http://operationwalkmd.org restoring hope through motion ... one joint at a time Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:48:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://operationwalkmd.org/blog/surgery/knee-and-hip-replacements/#comment-427 Helen Arzola Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:48:31 +0000 http://operationwalkmd.org/wp/?p=29#comment-427 I was born with "floating hips" . My father was an ortho. surgeon.. After a lifetime of dealing with pain I had a hip replacement about 6 years ago. When I came out of surgery the doctor informed me that he had had to put my replacement in an odd place because of the deformity of my pelvis. Consequently that leg would be a full inch longer than the other. To make a long story short, I now suffer from debilitating back pain, I had to have knee surgery and my work as a Kindergarten teacher may be cut short. I am 60 and hoped to keep teaching for a few more years. I wonder now if what the ortho. surgeon did was necessary. Has anyone had a similar experience? I was born with “floating hips” . My father was an ortho. surgeon.. After a lifetime of dealing with pain I had a hip replacement about 6 years ago. When I came out of surgery the doctor informed me that he had had to put my replacement in an odd place because of the deformity of my pelvis. Consequently that leg would be a full inch longer than the other. To make a long story short, I now suffer from debilitating back pain, I had to have knee surgery and my work as a Kindergarten teacher may be cut short. I am 60 and hoped to keep teaching for a few more years.
I wonder now if what the ortho. surgeon did was necessary. Has anyone had a similar experience?

]]> http://operationwalkmd.org/blog/galleries/quito-ecuador-2010-gallery/#comment-2 Highlights from the Quito, Ecuador trip Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:01:52 +0000 http://operationwalkmd.org/wp/?p=114#comment-2 [...] Quito, Ecuador photo gallery can be seen here. Share and [...] [...] Quito, Ecuador photo gallery can be seen here. Share and [...]

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