On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:54:15 -0600, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

>On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:41:33 GMT, blake murphy >
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:56:29 -0600, Christine Dabney
>
>>>I have a little bit left of it...and I have to head up to Santa Fe
>>>this week for my one year hip replacement checkup, so I might stop and
>>>get some more. Good stuff.
>>>
>>>
>>>Christine
>>
>>a spring chicken like you has a store-bought hip? i refuse to believe
>>it.
>>
>>your pal,
>>blake
>
>How about two store bought hips ? Yep, I do. I had my first hip
>replacement on my right hip when I was 39 and kept having revisions
>about every 3 years til March of 2000. That hip is doing okay now
>(knock on wood!) and the other one got progressively more and more
>arthritic til I could barely sleep more than 30 minutes without pain.
>Had my first replacement on that last October...and it is doing great
>now too!
>
my mother, who is 87, needs to get a new hip, but she is convinced she
would die before she had recuperated. i don't know why - except for
the arthritis, she's in pretty good shape. stubborn lady.

hope yours continue to work out.

your pal,
blake