Some patients squeak even they are walking normally, like O'Toole or Michael Mueller, a software executive in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mueller is so frustrated with squeaks, pain and popping noises for which he blames his ceramic hip that he has displayed his problem on YouTube.
To: Dr. Scarpetta
It’s a good thing he wasn’t getting an artificial seal for the rear end ...
2 posted on
05/15/2008 8:48:02 AM PDT by
mgc1122
To: Dr. Scarpetta
My hips aren't fake, and they still squeak, crackle and pop.
So do my knees, in fact.
4 posted on
05/15/2008 8:49:14 AM PDT by
LIConFem
(Thompson. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter Lifetime ACU Rating: 92 (any combo will do, fellas))
To: Dr. Scarpetta
WD-40 and duct tape. That’ll fix ‘em up!
To: Dr. Scarpetta
If they don't like the noise, they should talk with heart valve recipients who have the artificial valves that click with each beat. Now that would drive me nuts!
6 posted on
05/15/2008 8:52:35 AM PDT by
mollynme
(cogito, ergo freepum)
To: neverdem
To: Dr. Scarpetta
Easy fix.
9 posted on
05/15/2008 8:57:41 AM PDT by
Eccl 10:2
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem - Ps 122:6)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
"It can interrupt sex when my wife starts laughing," said one man, who discussed the matter on the condition that he not be named. One of those side effects you just don't think about, lol. Just another lawyer goldmine coming I suppose.
10 posted on
05/15/2008 8:58:03 AM PDT by
Reagan is King
(Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave.)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
There is something amiss here,”
Oh really, Captain Obvious?
To: Dr. Scarpetta
My beloved fell a few weeks back, and ended up with a partial hip replacement. I think his is stainless steel.
Should we worry?
13 posted on
05/15/2008 9:02:21 AM PDT by
jacquej
To: Dr. Scarpetta; Reagan is King
"It can interrupt sex when my wife starts laughing," Why? It never interrupts me.
14 posted on
05/15/2008 9:02:25 AM PDT by
techcor
To: Dr. Scarpetta
I know an orthopedist that wrote an article 10 years ago that ceramic hips and knees are not any good and should not be used in implants.
It really ticked off one of his partners and friends who were promoting and using ceramic hips. They also made big bucks from their promotions.... hmmmmm
17 posted on
05/15/2008 9:04:35 AM PDT by
Kimmers
To: Dr. Scarpetta
I had a total hip replacement 5 years ago.The shaft is titanium,the ball is ceramic and the socket is polyethylene.
So far,so good. In fact,most of the time I forget I have a replacement.
Six months or so after the hip I had four discs removed and replaced by ceramic coated titanium discs and the whole thing filled with morphogenic surgical protein,which after electro-magnetic field stimulation over a period of time turned into bone.
Voila! No more pain after thirty years of it.My wife says my grumpiness has diminished too.
No squeaks from my body!
21 posted on
05/15/2008 11:02:23 AM PDT by
oldsalt
(There's no such thing as a free lunch.)
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