I'm still here...still waiting!!!!

Hi Sarah,  allyou can do is look after your new hip - but we have to live our lives don't we! Good luck

Yes that is true. Goodluck xx

Hi Sarah, just to give you some positive reassurance, Technology improves all the time, so a hip implant from 13 years ago would be much less resilient than what is made now. When my surgeon first recommended me for surgery a few years ago, my kids were still very young so I said no. When I agreed to the operation 4 painful years later he told me that there had already been 3 new generations of ceramic implant and that what is made now has much less wear etc so will hopefully last much longer. And in 15 or 20 years, who knows!! 😊

Thats reassurimg. The only issue is i was told i may not be able to have it replaced when it wares out which is scary to think about xx

Hopefully you will not need it but who knows how sophisticated technology will be by that time. Get better and remember not to overdo things once you're properly back on your feet. x

I hope this is not an intrusive question, (dont answer if it is) what did they say would happen if you werent able to have a revision surgery in the future? I have been told to expect at least one revision thr in my life due to my age, but I never knew there was such a thing as not being able to get one! Do you just spend the rest of your life with an old worn out hip implant!? This has me baffled!! :s

Hi Sarah

My sister had her hip put in 18 years ago and it's still going strong !

Haha well that will last me till im 38 😂

There'll be even better stuff available by then!

Hi Sarah,

​I can understand why it is scary. I'm not as young as yourself, I'm 40, but even the thought that I will need one, two maybe three revisions in my life is a daunting thought.  However Basia has apoint the hip replacements of today are made from much stronger materials (i'm an engineer so quite interested in engineering materials).  The one I have just had fitted is new with only 5 years of field data but the lab data + 5 year data looks really good and I am hoping that i get 15 years and maybe even 20 +.  Plus some of the developments they are making in terms of new generation hip replacements are looking very promising.....   For example I was hearing about 3D printed bone the other day which may have a place in joint replacements of the future.... 

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I think that's a really valid point David - I'm 57 and had left THR 2 years ago and just had revision to THR on right after failed resurfacing - my consultant reckons these may last my life time but if not I'm looking at revision in my seventies - I'm fully expecting 3D printed bespoke prosthesis and keyhole image guided surgery by then with laser closure of the wound , all on a day case basis ! Things are moving on so fast and Sarah, what may not be possible now will be everyday in 10-20 years . Good luck with everything David xxxxx

Hi David,

your comments are very helpful, I have also heard they are making headway with the things you have just spoken about. I had my hip done 13 years ago - I am now 49 - and it needs replacing - they have told me I should get 20 years with the new one as technonolgy has really moved on from 13 years ago. The hip I have now has worn out, and the plastic liner has come away and attached to the bone lower down. I am unsure of what they will be putting in next - what have you had put in?

Tracy

Thanks Linda, its just been along drawn out job. but hopefully now back on track x