Re: surgeon wants to do 2 THR

March 3, 2003

When I landed on this message board by accident, one of the members

commented on how lucky I was to have stumbled onto this website. At

the time, I had no idea what he meant because I had never heard of

resurfacing before. After doing just a little research, I decided

that RESURFACING, and not a THR, was for me, especially since I am

one of those people who just has to move (daily aerobic, tennis or

biking). The next step was to do more in depth research, read all

the old posts, follow the progress of people as they went for their

surgeries, and ask a lot of questions. I chose to have a BHR with

Dr. De Smet in Belgium last November and have returned to aerobics,

tennis, biking, hiking, etc with a great range of motion, no pain and

absolutely no worries of dislocation. To research, you can find a

lot of information on this site alone. Go to the left of this box,

and click on Files, Links, or Database. Let me be the one to tell

you how lucky you are to have found this website. Best of luck to

you. Donna LBHR 11/13/02 DE SMET

> Greetings, I am a 39 year old female that has had OA for @15 years.

> The surgeon would do two THR this summer, just heard about

> resurfacing. I used to be active and would like to be so again, is

> there anyone out there that has had this (resurfacing) done and is

> active (not just golf) again? Where do I get more info about

> resurfacing? Where is the good doc besides Belgium? Is that just an

> issue because of the cost thing? Thanks for answering.

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