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SteveInBaltimore

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My Mom had a broken hip around 85


The hip replacement wasn't sized correctly and caused a lot of pain. Once we figured it out and had it replaced about ten months later she was great, of course that meant another recovery/rehab stint in the nursing home. We probably should have sure the orthopedist for malpractice but out main concern was getting things right.

She's now 92 and hip is fine but arthritis in her legs has gotten bad and she has gone from walker to wheelchair and independent living to assisted living, as of last week. I type this from the foldout coach in her former apartment. I am up in NY to clean it out, get rid of the furniture, etc. I won't even be allowed to visit her except standing outside her screened window at the assisted living place.

But the second hip is still fine. If things have gone "downhill" it's because of age and arthritis, not the hip.

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Posted: 09/12/2020 at 9:32PM


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  For those that had a parent break a hip... -- HokieJamie 09/12/2020 6:36PM
  Re: For those that had a parent break a hip... -- gr8fuljj 09/13/2020 11:27AM
  My Mom had a broken hip around 85 -- SteveInBaltimore 09/12/2020 9:32PM
  Some recover fully; some do not. Hopefully he was somewhat active before -> -- HOKIERIT 09/12/2020 9:12PM
  Was parent active before? -- turkeywinghokie 09/12/2020 8:54PM
  My grandmother broke hers when she was 86 or so. She is -- corvt2000 09/12/2020 8:53PM
  13 years ago still going strong -- RRHOKIE 09/12/2020 7:56PM
  Moderate Inexorable decline. 88 yo. Lasted ~ 8 months. Sorry ** -- ColoVT82 09/12/2020 7:35PM
  No one knows since nursing home PT and OT is not the same now -- lchoro 09/12/2020 7:20PM
  Well I have gone through that with a grandparent. -- GreenvilleVT 09/12/2020 7:20PM
  My grandmother broke hers when I was a kid -- Vienna_Hokie 09/12/2020 7:15PM
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  Key concern is preventing infections -- Hokie1992 09/12/2020 6:53PM
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  Happened to my mother. The huge issue was loss of mobility. -- Stork 09/12/2020 6:44PM
  Sorry dude. My mom broke her hip and rebounded but developed -- RhinoVT 09/12/2020 6:43PM
  I'm sure it happens but it has not been my experience ** -- typed by ben 09/12/2020 6:37PM

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