Thank you to our patient, Chuck Walsh, for sharing his wonderful hip replacement success story! I have never written a testimonial before, but feel compelled to do so, hoping that my hip replacement surgery and recovery story might allay some of your concerns and fears. This was not the first time Dr. Haynes operated on me. Previously, he repaired my meniscus and also operated on two of my children, once repairing an ACL and then operated on my other son’s ankle. So needless to say, I have a lot of confidence in Dr. Haynes! I had been dealing with what I thought was a groin injury that I sustained while running however; it never got any better. My running was now infrequent and I was using an elliptical machine as my primary source of exercise. Eventually, the hip became worse and I was beginning to limp noticeably and was becoming more and more limited in what I could do. Dr. Haynes informed me that it would require surgery, which I put off for an little over a year after he gave me that news. I realized that it wasn’t going to get better on its own and so I decided to have it fixed. What “sealed the deal” for me was that Dr. Haynes told me that I would be able to run again. I asked if I could have it done on an outpatient basis and he said I could. So, I was scheduled for January 29th, 2014, at Mary Immaculate Hospital. I had to go to the hospital for some pre-surgery tests and all the folks and staff at Mary Immaculate were great. They made it all very easy and comfortable. On January 29th, I arrived at the hospital at 5:30 AM; went into surgery at about 7:30 AM; was in recovery a little after 9:00 AM and after some tests and some assessments from the Physical Therapists, I left the hospital at 1:00 PM the same day. Again, all the staff at Mary Immaculate were terrific! I’ve only been to a few hospitals but they, by far, have been the best! I got home about 2:30 PM and was using a walker and doing exercises. Dr. Haynes called that evening and everything was fine. I attended several meetings via teleconference the next day and on the second day I physically went to work to attend a meeting. That following Monday, I was back at work for good. I felt better almost immediately. The only pain I had was surgical pain, which was not bad at all. I didn’t need Home Health, although they visited one time and I didn’t require Physical Therapy. I was back at the gym in 2 weeks and while not running, I was back on the elliptical. It has been 4 weeks since my surgery and I’m getting stronger every day. I’m doing a hard 35 minutes a day on the elliptical and could probably start running again, but I don’t want to push it. My experience was truly amazing - I am 67 years old and looking forward to resuming my running soon. Thanks again to Dr. Haynes and all the staff!
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:07:34 +0000
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