Quote Originally Posted by Wahine View Post
Minor hijack ahead

Karen - Your husband needs to do what he can now to prevent surgery, but you already know that. Meanwhile, you may want to look into a procedure called hip resurfacing. He's not a candidate now, but may be one in the future. This is the same procedure that Floyd Landis had.

One of my clients, a kayaker by profession had this procedure in Belgium at age 56 and is doing very well. He highly recommends this website for information:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/surfacehippy/

OK - hijack over.
Very interesting, thanks! We're not sure what will be possible when the time comes. The issue is that the head of his femurs are tilted inward at an extreme angle, which has caused wear in the joint, poor alignment of tendons, etc. They don't know if it is congenital or the result of an old injury, but the bilateral nature suggests it is congenital. If there is a name for this, I don't know what it is. If I had known the doctor was going to drop this bombshell I would have made sure to be at the appointment and ask more questions.

He could realign his core, improve his posture, and have less pain and perhaps put off the surgery an extra 5 years. Does he feel empowered to do this? No. I don't know why. It's really sad, and I'm trying not to be too pissed off.

Thanks,
Karen