26-03-2022, 03:55 PM
My wife needed hip replacement at age 35. Apparently the ball of the femur had no blood supply and had started to die. She battled on for 20 years and finally had the op. She was quite guarded in her movements but still taught Bellydance for 3 years more. 2 years ago just before the 1st lockdown she tripped over our dog in the kitchen and dislocated her hip joint. Massive pain had to call the Ambos in. They gave her morphine didn’t help much so they gave her a good dose of ketamine ( she was singing like Michael Jackson). Off to Whangarei hospital. Surgeons dose her up and knocked her out while they tried to wrestle the joint back in, even under a general age was still crying out in pain. 5 attempts and xrays later it was declared to be back in place. Picked her up the next day and took her back to our batch. Within an hour it had popped out again and it was déjà vu. This time after a few days they decided to put in a whole new larger joint. Picked her up after a week and got home (Bombay )the day before lockdown. She was quite paranoid for a fair while until the dog passed away. Now she is a little less apprehensive but has 3 dogs helping her in the kitchen, Common phrase in the kitchen seems to be For God.’s sake get out of the bloody way, you trip me up and you’re dead.