Comments: I had hip pain for several months that kept getting worse. It got where I was using a rail to pull myself up the stairs, or I would turn backward and sit and use my arms to scoot up the stairs one at a time. I'm 66 years old an weighed 288lbs at the time. It was getting hard to use the stairs at all. I went to my treating physician and she got x-rays, an MRI, etc. she then said "You need to see Dr. Greenhow." I'm not particularly well known for taking advice, but I give her an exception. I saw the Dr. A few days later an he sent me to get a fluoroscopic injection in the hip. Nothing. So off I went to surgery. It was an extraordinarily efficient setup. I got a new hip in about 2 hours and no muscles were cut!! Three more recovery days in the hospital and I went home, able to get around with a walker. I went to a cane within a week, and I can walk about a mile over rough ground. This is three months post-op! I'm in PT (ALWAYS ALWAYS DO THE PT) and doing well enough that it will be a year before my next follow-up with Dr. Greenhow!
