+RedSky Aussies Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Next month I am getting my right hip replaced. I am wondering if any other cachers out there have an artificial hip and how it effects caching. Quote Link to comment
+sseegars Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 A friend of mine has an artificial hip and caches just as hard as us! I don;t think you will have to many problems. GOOD LUCK! Quote Link to comment
+Deliveryguy428 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Well I do know one cacher and he said when he gets dehydrated he starts to squeak. Quote Link to comment
+sseegars Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Well I do know one cacher and he said when he gets dehydrated he starts to squeak. Yeah thats him! Squeaky! Quote Link to comment
+SharpShin' Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 (edited) I had my hip replaced 21 years ago and have no complaints. I have cached some pretty tough terrain with it, although I am not quite as agile as I before; and there are a few caches I won't do be cause of that. However, there is certainly a lot of caches I could not of completed if I had not had the hip replacement, not to mention basic quality-of-life activities. I can honestly say, that without the hip replacement, I probably would not of started geocaching; or even developed an interest in it because of restrictions caused by the damaged hip. Edited March 18, 2008 by SharpShin' Quote Link to comment
+ironman114 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 My wife Ironmaiden has an artificial knee. It has actually helped her to do more caches than before. While she was laid up just before and after the operation she did place a couple of wheelchair accessible caches. She has no pain when walking now. Quote Link to comment
magellan315 Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I have a tibial nail in my left leg. Its as thick as a pencil, stops below my knee and above my ankle and is held in place with 4 bolts. After you recover from the surgery you won't even know its there. Quote Link to comment
+Zolgar Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Next month I am getting my right hip replaced. I am wondering if any other cachers out there have an artificial hip and how it effects caching. but you know darn well that Dad will still just start wandering ahead! Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Post #26 (woodja look at that number! ) As far as the oddest thing I've found during a cache hunt, it was the ball portion of a titanium hip implant. I'm trying to figure out a way to turn it into a travel bug, but there is no way to attach the tag. Maybe Brian can help you out... Quote Link to comment
+louk. Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I had my hip replaced on 15 Dec. '06. It is without a doubt the best gift I've ever given myself. No running or jumping ever again, but caching has been just perfect for me. Plenty of walking through different terrain (now PAINLESS!) and being able to concentrate on the scenery, flora, fauna, sounds and smells instead of worrying about how much farther it might be, can I get down this hill and still get back up, blah, blah blah...I'm sure you can add your own list of distracting worries and irritations. Press forward, get a great surgeon, follow the instructions and restrictions to the letter and anticipate that your life will be all yours once again. ...unless you were a pro basketball player or volleyball olympian! Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Post #26 (woodja look at that number! ) As far as the oddest thing I've found during a cache hunt, it was the ball portion of a titanium hip implant. I'm trying to figure out a way to turn it into a travel bug, but there is no way to attach the tag. Maybe Brian can help you out... Not anymore. I turned it into a TB and it went missing. Hmmmm, I have to check and see if the OP found the cache it was in. Perhaps he was trying to save a few bucks on the surgery. Quote Link to comment
+Blindmantoo Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Next month I am getting my right hip replaced. I am wondering if any other cachers out there have an artificial hip and how it effects caching. Blew out my right hip in a racquetball accident about five years ago. I reached a point last year where I had days that I couldn't walk. I had given up racquetball, jogging, hiking, cross-country skiing and pretty much anything that required walking - even w/ a hiking stick. In June I had hip resurfacing w/ Dr Gross in Columbia, SC (I live in OH). Hip resurfacing is rather new in the US - but has been performed for years overseas. He was involved in the clinical trials and had performed over 1200, while most surgeons had done about 20. Resurfacing allows you to keep all of your bone - you get a new metal ball and socket. Nine months later and I'm totally pain free. (Actually, I never had to take a single pain pill after the surgery). I was walking two miles w/ a hiking stick within four weeks, hiking five miles within two months. Now I'm back to cross-country skiing, about to beging playing racquetball again and can't believe it! While hip replacement is a great thing for many - check out resurfacing if you want to remain very active. Quote Link to comment
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