Re: Re: Anti-inflammatories

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Hi n

I read with interest your comment that Mr McMinn is against

anti-inflammatories as he thinks they may actually damage cartilage. This

was also Mr Treacy's belief when I had my hips done in 2001.

Rog

BHR both hips 2001 Ronan Treacy

Re: Holiday help/Sun Run

> Hi

> I am 53, and I went to Cuba from Vancouver (6 hour flight) in

> January at 13 weeks post-op, dealt with my own luggage (suitcase is on

> wheels), walked all over Havana, etc. I was off the cane at 7 weeks,

> so no problem walking. I did make sure to secure aisle seats in planes

> and buses, so I could stick my leg out if necessary, but really I

> didn't experience much leg pain or cramping, (pre-op I always had

> terrible problems). Swimming in the warm water was very good for me

> too, I'm sure. So I say, Go for it! You probably won't be totally

> " over " your operation for at least a year, in terms of continuing

> slight improvements, but you should be functioning well enough for a

> vacation by then, since you are young and healthy. And if you are one

> of the slow recovers (not so likely, at 34), why not lie around with a

> book by the pool in a villa in Spain instead of at home? It would be

> good for your morale. Just make sure to follow your doctor's

> restrictions during the crucial first six weeks post-op, so you don't

> delay your healing process by overdoing things or making movements

> that stress the hip capsule or implants.

> I set off every metal detector in every airport I've been in (3)

> since the operation. They just get a woman to pat me down in that

> area, and sometimes (in Varadero, for example), if I say I've got a

> metal hip they just wave me through.

> Re the Sun Run, although I think I might be up to walking 10 Km

> by then, I'm sorry that I won't be joining you on that one, Pam. I've

> seen the photos; a mob of thousands of people all starting from the

> same place at 8:00 a.m., which means you have to get down there before

> 7:00 on a Sunday morning. I'd have claustrophobia for sure, not to

> mention severe sleep deprivation. This event is definitely more fun

> for extroverts, I'd say! I do donate to the Arthritis Society every year.

> But I'm disappointed that a lot of their research is sponsored by

> drug companies, as the drugs may be OK for short term functioning with

> mild OA while you get on a proper exercise program, but they wreck

> your stomach and liver, cause reflux problems, and allow you to

> overuse the affected joints, eventually leading to damage in other

> joints such as the knee. Mr. McMinn thinks that anti-inflammatories

> may actually DAMAGE cartilege, and wants all his patients to avoid

> them. He does allow medecines with codeine for pain. I'm so pleased

> that I've been able to get off a lot of drugs since my surgery.

> Re the new Hip Centre in Vancouver, I'm not getting too excited

> yet. From what I read, they're focussing their research on drugs and

> exercise, correcting misalignments, and other ways to prevent or delay

> osteoarthritis; it didn't say they would be offering more hip surgery.

> However, several of us have been contacted recently by Dr. Greidanus's

> office, after waiting for almost a year, so it looks like some more

> time for resurfacing surgery has become available somehow. Maybe

> thanks to the efforts of Pam and others who have been hounding the

> Medical Service people. I'm going to get him to take a look at my

> other hip, which also has OA, though not quite as severely, and review

> my 7 month Xrays of the operated hip, since I had my surgery in

> England and hadn't been able to get an appointment a local OS for

> follow-up.

> n (in North Vancouver)

> rBHR Oct.17/03 McMinn

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> > Can anyone advise me how long it takes to get over a resurfacing

> > operation. I am due to have my hip done in May and have a villa

> > holiday booked is Spain for August. ( Booked before I was told I

> > could'nt wait for op any longer). Should I be OK. I am 39 and in

> > good health. Also is it true that I will set off alarms at the

> > airport? Thanks!!!!

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