On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:13:58 +0000, mac davis wrote:

Interesting that you mention that...
Years ago, when she was about 75, my mom had both knees replaced, and had
a lot of hip pain afterwards...
the specialist said that it was a combination of age, pain that she had
before but was kind of covered by the knee pain, and stress on the hip
sockets from her knee problems over the years.. I think as the process of
knee replacement gets more common and folks have it done earlier, as in
before the knee tweaks other joints, these problems will be less
frequent...
it IS a great thing, though, that we can replace joints now..

I have a buddy who had a hip replacement about 6 years ago, then both
knees about 3 years ago and finally the other hip this year. He also has
a metal rod in one arm from almost ripping of the arm. Like (I
think) Charlie Self, all this damage was the result of riding a crotch
rocket over the hills and through the woods.

He claims to now be pain free. The Doc wants him to consider a shoulder
replacement, but he says no as there is no guarantee of swinging a golf
club after that. He claims it's getting very difficult to swim with all
the metal parts ;-)

-Doug