Hip Replacement Surgery: "Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution"


Authored by M E Hecht

Suppose you’ve just been told you need hip surgery, have a cardiac condition, or you’ve developed diabetes. At this moment you are most likely to be in a doctor’s office, in point of fact the diagnosing doctor’s office, possibly in some state of undress, or having just come from an x-ray, or EKG. There’s no doubt about it, as an experience, it’s up front and personal, not matter how succinct and professional the announcement- up front, personal, and threatening as hell. I mean the doctor may have run several miles this morning, had a carb loaded breakfast, or not a scrap of pain in any of his major or minor joints, he’s in good shape. But you’ve just been told your body has betrayed you. What’s more, if you’re a card player you could say at this point, that you’re the doctor holds cards, spades, and big Casino. In short, it can be a moment of inequality second to none. However, at this moment when you may feel at your most physically and possibly emotionally vulnerable, you actually can turn the situation to your advantage. I mean you may not be able to alter the diagnosis, BUT it is both your right and responsibility on your own behalf to pose YOUR questions, about the diagnosis, what it means, what can be done, how to handle it. And these are only the beginning of what you can do on your own behalf. Let there be no uncertainty, if you have the answers to these questions, if you insist on understanding what has happened to your body, you are on the road to being part of the solution, not part of the problem. How you may reasonably ask.



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