Re: Cindy- Resurfacing vs Pelvic Osteotomy-Thanks for sending me to this site

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Hi Terrie,

I had surgery with Dr. Millis in Nov 2003, but not PAO. He fixed an

inconsistency that I had on the neck of the femur that was causing trouble with

the pelvis (range of motion and general wear). This surgery was to avoid THR

later in life. My leg feels great and I would recommend Dr. Millis to anyone.

I am currently looking into resurf for my other leg and have an appointment w/

Dr. Millis in mid March for a check up and will ask his opinion about resurf

then. Hope that helps.

Cindy- Resurfacing vs Pelvic Osteotomy-Thanks for

sending me to this site

I am brand new to this site, and find it to be very interesting.

Good for you, Cindy, glad that you are able to move around and

navigate better than you were doing before the resurfacing. What

exactly do you do on stage?

I am reading all the posts on this site with determined

consideration. I am now asking myself, " Why PAO if resurfacing is

just as successful? "

I would like to hear from others that were candidates for a PAO but

chose rather to have the resurfacing done instead.

I have an appt. with Dr. Millis in Boston to discuss PAO, but now I

feel as if the resurfacing would also be an option. I never

considered it before because my OS says that I do not have enough

socket for resurfacing procedures to be done, and my OS does a lot of

resurfacing procedures himself.

Has anyone else out there chosen resurfacing over a pelvic oteotomy?

Hip-hip hurray,

Terrie

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> > My questions are: Successful Doctors in the US> (West

Coast preferably)

> Dr. Boyd in Salem OR did both of my hips when I was 40. I was

severely bilaterally dysplastic. Nearly three years later, and I am

thrilled with my hips. I was at a rehearsal today, and needed to

make a quick bathroom run. It is a piece that I don't play much, so

I ran for the bathroom, thinking if I hurried, I could get back to my

spot before I had to play. I ran back to applause, as most of these

people had never seen me run before! I've known most of them for

over ten years!! One even said if she hadn't known me before my

surgeries, she never would have guessed that I'd had bad hips. We

had a rehearsal from 9-3 today, and other than lunch, I was on my

feet for most of that time-no pain! In fact, I'm going to be doing

an aerobics step tape later tonight. Another first for me!

> > What determines when> enough is enough - I know> that is

individual but I am struggling with saying> OK it's time.

> What determined it for me was the increasingly negative impact my

hips were having on my life. I could have lived with the pain,

although it was definitely bad. But, I couldn't live with the

increasing disability. I had trained my German Shepherd puppy as a

service dog, just because he was so easy to train, and he loved it.

Thankfully, because I got to the point where life alone would have

been very difficult without him. I finally decided to have something

done now while I was still young. If I had to be disabled, I

rathered it would be when I was older and didn't have so much energy

instead of now, which are the best years of my life so far.

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> Since my hips were done, I've hugely increased my range of motion,

done a lot more traveling (went hiking in Puerto Rico and snorkeling

in the Caribbean while still on crutches), started dating again, and

have a list of things I either have never done, or haven't been able

to do in a long time. On the list are things like learning to dance,

roller skating, scuba diving... Sadly my German Shepherd passed away

suddenly about a year and a half ago. Thankfully I didn't need him

as a service dog anymore, as the one I have now has no aptitude for

it. In fact, she would probably be the first one to knock me over!

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> Cindy

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Hi Terrie

I was offered osteotomy when I was 15, to 'correct' left hip

dysplasia which had just started to ache a bit. I refused it because

I really wasn't disabled - in fact I had a very active life (hiking,

biking, horse riding, skiing)until I became pregnant at 35 and my hip

fell to pieces within weeks.

I had a very shallow hip socket so I needed the BHR dysplasia cup. It

works like a dream, I can even go running, and I don't have a limp!

Your surgeon may use one of the implant manufacturers that don't make

dysplasia cups. BHR may be the only one - I'm not sure - no doubt

someone on the site will know. The first OS I saw claimed to know

about resurfacing, and said that my hip wasn't suitable. Thankfully I

didn't believe him.

Worth getting a second professional opinion I reckon. If you had

osteotomy would this complicate future resurfacing or THR?

Good luck with your decisions.

Kathy

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> > > My questions are: Successful Doctors in the US> (West

> Coast preferably)

> > Dr. Boyd in Salem OR did both of my hips when I was 40. I was

> severely bilaterally dysplastic. Nearly three years later, and I

am

> thrilled with my hips. I was at a rehearsal today, and needed to

> make a quick bathroom run. It is a piece that I don't play much,

so

> I ran for the bathroom, thinking if I hurried, I could get back to

my

> spot before I had to play. I ran back to applause, as most of these

> people had never seen me run before! I've known most of them for

> over ten years!! One even said if she hadn't known me before my

> surgeries, she never would have guessed that I'd had bad hips. We

> had a rehearsal from 9-3 today, and other than lunch, I was on my

> feet for most of that time-no pain! In fact, I'm going to be doing

> an aerobics step tape later tonight. Another first for me!

> > > What determines when> enough is enough - I know> that

is

> individual but I am struggling with saying> OK it's time.

> > What determined it for me was the increasingly negative impact my

> hips were having on my life. I could have lived with the pain,

> although it was definitely bad. But, I couldn't live with the

> increasing disability. I had trained my German Shepherd puppy as a

> service dog, just because he was so easy to train, and he loved it.

> Thankfully, because I got to the point where life alone would have

> been very difficult without him. I finally decided to have

something

> done now while I was still young. If I had to be disabled, I

> rathered it would be when I was older and didn't have so much

energy

> instead of now, which are the best years of my life so far.

> >

> > Since my hips were done, I've hugely increased my range of

motion,

> done a lot more traveling (went hiking in Puerto Rico and

snorkeling

> in the Caribbean while still on crutches), started dating again,

and

> have a list of things I either have never done, or haven't been

able

> to do in a long time. On the list are things like learning to

dance,

> roller skating, scuba diving... Sadly my German Shepherd passed

away

> suddenly about a year and a half ago. Thankfully I didn't need him

> as a service dog anymore, as the one I have now has no aptitude for

> it. In fact, she would probably be the first one to knock me over!

> >

> > Cindy

> > C+ 5/25/01 and 6/28/01

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