I saw my personal dr because I had all kinds of pain, back, hip, knee, groin etc. My Xray showed…read moresevere arthritis. I went in his office and he told me all those different pains were from my hip, replace the hip that all goes away. I thought that guy is a nut, how is that even possible, well I drank the kool-aid as they say, and I am a week out of my total hip replacement, and I haven't felt this good in a really long time. I was up walking about three hours out of surgery which was easy because they give you a 24 hr nerve block to reduce the amount of meds they need to give you. By the time that nerve block wore off I was able to keep the pain away with just Tylenol. He pre-orders Norco, but It wasn't really required. On day 3, I was getting around my house easily with no cane or walker, and no medication. His office is a well-oiled machine. There is not a lot of chit chat, you get in, you get out. From my first visit, I have a new hip in 18 days, and a week of that was caused by me. I like that they utilize caller-id for its intended purpose, you call in, and after a verification they know it's you and already have your records in front of them.
Funny story, I asked Dr Creaseman how long the scar would be and he is visualizing with his fingers about three inches apart saying about. uh uh..... Well, it's a foot long, I just thought that was funny, very clean incision though, and oddly enough, no pain at the incision, you would think something that long would hurt evetime you moved. The guy moves fast, has a quick witt, and is a great surgeon.
