"Hip replacement a few years ago"

At 9 months old (back in 1964) my parents discovered I was born with congenital hip dislocation or hip dysplasia.  I spent my early years in Harlow Wood hospital (Mansfield) visiting a professor.

In them days both legs were in plaster and a bar across. Years go by and I remember being told that I would one day need a hip replacement.

I had my hip replacement when I was 43 in Raigmore hospital Inverness, by the top surgeon Mr? It was a total hip replacement with 2 extra screws.

The surgeon did his bit successfully and now the healing was down for me to do successfully. I left Raigmore where I had 100% total satisfaction in all aspects of my stay. 

An appointment was made to go back 6/7 weeks later and I had decided that I was going to achieve my goal of walking a mile by the time my next appointment. I was showed by the physio lady the exercises which played a key and vital role to achieve a successful outcome of my new hip.

I returned home and decided I had to do the exercises 3 times a day as showed to me if I’m going to reach my goal of 1 mile. 

The purpose for sharing my story is that for anyone out there who is waiting and/or recently had a new hip joint that the most important part for a successful outcome is the exercises and to look after  the hip. Too much weight isn’t a good thing because it causes stress on the new joint.

I think hip every time I consider having something that is not healthy for joints and ask myself this... "if I eat this will it be good for my hip?". If the message comes back as no then I don’t have it.

The same question applies for losing weight too "if I eat this will it help me to reach my weekly target goal?"  Wait for the message to come and the feeling is no. So I don’t.

Here’s sending my best wishes to all the hip replacement folk out there to be hipfully pain free.