mainemom
New User
Female
4 posts since June 19th, 2006
New User
Female
4 posts since June 19th, 2006
mainemom's posts
Tess -
I hope you will consider hip replacement. Find a good doc that specializes in revisions and knows how to build up your sockets. You are young and deserve to live without pain and without so many constraints. Please feel free to write me. if I can help by sharing any of my experiences with finding a doc, the surgery itself and the recovery. ... more
Hello!
I, too, suffered slipped epiphysis w/my right hip when I was 12. Had pins, a partial, then finally a total when I was 23. I'm now 45, and here's the good news: for more than 20 years, I suffered no pain, very good mobility, and a very active busy life. I've had two children (born when I was 37 and 39) and I had no problems w/my hip w/e... more
Dear larkin:
sorry to hear about your hip problems. I had a slipped epiphysis when I was 12, led to a partial, then a total hip replacement when I was 23. Don't know if this helps or not, but i'm now 43 and have had two beautiful children -- no birth defects of any kind, and I had never heard of that before from any of my docs. I had my first c... more
Hi, all. Was happy to have found this forum, and to hear of so many young and relatively young people who are doing well with their new hips.
I'm now 45 and facing a revision hip replacement. All started when I was 12 w/slipped capital epiphysis, pinning, then partial replacement at age 17, then a total hip replacement when I was 23. After 22... more
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