2 weeks post surgery in NJ

October 15, 2003

Hello All,

Well, I just celebrated 2 weeks post surgery. What a difference! I

am so happy that I did the necessary pre-surgery research that led me

to find out about resurfacing. Six months ago, I was scheduled to do

a THR, and now I cannot believe what a narrow escape I made! I was in

the hospital next to a guy who had just had a revision of his THR,

and he was in major pain. I met him there, and left him there.

At 2 weeks post surgery, I have been diligently doing my PT

exercises with my PT's supervision. I was in the hospital only 3

days; by the 2nd day, I graduated from the walker to the crutches.

After 10 days I graduated from 2 crutches to just one. I am now

looking for a cane to use, because my PT recommends that I move on

now. I already have more flexibility and less pain in the hip than I

had pre-surgery. Of course, I have some annoying pain in my butt, and

quads, but everyone tells me that will go away soon. The 7 inch scar

in my butt won't, but it's a small price to pay.

(disclaimer - i am in my early 30's, so please keep that in mind

if you want to compare your recovery speed to mine).

Thanks to all who participate on the surface hippy board for being

a wealth of information that made me less nervous about it. And

thanks to that angel on the THR group board that recommended I look

into resurfacing when I posted about my situation. Thanks to Dr.

Feldman who did a wonderful job. For any of you in the tri-state area

looking to do this surgery, go with him. He may not have done as many

as Dr Gross, but my experience with him has been good. I saw my x-

rays post surgery and they looked great.

Everybody I know has been surprised at how well, and stable I can

walk already. It's a miracle!!!

MTP

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