Yes, sadly youre right. I'm sick and tired of being prescribed tablets. They* just want to pump petroleum based chemicals into us as opposed to treating the cause.





*Them being the powers that be, though I do think GP's worth their salt should have more input

It might be to do with how long the replacements last and how many you can have.

I don't know about hip replacements, but I have OA in my knee (brought on my a knee injury so fortunately the only place I have it) and I had surgery to clean it out, get rid of some floating bone fragments that sort of thing when I was 48.

Anyway, the consultant reckoned the only thing that would cure me completely was a full knee replacement, but they didn't like doing that on people under about 55 because the they only last about 15 years and the second replacement is reasonably straightforward, with the third replacement there is a 1 in 200 chance of losing your leg from the knee down.

So he reckoned it was best not to do it to younger people unless there was no other option.

This was private, I got BUPA from work then, so it wasn't an NHS thing saying you couldn't have it below 55.

The NHS wanted to send me to a Pain Management Clinic.

Tha'ts what they've said to me twice now, but to be honest I tend to take what Doctors say to me at face value and never question it, my missus goes mad and reckons I need ot challenge it.

Oh and fhuck off 😀😀😀

You dont save those

I used to have those same principles, but to be honest when you start to get in this state they quickly go out of the window.

I could just about to afford to go private, but it will only sort the right hip, I can't afford to fix the knees and the left hip as well and after all that I have gout and fibromyalgia as well so it would just be a waste of money.

*prays for lottery win*

Bloody hell. Hopefully it gets sorted. I’m only 52!