Hi Dennis
I have your story posted
http://www.surfaceh
the Hip Stories page from Dr. Mont patients.
If you ever have any updates or photos - just send them my way and I will be
happy to post them.
Thanks again.
Pat
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From: "diggs.deep" <leafattygirl2001@
To: <surfacehippy@
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 12:57 PM
Subject: [surfacehippy] I found the info from Surface Hippy Invaluable;
thanks to one-and-all!
> My name is Dennis Roth. I am 66 years old and was an active mountain
> biker and skier; did black diamond runs and jumps! However, severe
> arthritis (especially the left hip) eventually prevented me from
> riding my bike. When I saw the pre-surgical videos made at the Gait
> Lab at Mt. Sinai in Baltimore, I was stunned by how poorly I walked
> and what an obviously painful effort walking was for me. It was hard
> to tell, on the video, if what I was seeing was even a "primate"
> walking; just shocking! Once I get a post-treatment video made, I
> will put both videos on-line. God what a difference with my walking
> now and then. I have very little if any pain except when I exercise
> strenuously. Still do not have the flexibility I want in my left hip
> due to a very stiff hip capsule, the tough tissue that covers the
> joint, which becomes thicker and less pliable (as do many muscles)
> with increasing pain and decreasing joint flexibility. However, the
> left capsule's flexibility continues to improve.
>
> I went to three of the top hip resurfacing surgeons on the East Coast
> with X-rays as I wanted to get a diversity of opinions; Dr. Edwin Su
> in New York, Dr. Tom Gross in South Carolina, and Dr. Michael Mont in
> Baltimore, MD. (only about a hour away from where I live). Both Drs.
> Su and Gross said that they could only resurface the right hip but
> the left hip needed a total hip replacement. Dr. Mont said he was
> 95% sure that he could resurface both but would only know for sure
> once he was looking at the joint in surgery. He resurfaced both
> hips; the right on August 6 and the left on August 13, 2007. The
> next day after surgery on the first hip, I could easily drive my
> car.
>
> Approximately six weeks after surgery, I began THREE MONTHS of
> intense 3X/wk physical therapy (PT) at Sinai, spending 2-3 hours at
> each session in their gym and on the "stretching" table. It was
> necessary for me to take pain medication at least one hour prior to
> the stretching sessions. Eventually I went from Oxycodone back to
> Naproxim Sodium, which works just as well for me but with none of the
> side effects.
>
> Sinai's PT program is absolutely world class. Post surgery my left
> hip flexion went from 30% to 95% and 75% to 120% for my right hip.
> The "rotation" on my right hip got up to 33 degrees but the left hip
> only 22 degrees. The right hip also had better "abduction," the
> motion used in spreading the legs apart when reclining, on your back,
> at a 45 degree angle. Had eight botox injections in my left inner
> thigh to relax my abductor and other muscles and two in the right
> inner thigh. Botox worked very well for me! Pre-surgery the left
> leg was 1.5 inches shorter than the right, now it is .75 inches
> shorter. With an orthepedically modified shoe, I now walk with only
> a very slight limp (once I'm warmed up). Assisted with a walker with
> four wheel or a shopping cart, I can now run about 10-12 mph. Both
> legs continue to get stronger and stronger but it has taken a lot of
> work and much longer than I would have thought pre surgery. During
> TV commercials, I now do three flights of stair without holding on to
> anything. Will do some light skiing this year and can ride my bike
> again. Am totally pleased with the results. Mont is an absolutely no
> BS surgeon and human being. The PT at Sinai was INVALUABLE and, once
> again, world class and just as necessary for my recovery as the
> surgery. Those older patients with severe arthritis pre-surgery
> should understand that post-surgery intense PT for 3 months or longer
> is ESSENTIAL! As with life, you onlt get-out-of-it what you put-into-
> it. My Medicare part A and B with a Supplemental Plan J (the latter
> highly recomended) virtually paid for all costs; pre-surgery, surgery
> and hospitalization and post surgery. Good luck to all and thanks
> once again to Surface Hippy for its ivaluable information!
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