Belgium and My BHR - Surface Hippy Guide to Hip Resurfacing

Why a BHR
I had pain in my hip for almost 10 years. My old orthopedic
surgeon wanted to give me a nice new hip “that would last
for twenty-five years” back in 1995. I was only fifty one
then and felt I was way too young to receive a hip
replacement. I had a cortisone shot placed in the hip
capsule, massage therapy and made many visits to the
chiropractor. I also took a variety of pain killers.
Everything helped in the beginning but slowly did less and
less to stop pain over the years. In the last few years before
my surgery, I was very inactive. I walked very little and
finally was unable to ride my bicycle.
I was tired of sitting around in a chair all day and watching
TV. Life was passing me by. I feel I even sank into
somewhat of a depression. I stopped doing almost
everything I had loved in my life – painting, writing,
playing music and any kind of sports activity. My life had
come to a stand still.
One night while my husband and I were at our local tavern,
I met a man who told us about his life as a deep sea diver in
the North Sea in the 70’s. He was very interesting and told
how the nitrogen from the many dives had settled into his
right hip. It had caused him great pain and he finally had a
hip resurfacing. I did not completely understand his story
about how he had his hip repaired and was commenting on
how terribly I thought the current modern medical
treatment for a hip replacement was. I continued to remark
about why in the world the doctors had to saw off your
bones and “slice and dice” you in such a drastic manner to
replace a hip. I felt that our current technology should be
able to replace worn cartilage in some manner instead of
just removing the whole hip. We are living in the twentyfirst
century and men have traveled to the moon, yet
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