Replies to post #23489 on Biotech Values

[AlpineBV_Miller]

Your Dad and your family are on our prayers...

[terry hallinan]

DewDiligence,

Please know that everyone here will be with you and your family in the waiting room hoping for the best. Only wish there was more to be done.

Best, Terry

[Praveen]

Hi Dew,

It might be Hemiarthroplasty instead of THR( Total hip replacement) which they do commonly for older people who can't sustain the operation...

All the best and my prayers,
Praveen

[Aiming4]

My thoughts and prayers are with you, your Dad, and your family Dew... Aiming4.

[rsox]

Dew, your father will be in my prayers also. my father who is 82 had a hip fracture last year and thus far has recovered well.

[Biowatch]

Dew - Very sorry to hear that. Best wishes.

[urche]

"What can be done to lessen the risk of a second fracture resulting in an even more devastating injury? "

Dew,
Condolences on your father's fracture and fall. This type of problem, sadly, is par for the last few holes of life as we live longer and longer past 80. My own father just had surgery for aortic aneurysm. While the surgery for both of our fathers was, technically, a success, everything depends on the recovery. Avoidance of complications, and what the event does to alter the attitude toward life itself are all important determinants of the outcome. Unfortunately, very often, this type of event, however "treatable" somehow causes other fragile systems to fail and life force to wither.

I suggest you don't trust what the medical team tells you and ask your father yourself why he fell. If the hip just gave way, and caused the fall, then there is good reason to worry about the other hip failing in the same way. In that case, preventive measures are very important, in my opinion. However, if it was a slip or other understandable accident, then you can relax and not worry that the other hip is what is going to affect his life.

I see many examples of vital nonogenarians who breeze thru hip surgery and end up surprisingly close to their prior level of functioning. It's kind of like replacing the muffler on an old Buick----well worth it if the body is otherwise OK.

Regards,
Urche

[beachgal7711]

Dew, my father is going to be 93 years old on March 1. (That is not really the date he was born but the Yiddish calendar in the shtetls of the Polish pale were not consistent with our data keeping.) The reason I mention this is my father is one of your biggest fans and has invested a lot of money in the goats largely out of that respect. We both believe that your father did a fine job and we both look foward to you emailing us that he is doing well. Good luck.