Re: To SONYA

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Hi Sonya (Mom can read this too), I'm Chris. I was resurfaced 7

weeks ago. I too am a perthese person. I would say that if a

qualified Doctor has agreed that you are a good candidate for a

resurfacing, and you are in too much pain to live life happily, and

the femoral head is not viable any more, than you probably are smart

too consider the resurfacing. It sounds like they've tried

everything else already. I'd love to hear what surgeries you've had

so far. I had one prior to this at age 19 (25 years ago) called a

vascularized fibular graft. I'll tell you more about it if you want.

May I ask which Doctor will do the resurfacing for you? And I would

be very excited if I were you. This group is full of so many great

success stories. We even have a member who was resurfaced at 16

several years ago, and she is doing great. she's skiing, and all

that good stuff. She visits this site sometimes. I am now walking

without any pain at all, and only a small limp. I'm sure it's mostly

because I have limped for so long that by leg thinks it's supposed

to. I had perthese at 7 years old, so that's a lot of limping!! My

friend the physical therapist told me that I can learn to walk like

Denzel Washington and look cool if I work hard at it.

I would love to talk to you or your Mom on the phone if you'd

like. I have free minutes on the weekend (in the U.S.) on my cell

phone, or you guys can call me at my house if you want. My # is 760-

726-9272. I'm definately not a doctor, but I have done a ton of

research (as have most folks in this group) and I'd be happy to

share with you what I know. We all know exactly what you are going

through, and we all were nervous about what we had to face. But some

of us are kinda old, and we came out of the surgery ok, so you'll do

even better!!! Hope to hear from you,

(I got my resurfacing in April 04

=)

> Hello,

> I am the mother of a 14 year old girl that is waiting to have a

hip

> resurfacing surgery. My daughter has legg perthes disease and has

had

> 3 previous surgeries and are finally going to try a hip

resurfacing. I

> am nervous and yet I am excited that this might give her a

quality of

> life back, that she has not had for about 5 years. She is in

constant

> pain now. She does not have any cartlidge left in the hip joint

and

> her femoral head has collapsed. Every time her hip moves it is

bone

> rubbing on bone. I guess I am just looking to talk to some people

that

> can reassure me,that we are making the right decission going ahead

> with this surgery. I hope to hear from some of you friendly,

> experienced members. Thank-you in advance. Sharon( mom of

Sonya)