Arthrodesiss

hi all

honestly can,t thank you all enough for everyone who replied to my previous post. I really would like to find someone who has had an arthrodesis prior to making an going through with a thr operation to try an get some idea of whats ahead. l certainly don,t mean to offend but i am only wanting to speak to someone who has done the change over from a fused, arthrodesised hip to a full replacement thanks. I wouldn't be overly concerned nowadays in going in for a hip replacement if that is just what it was.

When your going over from an arthrodesis to a thr , i think this is a total new field for the doctor. For instance i have 3 broken screws in my mid femur area where the shaft of the hip replacement needs to go. that's one concern. num 2 is there is 7 rods that penetrate the femur into the pelvis to fuse the joint. they've been there for 33 years now an wonder how they will come out. With a bit of trouble i would imagine.

I have asked my doctor these questions an got satisfactorily answers. It's easy for anyone to say anything but when it's being done to yourself, it's a different kettle of fish so to speak. My op is in 4 weeks an am desperately trying to find someone who has gone from arthrodesis to thr.

So please only reply if you have gone through what i am about to go through, thanks kindly to all your previous replies. Just on another note i stumbled across an interesting show on the netflix channel. It's called (The bleeding), i would of much prefered to watch it after my op i think an not before.

Anyway thanks again to all, rgds ian

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