Re: Is it time to go for surgery?

[Guest guest]

> I am 41 yrs old and not too long ago I was routinely running 6-10

> miles per week. I was diagnosed with OA 2 years ago and my left

hip

> is history. There is no pain when I sit. In general, walking isn't

> too painful, but it just doesn't feel right. When I walk, I can

feel

> the bones starting to grind together. I can't run and play with my

> kids anymore because of the pain. It hurts to climb stairs, mow

the

> lawn and sometimes just to lay flat in bed. I am sure that I can

> deal with the pain for another year or two, but I am just having

> trouble making the decision. It would be helpful to hear how

others

> made the decision to go for surgery!!

>

> Thanks

Thats basically where I was for 4/5 years before I got my hip

replacement and I lost some valuable time with my children.

However, we didn't know what we do today 4/5 years ago.

Jeff

[Guest guest]

hi

i am 36 and at 30 my aching hips decided to protest more loudly, i

have oa too. like you i can walk ok - not the serious mountain

walking i used to do plus i walk with a stick, all my friends are

off climbing anf having fun - i watch! i cannot get into the bath

without a child step, stairs feel like a mountain, bending down to

pick something off the floor is an effort, standing for more than

ten minutes is ridiculous and most awful of all i can no longer ride

my horse without severe agony (but i will not give in), i have gone

from four to five hours riding a day to half hour every few

weeks.... to me i am existing, not living, that is why i sit here on

a nhs (uk) waiting list to have bilateral resurfacing.

i tried arthroscopy which did nothing, and resigned myself to thr, i

found out about resurfacing and for me it is the only way to go....

i feel that if it doesn't work then i will be no worse off than i am

now..... but i expect a dramatic improvement and i expect to have my

life back.......... oh to walk and ride those mountains that i see

every day out of my window, to be able to get into the bath.... in

fact any bath where a step isn't avaiable..... exactly i sound like

an old lady..... and i bloody well feel like it too.

young jane - uk

xxx

> I am 41 yrs old and not too long ago I was routinely running 6-10

> miles per week. I was diagnosed with OA 2 years ago and my left

hip

> is history. There is no pain when I sit. In general, walking isn't

> too painful, but it just doesn't feel right. When I walk, I can

feel

> the bones starting to grind together. I can't run and play with my

> kids anymore because of the pain. It hurts to climb stairs, mow

the

> lawn and sometimes just to lay flat in bed. I am sure that I can

> deal with the pain for another year or two, but I am just having

> trouble making the decision. It would be helpful to hear how

others

> made the decision to go for surgery!!

>

> Thanks