Hip Replacement

I will be getting a total hip replacement on my right hip on Tuesday, July 24 2012.  Hopefully, I will be able to share my experiences-be it good or bad here on Oswego Patch.  This first post focuses on why, being only 36 years old, I need a total hip replacement.  When I was in junior high school, I was very short due to what is called Turner Syndrome.  I had to take growth hormone to help me grow to a decent 5'0.  My sophomore year, I felt something pop in my hip while I was on vacation.  Upon returning home, I visited my doctor who immediately told me that I had (now this is a big word) a slipped epiphisis.  Basically, what that means is that the growth plate in my right hip had slipped.  I then had surgery to pin the growth plate back into position and two years later had the pins removed.  Seven years later, I developed arthritis in that same hip joint because I had lost a lot of cartilage due to those two surgeries.  I tried to ignore it, but when the pain got too bad, I saw a rheumatologist.  Nothing was easing the pain so finally, a month ago I decided that enough is enough and opted to have a THR.  So, my next post will be after surgery and I will let everyone know how everything went.  Till next time.