Christmas Holiday - will website be closed?
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Hi folks
We all rely on this website so much for support , I just wonder when it will shut down for Christmas and when will it reopen?
Shirley
2 likes, 28 replies
Posted , 6 users are following.
Hi folks
We all rely on this website so much for support , I just wonder when it will shut down for Christmas and when will it reopen?
Shirley
2 likes, 28 replies
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derek76 shirley17649
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shirley17649 derek76
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Do we all belong to AA? - Arthritics Anonymous?
derek76 shirley17649
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My back is my problem and I am seeing a neuro surgeon on Friday.
alice85142 derek76
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Alice A very grateful hippie
shirley17649 derek76
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alice85142 shirley17649
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Alice
shirley17649 alice85142
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Don't worry alice I will be glad of someone to talk to when the family are all arguing amongst themselves
alice85142 shirley17649
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Look forward to jokes and posts over the festive period from happy hippies and even ones than aren't...
Alice
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Alice
shirley17649 alice85142
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cathie38426 alice85142
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are more sad people in the world than happy people..likewise
there are more people alone at Christmas than with families..
this thought strengthens you.
we do not want pity, but we do not want to feel alone,
and as we have this site we are not alone.. We just need
the moderator to tell us when he's off. I think his name is
Alan.
Cathie
derek76 shirley17649
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cathie38426 derek76
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the nurses were with him! You men are still charmers even
though 80. I'm 79 and didn't get that treatment!
how long is it since your hip op? It should help support
your spine.
to Derek from Cathie ( and husband )
shirley17649 derek76
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alice85142 cathie38426
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Good for Alan and this site.
Alice
alice85142 shirley17649
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Alice
derek76 cathie38426
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I had perthes disease as a child and was told that I would be crippled with arthritis by the time I was 35. It has never happened although I do get the odd poblem and my X-Rays look bad but they are surpised by my range of movement and ability.
One consultant in 1995 said that I would probbly never need a hip replacement. The next one said that I would one day but not yet. The last one two years ago said if he did a hip replacement I would be back to complain that it had not cured my problem.
cathie38426 derek76
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be ok. Xrays don't show pain, and something can look
bad on an xray without causing pain. I read that hip ops
are patient driven, meaning the patient dictates when he
can't wait either by lack of mobility or pain.
I don't know what Perthes disease is, does it stay with you
for life?
cathie38426 alice85142
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Mine was 34 years ago, and I survived, surprisingly. What
carries me forward is appreciation of what I had, and what
I still have,and though I don't have faith, I won't
dismiss hope as it implies possibilities.
Hippies are always there for support, it will be my first Christmas
on the forum, or any forum. I wonder if the other forums have
the same loyalty element.
Cathie
derek76 cathie38426
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The treatment then was putting the leg into traction and that put me in hospital for two years.
Perthes disease is not really as a disease, but that was the name given to it when it was first discovered.
derek76 alice85142
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alice85142 cathie38426
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Alice
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colinTN17 derek76
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So for youngsters now there is real hope
derek76 colinTN17
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It is very different now.I recovered well but had a couple of years wearing a caliper after being in hospital. After that it did not stop me from doing anything. I read a lot of books in the time I was in hospital.