Joined: 20 Jun 2006 Posts: 1 Location: The desert ,AZ
Hip Replacement W/joint Disease? Posted: 06-20-06 14:36pm
Hello
my husband is 34 and over the last couple
of years has been diagnosed with several
unpleasant things. He has eds (ehlers
danlos symdrom), osteoarthritis,
fibromyalgia and he has hip spurs. Oh
yeah he may be on the road to reumatory
arthritis, he has symptoms but it doesn't
show in his blood. We moved to az for the
dry weather and it has helped out quit a
bit. The problem is his hip spurs. They
are hurting him so bad. He can't really
walk much at all and suffers from major
pain. I am in the process of getting him
an appointment for the institute for bone
and joint disease here in phoenix. Hubby
said he wants hip replacements because he
can't take the pain anymore eventhough he
is on pain meds. We are both mentally
freaked out over all of this. He can't
imagine going through the rest of his life
like this. We are so beside ourselves and
I just try to stay strong.
My question is...... Can someone with eds
get hip replacements? His mom said that
"someone" told her you couldn't with that
joint disease. I haven't found any info
on it. I understand if you have vascular
type eds because of blood clots. My hubby
has hypermobility type eds.
I don't know.... I am so nervous and
worried. Any info would be helpful.
