Hey all I'm 44 and have had bone on bone osteo with FAI for years. Up until now I've had stem cell treatment which was so successful that I managed to carry twins last year! Unfortunately I ended up with a staph infection with my last stem cell treatment and spent a month in the orthopaedic wing, had two washouts and 2 months of PICC line antibiotics.
Long story short, the surgeons now agree not only that I need both hips replaced soon, but I should have had them done years ago. That feels pretty good to hear because I've been pretty compromised and nobody would listen until now, due to my age.
I've opted for a double hip replacement which they've agreed to do, as my recovery from the two washouts was speedy and fairly easy and I was essentially off crutches etc within two weeks and back at work. They "say" it's a similar recovery for hip replacement, but without the pain of the infection (which was excruciating). I have a 4 year old and 18 month old twins but lots of family support.
Am I making a dumb decision to try and avoid two recoveries and just doing both at once? I'm reasonably fit, have lost 12 kg during the arthritis debacle and have a pain threshold that's super high
Thanks in advance!
Long story short, the surgeons now agree not only that I need both hips replaced soon, but I should have had them done years ago. That feels pretty good to hear because I've been pretty compromised and nobody would listen until now, due to my age.
I've opted for a double hip replacement which they've agreed to do, as my recovery from the two washouts was speedy and fairly easy and I was essentially off crutches etc within two weeks and back at work. They "say" it's a similar recovery for hip replacement, but without the pain of the infection (which was excruciating). I have a 4 year old and 18 month old twins but lots of family support.
Am I making a dumb decision to try and avoid two recoveries and just doing both at once? I'm reasonably fit, have lost 12 kg during the arthritis debacle and have a pain threshold that's super high
Thanks in advance!