Guest guest Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 My opinion is that is your best option. That's exactly the instruction I gave my surgeon. RC2K Dr. Gross 3/24/04 > My tiny brain cell is working over time right now to > absorb all of this information, can I just check that > if I cant have a BHR and need a THR then I should have > a Metal on Metal one? Correct or not? > > Thanks > Dopey Liney! > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly... " Ping " > your friends today! Download Messenger Now > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 Hi I understand the the range of motion and risk of dislocation should be about the same with a large head M-o-M THR and a BHR. So I guess that would be a good second choice. It's nice to know it's there as a backup should my BHR fail. I don't think the large head varieties are made in ceramics (someone will correct me if wrong!). Hope this helps Kathy LBHR Mr Treacy 2002 > My tiny brain cell is working over time right now to > absorb all of this information, can I just check that > if I cant have a BHR and need a THR then I should have > a Metal on Metal one? Correct or not? > > Thanks > Dopey Liney! > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly... " Ping " > your friends today! Download Messenger Now > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 Liney, The Medical BFH (Big Femoral Head), if available to your OS would be the closest THR device to resurfacing. Cormet may also have a large femoral head device that is similar in size (but it is not approved here in the US). Talk to your OS or to his assistant and see which ones are available and make sure they know that you want it to be as large as will work for you. Good luck, Fred Dr. Gross, C2K 1/21/04 > My tiny brain cell is working over time right now to > absorb all of this information, can I just check that > if I cant have a BHR and need a THR then I should have > a Metal on Metal one? Correct or not? > > Thanks > Dopey Liney! > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly... " Ping " > your friends today! Download Messenger Now > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 Glad to hear it. Watch out when you cross the street. In a message dated 5/18/2004 3:52:51 PM Pacific Standard Time, sog@... writes: I don't think I'm any more befuddled than usual. Not that that's saying a whole lot, you understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 > --------------------------------- > In a message dated 5/17/2004 3:17:19 PM Pacific > Standard Time, > sog@s... writes: > I really wish they'd taped my operation. I'd love to > see it. > Quite the voyeur, aren't we. I'm glad I didn't see > mine. I'm intensely interested in anything that's done to my own personal body - particularly if it happens while I'm unconscious. > Of course, since *my* op took over 6 hours, they'd > have run out of > tape before they finished. ;-) > > Jeez, 6 hours! How are you feeling after that > anesthetic? Well, it was 4 weeks ago. I came to pretty uneventfully, except for the sleepwalking incident the night of day 2. I attribute that to aftereffects of anesthesia, because that has never happened to me before in my life. Since they had the bag for the Foley on one side of the bed, and the IV stand on the other, the pain soon brought me to full consciousness. Hollering like a banshee in the middle of the night works quite well when you caqn't get to the call button, by the way. > Mine was only > about 35 min. the first time and I still felt a bit > woozy for a few weeks. I don't think I'm any more befuddled than usual. Not that that's saying a whole lot, you understand. Steve (bilat C+ 4/20/04, Amstutz) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 > --------------------------------- > In a message dated 5/17/2004 3:17:19 PM Pacific > Standard Time, > sog@s... writes: > I really wish they'd taped my operation. I'd love to > see it. > Quite the voyeur, aren't we. I'm glad I didn't see > mine. I'm intensely interested in anything that's done to my own personal body - particularly if it happens while I'm unconscious. > Of course, since *my* op took over 6 hours, they'd > have run out of > tape before they finished. ;-) > > Jeez, 6 hours! How are you feeling after that > anesthetic? Well, it was 4 weeks ago. I came to pretty uneventfully, except for the sleepwalking incident the night of day 2. I attribute that to aftereffects of anesthesia, because that has never happened to me before in my life. Since they had the bag for the Foley on one side of the bed, and the IV stand on the other, the pain soon brought me to full consciousness. Hollering like a banshee in the middle of the night works quite well when you caqn't get to the call button, by the way. > Mine was only > about 35 min. the first time and I still felt a bit > woozy for a few weeks. I don't think I'm any more befuddled than usual. Not that that's saying a whole lot, you understand. Steve (bilat C+ 4/20/04, Amstutz) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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