aloetard
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Another piece to manage. Have you run GH previously?
Hope you can find the right anabolic stimulus with least complications to manage.
Hip Replacement Surgery Experiences
- Thread starter Nelson Vergel
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Hope you can find the right anabolic stimulus with least complications to manage.
I only started getting slight water retention when I bumped my dose to 3iu/day but it was minimal. I never tried higher, I run 1.8iu/day "permanently" and never had any issues with that.
Most likely though you'd need a higher dose to really make a difference in short term (~2-3 months) healing capacity. If you're using UGL GH the potency could be different even if it's legit; the only way to know would be to test IGF-1 levels.
Since you're not going to be doing a lot of cardio for a while I would make sure you really, really keep your diet super clean to minimize water retention.
Nope, never used it before.
I'll keep that in mind if i do end up trying the GH, thanks. As to the diet, yeah i appreciate i'll have to be careful not to pile the weight back on. I had to get my BMI down for the NHS to let me have this op - i was 122kg last June, got down to 96.5kg this June when i got weighed and measured again at the hospital. Poor way of assessing things in my opinion, especially if you lift weights. At 5'8", 96.5kg i'm not ripped, but my abs are at least visible. A BMI calculator still puts me at 'obese' though. I saw a guy on my ward with stick thin arms and legs, but with a huge gut. We were probably a similar BMI, but very different composition.
John Scher
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I had Hip resurfacing and have a similar scar. I was back on the squash court after 10 months
Great stuff! And would you say you're back to normal now, or has the procedure caused any limitations or niggles?
John Scher
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Best thing I've ever done! The surgery was in Birmingham by the actual doctor who pioneered resurfacing rather than replacement and this has been discussed above. Several years later I have no issues whatsoever, feels like new. In summary, fantastic!
Oh wow, how bizarre - looks like we were at the same hospital then (Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, B'ham)?!
John Scher
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After reporting to the McMinn Center in March 2018, the surgery was conducted at BMI Edgbaston Hospital in Birmingham by Professor Derek McMinn himself. As mentioned above I am extremely pleased with the outcome. Also I might add that whilst I was under their care the service and staff were excellent.
Now having said all this I've come to learn that McMinn ran into problems of one type or another a few years ago and I'm not sure if he's still taking patients.
Now having said all this I've come to learn that McMinn ran into problems of one type or another a few years ago and I'm not sure if he's still taking patients.
Very interesting! Just had a quick google, Derek McMinn seems to still have a website running, no idea if he's still practicing. According to the R.O. Hospital site, the procedure was a joint partnership between McMinn and Mr Ronan Treacy, at the Royal Orthopaedic (i'm guessing the BMI you had yours done was the Priory hospital down the road in Edgbaston). Either way, Ronan Treacy is still performing the op at the ROH. I wasn't a suitable candidate for resurfacing, as my arthritis was end stage and too much damage had been done. It sounds like yours has lasted better than Andy Murray's.
John Scher
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John Scher
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As I didn't know they might not be functioning, just last week I sent an email of thanks to Ms Hena, recovery nurse in the McMinn center and she responded saying she would pass on the message to Derek which tends to imply they are operating in some capacity
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