http://www.arthritisandbeyond.com/?p=150 Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:03:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.arthritisandbeyond.com/?p=150&cpage=1#comment-35 Julia Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:10:20 +0000 http://www.arthritisandbeyond.com/?p=150#comment-35 Hip replacement surgery has become a fairly routine surgery. Of course no one wants to have major surgery, but it’s nice to know that if you have to, people get good results. The two people I know of personally are my mother—she kept putting it off until the pain became unbearable and she couldn’t play tennis anymore. She was in her late seventies and recovered well--she was able to walk much better and felt much more comfortable. Regis Philbin, the TV host, age 78, just had a hip replacement too and seems to be doing very well. Apparently they replace your hip with a plastic or metal piece (prosthesis) that can last from 10 to 20 years. Hip replacement surgery has become a fairly routine surgery. Of course no one wants to have major surgery, but it’s nice to know that if you have to, people get good results. The two people I know of personally are my mother—she kept putting it off until the pain became unbearable and she couldn’t play tennis anymore. She was in her late seventies and recovered well–she was able to walk much better and felt much more comfortable. Regis Philbin, the TV host, age 78, just had a hip replacement too and seems to be doing very well. Apparently they replace your hip with a plastic or metal piece (prosthesis) that can last from 10 to 20 years.

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