Re: Your thoughts on differences between BHR and Conserve+

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Hi !

No, you've got it all wrong LOL!

In the USA, folks sue, and receive HUGE settlements; based on the

assumption that no one is ever responsible for their own stupidity.

These settlements are not to cover insurance costs - but to soothe

for " pain and suffering " and the accompanying " mental anguish " .

My current favorite (and I'm praying none of the family has a

resurfed hip!) is the teen who is suing Mc's because the fast-

food giant " made him fat " . Never mind that his mother drove him

there every day and gave him money to indulge in the feast of fat

and calories??! Stay tuned.....

Deb

> >I'm interested in anyone's thoughts on the real differences

between

> >the ConservePlus and BHR.

>

> The main differences in the actual devices themselves are the

difference in

> how the acetabular component is manufactured for the bone

ingrowth on the

> acetabular side, and the fact that the BHR has the capability

for

> additional screw fixation.

>

> >Looking through hundreds of pages about

> >BHR, post-op post-rehab activity levels are described in very

> >favorable terms. This board talks about dancing, jogging and

> >bungee jumping.

> >

> >Alternatively, everything I get from Medical's site, or

the

> >JRI, or one-on-one conversations I've had with local Orthopaedic

> >Surgeons make no such claims for surgical outcome. They speak

of

> >activity levels on par with THR. Walking, golf, sitting, water

> >aerobics and so on.

> >

> >As far as I can tell, the BHR and ConservePlus are very similar

> >designs as are the operating procedures to install them. So

why the

> >vast differences in expected activity levels? I would really

> >appreciate any observations.

> I think the difference in the spoken of activity levels here in

the US is

> because we are (very sadly) such a litiginous (sue-happy)

society. If the

> doc didn't tell you that you would be able to do martial arts

for example,

> and you did, and hurt yourself, you could not then sue him

because he never

> once suggested that you would be able to do such a thing.

>

> I think it is sad that we have to drink lukewarm coffee because

some idiot

> carried a cup of coffee between his/her legs and spilt it and

got lots of

> money although the person obviously didn't have the sense that

God gave a

> goose! Warnings are everywhere because someone was dumb, got a

lawyer, and

> the company had to spend lots of money defending themselves.

Geez, there

> is even a warning on bags of peanuts from the airline for those

who are

> allergic " May contain nuts " . I certainly hope so... and

instructions for

> an iron " Do not iron clothes while on body " . I could write a

book on such

> stories, and in fact see it a lot in my industry where people

will not take

> responsibility for their actions. Grrrrrr. We all do stupid

things--only

> WE should suffer the consequences--not society as a whole.

>

> I am still working on flexibility issues from a lifetime of bad

hip

> geometry, but I plan to learn ballroom dancing, do some hiking,

biking,

> scuba diving, roller skating, etc. I've played volleyball,

hiked in the

> rain forest in Puerto Rico, squatted, cross my legs quite often,

been up

> ladders and down holes, trimmed trees, attempted to rollerblade,

etc. I

> have all the confidence in the world in the work that my surgeon

did, and

> in the Conserve Plus device. I would be happy with any one of

the three

> (BHR, C+, and C2K ) that my insurance would have paid for.

>

> Off my soapbox now,

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