TrevorJames

Surgery

Posted on 08/02/08, 02:29 pm

I have had 14 major hip surgeries to be able to walk like everyone else. I live with pain every day. I have gone through two surgeons. When I was a child, I was in a hip spika cast that went from my ankle to my chest.

• Reply #1 08/17/08  12:11am
  
  missfits
  Wow, I am so surprised that there is someone else on here that was born with hip dysplasia! However, my doctor was a monumental idiot, and I was never casted or had surgery to rectify my hips, so now, at 23, I am facing a major double hip replacement. It SUCKS. If the doc had casted me when I was born, I wouldn't have the stupid pain I do these days. Its not constant, but somehow that makes it worse, because its more like a sharp knife sticking me in the hip every now and then. I can't exercise, because my hips seize up. I can't wear high heels because I literally fall, because my hips slide out of socket.
  
  Anyway, I am looking for info from anyone that has gone through surgery. My hips never bothered me much till I went through puberty and they got wider, and when I finally saw an ortho, he said not to worry about it till I was older. Well, I am tired of not being able to do normal things, so I am looking into replacement surgery. Any suggestions or stories are appreciated!
• Reply #2 08/17/08  1:53am
  
  TrevorJames
  Try to get in touch with Dr. Jeffery Mast. He was my doctor and did reconstruction, rather than replacement. The last I heard he was practicing in Arizona.

For all those that were born with hip dysplsia.