You know it’s time for a full hip replacement when:
1. The fake hip is no longer strong enough to make up for the arthritic side.
2. You can’t dance anymnore.
3. You’re husband puts your health insurance at risk.
4. The pain goes all the way to the knee.
5. Losing weight doesn’t seem to make a difference.
6. The hip pain interferes with the exercise program.
7. The elliptical machine no longer helps.
8. You walk slower than a bunch of seventy year olds.
9. You can’t walk across the room without limping.
10. The phrase “that poor little stub” – which the surgeon said after replacing the other hip – keeps playing through your mind.
11. breathing can make the joint twinge.
12. The warranty on the replacement joint is as long as your remaining expected life span.
13. Strangers on the street when they see you try to walk fast.
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