Hip Op Hooray!

[Guest guest]

Being a new member and reading all of the positive emails today I now feel

reassured and ready for the 'Big Day' tomorrow!

I can only echo many of your thoughts and experiences. Being a 46 year old

active female I no longer want to have to give up the things I once enjoyed in

life, making the excuse it was down to old age that I could no longer do these

things.

The final straw came when we came to book our ski holiday this season, I was in

denial, trying to kid myself and the people around me that I was up for it!

However, after realising I could no longer get in and out the car without great

discomfort or bend down to put on socks/stockings, how on earth did I think I

was going to put on those god awful ski boots (which are a feat at the best of

health) and jump on and off the ski lifts, not to mention 'hot dogging' yeah

dream on.

After being off the anti inflammatory for a week and realising what real pain

these tablets were masking and also all of your positive feedback, I now know I

have made the right decision. I am in tomorrow for the left side HRT and 7-8

weeks later back for the right, I don't do things by halves!

Being the independent type we 'hippies' appear to be, my only real concern is

having to rely on someone else to nurse you through but once I am able, I will

be back running around looking after everyone else ensuring they are alright.

Also the thought of being away from work for such a length of time and

communicating but now I have my new surfacehippy friends

I am thinking positive and my friends/family cannot believe I am actually

looking forward to the operation, it is because like most of us we just want OUR

LIVES BACK please!

Thanks guys you have been a great comfort........'I'll be back'!

P the Ski