Hip Replacement or Hip Resurfacing

<div class=Section1><p class=MsoNormal>Imagine being told that you will never be able to bring yourknees toward your chest or squat to pet your dog again.<spanstyle=mso-spacerun: yes> </span>Imagine being told that if you sit on thefloor to play with children you will have to exercise caution as to notdislocate your artificial hip.<span style=mso-spacerun: yes> </span>This iswhat Peggy Gabriel was told when it was discovered that she had osteoarthritisin both of her hips and was facing a bilateral Total Hip Replacement.</p><p class=MsoNormal>If you are a candidate for hip replacement surgery or if youknow of anyone who is this book is a must read.<span style=mso-spacerun:yes> </span>Many people are still not informed of all of the options that areavailable.<span style=mso-spacerun: yes> </span>With a Total HipReplacement the revisions and potential problems that will become a permanentpart of ones life are often not fully understood until after the surgery.<spanstyle=mso-spacerun: yes> </span>Even though this surgery has been a gift formany there is another choice.<span style=mso-spacerun: yes> </span>Thisoption does not include the amputation of the ball of the hip as in the Total HipReplacement.<span style=mso-spacerun: yes> </span>This option is being donesuccessfully in many parts of the world.</p><p class=MsoNormal>This book is a story about the journey to discover the giftof choice and help you to weigh the facts about hip surgery.</p></div>