Young@Heart/Old@Hip

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Thanks for the feedback on doctors. I sent a note to Dr. Gross's

assistant yesterday to see how I start the process, if I'm qualified

& if my HMO will cover the procedure. I'm going to shoot for October

if that fits in their schedule. A few questions:

1) Does anyone have any feedback on if HMOs are covering this type of

procedure?

2) My X-Ray looks like the cartilage is about gone, so how long can I

wait before I will no longer be a candidate for resurfacing? Could

October be too late, or is that too difficult to predict?

3) Elbow Crutches? Just saw a post that said to get elbow crutches

instead of the under arm style. Do those work better and are a lot

of people using them? I never thought much about if before.

Couldn't sleep tonight, pain in the hip and thinking about the whole

replacement process. Just when I thought my hip wasn't bothering me

that much, it was killing me yesterday. Thanks Everyone for your

help.