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To: Woody who wrote (23941)	8/5/2009 6:00:39 AM
From: Ditchdigger	Read Replies (1) of 23958

Awwhh, Thanks guys(you to Galirayo) . It has been one whale of an adventure so far. Had my staples pulled monday by a home visiting nurse, and then a physical therapist came to the house yesterday to start full core rehab, I have 8 in house sessions before my first post-op visit to the surgeon (did get transferred to a rehab facility for 7 days after leaving the surgery hospital-figured it would give me a good headstart on my comeback(lol)). Due to my young (in arthritis years(g)) age, I decided to have the Bilateral (both) hip resurfacing procedure done as it's not quite as brutal as a total hip replacement(femor bone is not cut and bored out) and preserves more bone for my future anaticipated second go-a-round (return to the op room for replacements,15 or so years down the road when these wear out?) But trust me, whoever decided to name this procedure "resurfacing"--sounds as simple as repainting your house! has never had it done!!(lol)--They actually grind the "ball" of the femor bone into a cyclinder shape then cement/glue (using antibiotic impregnated cement) a new ball right over it. On the cup side (acetabular) they ream it out a bit and drive a new cup in-kinda press fit- no glue...New ball joint is metal on metal---but with no grease fittings though!!! (my surgeon (dry Canadian) didn't get my farmboy humor when I questioned him about grease fittings--and engineers purposely designing with time engineered failure for job security) (G)) All and all, some slick high tech sht...Had it done at Dartmouth in NH...these ivy league fellas know there sh@T! (g). Hope all is well with everyone, 14 days post surgery and I've been walking around a mile--with crutches..expect to be digging in the mud and pounding nails by Oct!! .....:^) we'll see, 'Ditch of course now sporting a matching set of 7" scars...:)

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