Just as a data point, my buddy in Houston (Dan bought his car) has had
both hips done, he is 55. In college he was a nationally-ranked tennis
player and on a full ride, so all that has beat his hips badly over the
years. The last one he had done maybe 5 years ago, I'm not sure it was
total or just the socket or something, but anyway he had both hips
upgraded. He is currently planning to do a Portland OR -Portland ME
cycling adventure next month, 3600 miles or so in 38? days, something
like that. He has had his bike fitted to accommodate one hip range of
motion. He has been doing 100 milers frequently these last few months,
and spent a week at Tahoe riding the mountains. He is an animal, and
says the hips let him know they are there but so far can handle it. His
fear is he will not be able to finish the ride due to the hips, but is
going to press on.
So, she probably doesn't want to hear that today, but it might be
somewhat inspirational once she gets going. He is going to set up some
sort of blog to track his adventure so I will share that once he gets going.
He has a 79 450SL in showroom condition, and had the S430 he pawned off
on Dan, so he is in the old Benz fold.
--FT
On 7/16/17 2:52 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
Wish her well, Craig. I hope she has a speedy recovery.
Went through this with the wife a couple of years ago. Her left hip had
deteriorated to the point of her being nearly unable to walk it was so painful.
Her hip surgery was done robotically which I thought was pretty cool. They
had her up and walking the next day, and kept her going at it constantly. Not
fun, but I think it did a lot to speed her recovery.
Her Mom just had a hip done last year, and they had her up and walking the day
of surgery. She was out of the hospital a day later and walking pretty well on
her own within a week - she’s in her early 80s and pretty active.
Amazing how quickly they get people back up and walking after such a major
surgery.
-D
On Jul 16, 2017, at 2:45 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Shirley had her right hip totally replaced Friday. Yesterday was a bad day
for her, but today seems to be a little better.
I'm currently sitting in her room keeping her company.
Craig
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Winston Churchill:
“Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or
petty,
never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the
enemy.”
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