Re: Digest Number 1699

[Guest guest]

Hi Tim: Is it to late to have a resurfacing done? The reason I am saying

this is when I came back from England after resurfacing the first hip, I took my

x-rays to a local famous ortho and he looked at my x-rays and I thought he had

" lost it for a moment. " He took me by the hand a ran to his office and said

e-mail Dr. Treacy for me I am going over there. We did and he could not

contain his excitement. He was planning on going to England with me when I had

the

second hip done. But by the time I was ready to go he had already talked with

Treacy and he was a happy camper and got 50 devices from the FDA. He also

told me that this surgery you had done does not work very well candidate or not.

He did not even want to do hemi anymore so this is why he was so excited

about the resurfacing. I believe, if you can somehow get the statistics on this

hemi surgery and determine that it does not work so well and put it up against

resurfacing you could probably make this Dr. Beaule pay for you to have the

resurfacing done. I believe the success rate on hemi is not 99.9% like it is

on resurfacing. If hemi is about 65% then you have a good case. I believe Dr.

Beaule, if it was his hip, would have had resurfacing. Did this Dr. Beaule

have the approval by the FDA to do resurfacing??????. I don't like to be the

bearer of bad news but it is better to know than not to know what you can or

cannot do. I would e-mail your x-rays to Dr. Treacy and get an opinion from

him. Maybe I am all wrong about this because I do not know hemi procedure.

But,

I would be willing bet, after listen to doctor after doctor that saw my

ex-rays, they would do resurfacing. I even had doctors, nurses, editors, etc.,

ride

quite a few miles to see my x-ray's. If you want to talk please feel free to

e-mail me. Remember, I was one of the early ones (2000) having it done in

England so the interest was high. Margaret D

[Guest guest]

Hi Chris: You don't need to do anything but get yourself a passport and send

Mr. a copy of the x-rays. I flew from Orlando to Newark right straight

to Birmingham England and about 10 minutes to the hospital. I left England a

few days after surgery and sat in a bulkhead seat with my little cane and

could get up and down to use the bathroom easily even in the small quarters. I

came home and in three weeks threw the cane out and in six weeks was totally out

of muscle discomfort. Someone in England once told me that you can almost

watch yourself heal after resurfacing. It happens at a rapid speed. I am a

strong believer in Mr. Treacy because when I asked him if I needed to get a

doctor

when I got home; he said you will not need one. How wonderful. When I went to

England to have my first hip done I was scared to death. When I went back

for the second one I was actually laughing and visiting all the US people. All

I heard was, gee why was I so afraid. 35 to 40 minute surgery in England.

Rehabilitated is walking up and down the stairs in the hospital (2 days after

surgery) makes worry so much easier. There is no big crutches and rehab

programs required after surgery in England. In US, money, money, money when it

is

not necessary. Margaret D

[Guest guest]

Hi Chris: Survival!!!!!!! Good Lord, life is easier right after then right

before. Bless your heart, you will be so happy and free. I didn't need any of

those things. I am 66 years of age. Margaret D