Getting Hip: Recovery From A Total Hip Replacement

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Summary: Seniors
Review: I decided to read this book because I do volunteer work with Seniors & so many of them complain about hip problems.
I will now, after reading this book, be able to converse intelligently with them about hip concerns & will highly recomend that they read "Getting Hip".

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Summary: The Whole Picture! An Excellent Read!
Review: Having read "Getting Hip" in order to review it for seniors magazines and additional newspapers, I can now say that I would direct anyone in search of information about hip replacements to this book. This is not a fluffy book! You will be awakened to both the positive and the uncomfortable journey of total hip replacement, and you will be glad you were given the whole picture. The author is more than an excellent writer and storyteller, she is a long-time social justice activist who wants the best for the consumer in need of a hip replacement. With "Getting Hip" you'll be surprised how aware you'll become; you'll know the questions to ask your doctor and you'll know how to prepare yourself from beginning to end.
Best Wishes on your journey!

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Summary: Getting hip "in Norway"
Review: I am a 40 year old woman living in Norway. I had my first hip surgery 14 years ago. I had bilateral surgery called "Salters Osteotomi", but I still had some pain in my right hip after the surgery. As time went by(?) I got more and more pain. To make a long story short I had a new surgery four weeks ago:"Birmingham hip resurface".

I always felt a bit alone concerning my hip-problems. Some days before my last surgery I found the book "Getting hip" at the internet.

As sone as I was able to (some weeks after the surgery) I started to read it. I am not used to read books in English, but this book I just had to read! Reading the book "Getting hip" made me more confident in a way. The history of Sigrid and my own hip history is different in many ways, but we also have a lot in common. After reading the book I felt I got more perspective on my own situation.

My 15 years old daughter read some of the book while I stayed at the hospital. I guess she was a bit more prepared getting her mother home from hospital. When she vistited me at the hopital she was a bit proud telling me things from the book.

I've two kids (age 5 and 15). The oldest girl was 1-3 years old last time I had hip surgeries. The only thing I miss in Sigrids book is someone telling about having smal children/hip problems. Its a challenge!

I gave the book five stars. I think It would be nice to have a book like this in an Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Danish or Sweedish)

Norway, 17.dec 04

Inger






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Summary: Awesome!
Review: I just bought this book for my mom who is having a hip replacement after Christmas. I thought it would be hard to read and very technical but it's not like that. It has a lot of useful and practical information and it's reassuring -- a lot of my questions and concerns about her operation have finally been answered and I feel confident that my mom will feel great in a couple of months!

Steve H.

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Summary: A great book on Total Hip Replacement
Review: I read this book 9 months after having simultaneous bilateral total hip replacements. In my opinion, it is the best book out there that documents what those in need of a total hip replacement are experiencing, from the onset of the symptoms of hip pain, to the procedure itself, and through the recovery process. I wish I had known about this book prior to my surgery, and during my recovery. Most helpful to me was the point that was made that there is no "gold standard" for recovery, and that, while all patients will experience much of the same in terms of the recovery process, we will all require different amounts of time to recover. The book is an easy, fun read. I was constantly reminded of events that I had experienced over the previous 3 or 4 years, preop and postop. At the time I would wonder if I was the only person to have had those feelings. It was great comfort to me to know that my experience was not so out of the ordinary as I had once thought. Two thumbs up!!.

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Summary: practical and useful
Review: I'm getting ready for hip surgery and I'm really nervous about it. This book helped to give me practical ideas about how to cope on crutches or a walker - I've never used either - and how to get my house organized before surgery. I want everything above waist level since I won't be able to bend to the floor or reach while sitting (this will flex my hip beyond a 90 degree angle) for some time.

The author is pragmatic and tells it like it is. I didn't like reading that carrying extra weight hurts the prosthesis because I have 35 pounds to lose. Ack!! Maybe some weight will slide off when I'm eating that gourmet hospital food :-)

Judi

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Summary: Another Canadian!
Review: I've been waiting for more than a year for my hip replacement and I've been going crazy with the pain and frustration. It was nice to read about a fellow Canadian, who had to wait such a long time for surgery. Something is very wrong with our medical system!

Segrid does a good job of explaining what it is like to sit back and watch your joint deteriorate when there is noothing that you can do to push up the surgery. But she has great advice for coping during the long wait and she seems to be doing amazing right now after her surgery. That makes me feel hopeful that I will also be relieved of this terrible pain once I finally have my THR. I would recommend this book. I also liked the writing style.

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Summary: Getting HIp
Review: It covers everything that you need to know and includes varying personal experiences. Nice to hear from a younger member of the club. Easy read.

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Summary: A baby boomer "must read"
Review: Ms. Macdonald has given us a lucid, well-researched description of the entire process of hip replacement. It covers everthing we need to know from preparing for surgery to the recovery period. This book is enjoyable and easy to read, and its value will only increase as more of us want to remain active for longer and longer.

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Summary: getting hip
Review: this book is a personal and informative look at what can be a traumatic time for someone undergoing this procedure. she writes from her own experience and the reader can live it. this should be helpful for someone who is about to have hip replacement surgury. she writes about the fears and anxiety someone might have but also how one gets through it. it is a good look at what one might expect.