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vickie1976
vickie1976

hi

would love to find out where everyone had their hip done and would you recommend to another?

I was wrightington UK

would defo recommend

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  • lin71144
    lin71144 vickie1976

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    Wrightington - also have hip dysplasia and had 'good' hip done end of November. Would absolutely recommend.

  • Osca31
    Osca31 vickie1976

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    i second that. Wrightington is brilliant. self referred myself there after no luck for years at my local NHS Trust, within one minute of consutation thry offered me surgery.Three weeks later i was all sorted.

  • joy13700
    joy13700 vickie1976

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    I'm in the U S....Michigan.It's been interesting to note a few of the differences in care.In my case I was walking around on a fractured hip for 3 weeks....I thought I had bursitis....because I had not fallen or anything. Finally went to emergency room and was shocked to hear the news. ..I had surgery about 12 hours later. That was 6 weeks ago...and I have to say I'm about 95% back to doing everything I did before.

  • andrea99864
    andrea99864 vickie1976

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    Hi Vickie

    I'm in Australia so mine was done in a town called Warrnambool and highly recommend 😁

  • ptolemy
    ptolemy vickie1976

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    I think the most important thing is to get a first class surgeon.

  • MartinC
    MartinC vickie1976

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    I had mine done at Oswestry, (UK), it's a specialist orthopaedic hospital, and it's all really slick. They do thousands a year. I would definitely recommend it.

  • rosiep69
    rosiep69 vickie1976

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    I agree with the finding a good surgeon. I live in Mirfield in West Yorkshire- when I had bunion surgery in 2016 and my hip issues were starting to cause me problems again (!) he gave me the name of a surgeon - Mr Metcalf. He said if he ever needed a THR then Mr Metcalf would be the man! that was a good enough endorsement for me! (as the foot surgeon was superb too!)

    And he wasnt wrong! 3 weeks post op and all going remarkably well!

    • joy13700
      joy13700 rosiep69

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      I find it interesting that you call your doctor Mr. in the UK....not Dr. I'm in U .S. and have never heard of that.

    • judith12644
      judith12644 joy13700

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      In the UK we call the surgeons Mr, but all the others are called Dr!

    • rosiep69
      rosiep69 joy13700

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      Yeah, really not quite sure of the logic behind that one....

    • ptolemy
      ptolemy joy13700

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      It all goes back to the Middle Ages and whether they were apprenticed, had a degree or not. I do not really understand it all. What I find funny is that doctors are pleased to become Dr and then fight through to become Mr again.

  • larry43899
    larry43899 vickie1976

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    Wrightington for me too, October 16th 2008 and I was sure when I woke up after the operation, that it would be a success

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