Hip Resurfacing In India

"I recommend starting your investigation by joining the Yahoo Surface Hippy chat room"

That was the first sentence in the email from Louis Welt. I received this email January 13, 2006. It was a Friday afternoon (Friday the 13th, the luckiest day of my life!).

He proceeded to tell me about the two best docs in the world, Dr. De Smet and Dr. Bose. "Read the newsgroup and in a week you will be an expert. And don't let anyone talk you into a total hip replacement!"

And in one week I was indeed an expert. There were certainly folks that new more, but I was an expert compared to the Drs. Doom-and-Gloom I'd met! What a bunch of idiots!

But mostly I had hope. I could look forward to the possibility of an active life in the future. I still had a lot to learn, but I saw pictures of people that were skiing after hip resurfacing. I saw pictures of people that were doing ironman-length triathlons after resurfacing. I saw hope!

posted by Russell Kappius @ 12:29 PM