Transcript

Deciding to Have a Hip Replacement

Jodi Seidler: I remember I was having tremendous pain in my leg. It almost felt like a migraine headache.

Naomi Creek: I was starting to get a little bit of pain when I sat on hard seats and hard surfaces. One time I was hospitalized because my hip, well, it felt like it was disclocated.

Jodi: I went to my third orthopediac surgeon, who said to me: "You're going to need a hip replacement." And it was so surreal; I saw his mouth move, but I couldn't hear any words at all.

Naomi: I actually got varying opinons on when I should have my hips done. A couple of surgeons said wait as long as you can to have it done, and others said as long as you wait the harder the surgery will be.

Jodi: The decision I made finally was a choice of having a better life because I couldn't even sleep through the night. No one knows what bone on bone pain is until you've gone through it. And any kind of replacement of your joint, any kind of becoming bionic is really an initiation into a new way of life.

Naomi: It needed to be done, and I decided that I'm not waiting, even though I'm not in pain I'm not waiting any longer. I'm going to get it done. So I did. And the result has been that the recovery has been amazing. So, I really think that you shouldn't wait so long that the hip starts to degrade and starts hurting your pelvis.

Jodi: Finally, after two years of being in pain to have my hip replaced, it was sort of like having the fat lady sing, because I went through everything. I did every therapy possible, I went to healers, I was in the pool, I did everything I could until I realized I had to have my hip replaced.