ultrasound and everything looks great. My edd is 11/11/02. The

biggest differenced I've noticed between this pregnancy and my 1st is

extreme tiredness and breast tenderness. I've joked with my family

and friends that if the tiredness doesn't ease up the baby will be

sleeping in the attic in the garage because that's were the crib will

still be. LOL Well, I just wanted to reintroduce myself as I am

officially pregnant.

Jeanne

RNY 2/5/01

265/140/130

Children are a blessing, and a gift from the Lord. -Psalm 127:3

[Guest guest]

Hi Faye!

My words of wisdom to share are: do yourself a HUGE favor and get

resurfaced NOW! You have wonderful Doctors in England, but I'll let

the more knowledgeable tell you who and where.

I am an active, 49 y/o woman who is celebrating my 5th week post-op

with a resurfaced L hip (Dr Etiene/Baltimore) and I can't tell you

how wonderful it is to get rid of that underlying hip pain!! I still

have a few " muscle tweaks " as I continue to heal, but I had less pain

at one week post-op than I had all last fall, for example.

I'm also totally convinced that the sooner you have your hip fixed,

the easier your recovery will be.

Take care! Deb

[Guest guest]

> I have put off having a traditional replacement as I know these

aren't

> successful long term and wondered what the groups thoughts are

about having

> a resurfacing? Is it better to live with the devil I know or risk

getting it

> done?

> Can anyone recommend a consultant from around the N. West of

England area as

> I live at Liverepool

> Faye

>

Hi Faye,

Sounds to me like you are ready. You are not very far from

the " stars " in Birmingham, (Messrs McMinn and Treacy). Arlene (are

you there Arlene?) lives in Liverpool but opted for Mr Treacy when

she had hers done about two years ago.

There is an ever-growing number of UK surgeons using Birmingham Hip

Resurfacing (BHR) device. You can get an up to date list by phoning

the manufacturer (Midland Medical technologies) and there is a list

under " files " on the left with notes of the experiences of members of

this group.

Do you have private cover or are you looking for NHS treatment.

Resurfacing has recently been approved for use by the NHS (NICE

approved it in May), but there is likely to be a wait.

Surgeons tend not to tell you about it unless they do it, so make

sure you get referred to someone on the list.

I've had mine for over 2.5 years (Mr McMinn) - travelled up to

Birmingham from Kent. There are people on this board who have

travelled to Birmingham from Hawaii, so don't be put off by the

distance! There are also those who have travelled from the UK to

Belgium Dr DeSmet - certainly cheaper and very good by all accounts -

if you have to pay yourself.

Good luck

Vale

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Hi,

I too am a recent addition to the list and am glad to hear the reports of

Resurfacing working okay.

I am hoping that I can have a Resurface done on my left hip in August. In

live in northern Australia and have to travel to Sydney to have it done as I

have the complications of a fused hip joint of 35 years and apparently there

being few surgeons who will take on such a situation. My surgeon tells me

that a Resurface hip joint will be a lot better from the point of view that

there are few muscles left in any working order after such a long time and

that one can expect less hassles with disjointing using the Resurface

procedure. And of course less intrusion into the femur bone to lessen the

potential chance of the original bone infection returning.

I really enjoyed hearing about those blisters from hiking even though I have

few expectations of also being able to do that. My spine and knee have not

enjoyed taking the burden of a nonfunctioning hip joints. Have others needed

to consider the impact of dysfunctioning hips joints on the other parts of

the body framework in making their decisions re having a replacement?

Edith

>

> Sounds to me like you are ready. You are not very far from

> the " stars " in Birmingham, (Messrs McMinn and Treacy). Arlene (are

> you there Arlene?) lives in Liverpool but opted for Mr Treacy when

> she had hers done about two years ago.

>

> There is an ever-growing number of UK surgeons using Birmingham Hip

> Resurfacing (BHR) device. You can get an up to date list by phoning

> the manufacturer (Midland Medical technologies) and there is a list

> under " files " on the left with notes of the experiences of members of

> this group.

>