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Hip Hip But Not Hooray!
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Must me having a moan again.
I have six children, five boys and one girl.
One of my sons got Perthes Disease in his left hip when only aged ten.
He had several operations over the next seven years, all unsuccessful.
Then aged almost eighteen, he had a total hip replacement.
Sadly, he continued to have problems, mainly with nerve damage.
Now aged thirty, he lives in constant pain, and although was working as a carer, and hopes to again soon, his difficulties remain.
Then my daughter when she was about thirty, developed the same problem, but in her right hip.
She too had a total hip replacement, but the surgeon severed some nerves and did other damage, and this has left her seriously disabled, and unable to continue working as a nurse.
She cannot walk without the aid of crutches and lives in constant pain, controlled by really strong drugs. She is only thirty eight and has six children.
Life is so unfair isn't it?
A thread on here earlier today concerned conjoined twins, so compared to their parents I am really not in a position to complain, but I wish I could take the pain for my kids.
One of the reasons I get so down at times.
But, as the saying goes, there is always somebody worse off.
I have six children, five boys and one girl.
One of my sons got Perthes Disease in his left hip when only aged ten.
He had several operations over the next seven years, all unsuccessful.
Then aged almost eighteen, he had a total hip replacement.
Sadly, he continued to have problems, mainly with nerve damage.
Now aged thirty, he lives in constant pain, and although was working as a carer, and hopes to again soon, his difficulties remain.
Then my daughter when she was about thirty, developed the same problem, but in her right hip.
She too had a total hip replacement, but the surgeon severed some nerves and did other damage, and this has left her seriously disabled, and unable to continue working as a nurse.
She cannot walk without the aid of crutches and lives in constant pain, controlled by really strong drugs. She is only thirty eight and has six children.
Life is so unfair isn't it?
A thread on here earlier today concerned conjoined twins, so compared to their parents I am really not in a position to complain, but I wish I could take the pain for my kids.
One of the reasons I get so down at times.
But, as the saying goes, there is always somebody worse off.
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//but I wish I could take the pain for my kids// As a parent myself, Im sure you do Theland. But realisticall
19:37 Wed 06th Jan 2021
perthes here
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Mine was 1962 and only x rays - and you can imagine without imaging and ultrasound scans, in 1962 you identify a different smaller set of kids ( boys usually ) than you do now.
I am sorry your family scored a 'double'
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Mine was 1962 and only x rays - and you can imagine without imaging and ultrasound scans, in 1962 you identify a different smaller set of kids ( boys usually ) than you do now.
I am sorry your family scored a 'double'
As a rule Sqad I would never beg to differ .. but I know for a fact that many years ago when I had smashed my pelvis. A Prof. John Charnley at Writington Hip Centre gave me the choice. (40 years ago).
He said .. I can replace your hip and without a doubt it will come loose again. What I will do after that is cut some more off your femur and then fix it straight onto your pelvis. But I would need to have a 4" shoe raise.
Or the other option is I perform an arthrodesis now and you wont need a shoe raise, but you wont have any pain.
While I was in Wrightington he performed many
Fusions on failed hip replacements.
He said .. I can replace your hip and without a doubt it will come loose again. What I will do after that is cut some more off your femur and then fix it straight onto your pelvis. But I would need to have a 4" shoe raise.
Or the other option is I perform an arthrodesis now and you wont need a shoe raise, but you wont have any pain.
While I was in Wrightington he performed many
Fusions on failed hip replacements.
Theland.....your story, if as you say is correct, then the hips of both children have been c,ocked up.
Seek legal advice and sue the surgeon.
Seek a second opinion, but this time at a reputable Orthopaedic Unit..e,g Wrightington Unit for Hip and Knee Surgery, Wigan
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Seek legal advice and sue the surgeon.
Seek a second opinion, but this time at a reputable Orthopaedic Unit..e,g Wrightington Unit for Hip and Knee Surgery, Wigan
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Alavalaf.......I know the hospital well....both of my hips were done there 35 years ago.
If that is what you were told, then that is what you were told.
50 yes ago hip arthrodesis was common for the treatment of O A hip and then John Charney developed the LFA Low Friction Arthroplasty (total hip replacement) and failed Arthrodesis were converted into a Charney Hip replacement.
He operated in the next theatre to me.
However, my ageing brain probably needs retuning lol
If that is what you were told, then that is what you were told.
50 yes ago hip arthrodesis was common for the treatment of O A hip and then John Charney developed the LFA Low Friction Arthroplasty (total hip replacement) and failed Arthrodesis were converted into a Charney Hip replacement.
He operated in the next theatre to me.
However, my ageing brain probably needs retuning lol
Squad - My sons problems were at first dealt with by physiotherapy and only bit by bit was it apparent that there was a problem, but nothing to suggest a fault on the part of the surgeon.
Then after three years, by law, no litigation is allowed. But even if it was, there is nothing to suggest malpractice, at least no evidence we could identify.
With my daughter, the surgeon actually told her that she had cut too deep, so my daughter was able to sue the NHS and settled out of court.
She managed to buy a more suitable house out of her money, better suited to her disability.
Then after three years, by law, no litigation is allowed. But even if it was, there is nothing to suggest malpractice, at least no evidence we could identify.
With my daughter, the surgeon actually told her that she had cut too deep, so my daughter was able to sue the NHS and settled out of court.
She managed to buy a more suitable house out of her money, better suited to her disability.
Sqad .. I spent six weeks in there in 74. Having been in horrendous pain for a couple of years
I didn't sleep much. At night John Charnley would walk the ward looking for someone to play Crib with, when he found me awake, he asked me if I could play Crib.. no was the answer. After a few hands he had taught me how. Every night after that our card game was an appointment.
I didn't sleep much. At night John Charnley would walk the ward looking for someone to play Crib with, when he found me awake, he asked me if I could play Crib.. no was the answer. After a few hands he had taught me how. Every night after that our card game was an appointment.
