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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom was shuffling and barely able to get up out of a chair in her mid-70s. It turned out she had serious knee and hip arthritis and at 82, after joint replacements, she is now mobile, walks the dog, climbs stairs, sits and stands pretty easily...[/quote]

Oh my goodness this is so enlightening. My mom is soooooo hardheaded though and hates doctors! I will have to drag her kicking and screaming.  She tells me it’s just arthritis but it seems she’s in a lot of pain. I will make the appointment and tell her we’re going to Bob Evans! [/quote]

I'm the PP with the enlightening 82yo. ;-) She was incredibly doctor-avoidant, too, until one day she just woke up and said, "I have to do this." The ortho was astonished she'd waited so long when he saw her x-rays. Techniques have improved so much just over the last ~7 years that her hip surgeries were done with just an epidural, not even general anesthesia, and she was home and walking the next day. The cognitive changes have been so heartening, too. A fog seemed to lift once the pain was gone. Turns out "just arthritis" is something that can really be addressed by modern medicine. (I'm keeping an eye on my own aches and creaks.) I recommend Dr. Philip Bobrow as an ortho—an incredibly kind man as well as a great surgeon, not a combination you find that often.[/quote]

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