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maccafan
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 Posted - 07/13/2012 : 11:54:01
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In the past few years I've come across more and more people who have had their hips replaced. They seem to be doing pretty well and don't have many complaints. At least the ones that I've talked to. But I don't blame you for wanting to put it off or not do it all. You seem to be a really active guy and you're still playing tennis on a regular basis. So you are managing any discomfort really well. Do you do this with the knowledge of TMS and do you feel that your unconscious trys to take advantage of this condition and make the discomfort worse?
My mother had her hip replaced back in 1990. She was really scared to do this but the pain was not tolerable anymore. The surgery went okay but she wouldn't move around much after this because she said she was told that the new hip joint was only good for 10 years and she didn't want to wear it out. Well, she lived 16 more years and the hip was still okay but she was never an active person. She liked her surgeon and said she wanted one thing from him. She wanted her hip bone and socket back after it was removed. I had to go get it from the doctor in the operating room after the surgery and he just shook his head. She gave it to my 9 year old nephew who took it to school in a jar for show and tell day. He was really popular that day. ha She also named the old removed bone and socket "George" after her exhusband (my exfather) because he had been such a pain in her ass and she had gotten rid of him too! ha ha ha This sitll cracks me up.
Have a great day! I just remembered a tune by Ringo but I'm going to change the words a little. They go ... Be sure to stop and smell the roses and wave to the man in a (55 t bird) cause he knows how to live!
MACCAFAN
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tennis tom
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Posted - 07/13/2012 : 21:39:53
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Hi Maccafan,
Thanks for that story about your Mom, it was funny about George the PITA. If I ever had hip replacement I would also want my old parts back. It's always a good idea when you have your car worked on to ask for the old parts, that way an unscrupulous mechanic can't just polish up your old part and say they're new. I've seen my imaging and I don't see anything obviously that looks bad to me. I feel it could well fall into the area that Dr. Sarno calls a normal anomaly or "gray hair of the spine", in this case gray hair of the hip cartilage. I've had two huge NOCEBOS by two TMS docs. One told me to get hip replacement sooner than later--that was about ten years ago. The other TMS doc told me it was arthritis. When I questioned him about it he said it was arthritis and TMS.
I've seen many people who have had the operation, very few of them move better on a tennis court than they did before. There's one old guy who does get to the balls amazingly but makes such a stream of consciousness dialogue while doing so I think he's gonna' come unglued. A week ago I thought he had dislocated it but he sat down for a while and got back up. The funny thing is most people who get one hip replaced, get the other done shortly thereafter--this makes absolutely NO sense! I've seen the videos of the operation and it looks quite barbaric. I have known of several people who died from complications of "routine" hip replacement surgery.
I play a lot of doubles and practice so don't need to run a lot. After the first couple of games they quit hitting the ball to me in rec play. It's only tennis, I'm fine for everything else. I'm keeping my ear open for the advances made in arthroscopy. Maybe in the not to far off future, arthritis if it's not due to TMS will be treated like deep dentistry. I'm not opposed to having fillings or an occasional root canal, although I did have a Ludwig's Angina I wrote here about recently that I feel could have been related to periodontic dental work that may have created a serious life threatening throat infection.
Yes I have a lot of pain, but manage. I've gotten some positive TMS placebos from Dr. Sarno's, Sopher's, SteveO's books and from a positive post here by Ace1 who is a doctor and heard it straight from Dr. Sarno.
While driving the bird, I would be listening to "White Rabbit", I'm in NorCal. My r&r claim to fame is I worked as a delivery boy in the 60's for a drug store and delivered diapers to Grace Slick after she had a baby. Here's a trivia question for you Mac: who was the female lead singer for the Airplane before Grace Slick?
Obla di obla da,
Cheers
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maccafan
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Posted - 07/14/2012 : 17:02:16
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Hi TT,
Just read about your episode of Ludwig's Angina. That was a scarey time for you indeed. I'm glad you made it. I have my suspicions about the previous dental work too. It's something I think you'll probably bring up to the doctor if you ever have to have work like that done again. Maybe prophylactic antibiotics would help if you do.
My mother was knocked off her bicycle by a car when she was a kid and landed on her elbow and hip. She always thought that this is what eventually led to her problems. As an adult she also had to have elbow surgery for severe nerve pain. Her hip socket had no cartilage and the doc said it was bone on bone. I know she had repressed tons of fury toward her father and my father (George) but can this cause cartilage to disappear?
You may not "move like Jagger" on the courts these days but it sounds like you just really enjoy being out there and involved with the other people who love the game too. I have seen hip replacement surgery done on tv and it is barbaric. And any surgery is a toss of the dice and I'd rather do that in Vegas with a "Martooni" in my other hand.
When I met Grace she was clean and sober and dressed really nice with her hair still dark. Since then she has let it go to its natural white. In her younger days I heard her say in an interview that she could be a wild woman due her drug and alcohol problems. So how did she seem when you delivered those diapers to her? And no, I have no idea who sang lead before she did. I'm really curious and I can't wait for you to tell me! Now if you had asked me any questions about The Beatles or Elvis there's a 99% chance that I could accurately answer any of them!!!!!!!!!!!
Life goes on Brah...la la how the life goes on!
Maccafan
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tennis tom
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Posted - 07/14/2012 : 18:57:03
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And the answer is: Signe Anderson:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signe_Toly_Anderson
Grace Slick didn't answer the door she just had the baby. Someone else who looked like a band member did. They all lived together in a Greek revival mansion painted black on the edge of the Haight.
Fortunately no doc has said "bone on bone" and I don't see anything that looks "significant" to me on the x-rays. So, no more imaging, no more DX's by docs--it's just between me, the gremlin and the deep blue sea.
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maccafan
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Posted - 07/14/2012 : 20:08:37
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Very interesting about Signe. I'll add that to my rock-n-roll memory.
I just did a search and saw a photo of their house. It's too pretty to have been painted black but those were the days.
Maccafan
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