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On the Joint Replacement Message Board, there are many wonderful questions. There are also ridiculously stupid questions. Yes there is such a thing as a stupid question. When you ask it the following way "This may be a stupid question but..." and the doctor says "Don't worry, there is no such thing as a stupid question.", the doctor is really probably saying, of course it is stupid but I have heard this same stupid question for years so go ahead.
If you disagree, try this stupid question:
When I bungee-cord jumped 450 feet with the cords strapped to my ankles my total hip replacements popped out. Can I sue the doctor for not putting it in right?
Stupid question.
Consistently, of course, all the questions on the board have important issues raised, some more elegantly than others, but all right on target. In the 3 years of moderating the board there have been people who come and go, and questions tend to repeat.
Repeating questions are good and bad. They are good because medicine is an ever-evolving field (medicine was not designed intelligently - the knowledge base evolves) and the answer to a question 2 years ago may be different now. The bad part is that it sometimes gets a bit wearying to answer the same questions on a message board. I have realized that many of the answers are not catalogued so who can blame the repeaters.
In answer to this and the humorous slurs on my recent absence for some time on the Board (you guys have been nice- I have thicker skin than that), I am instituting this new experiment (not FDA approved by the way). I will summarize all the questions and try to put together a unified Blog post that answers what I think was asked and what I think could have been asked.
Try the following:
Read this Blog and my other Blog Mad About Medicine for two reasons:
Add comments to the Blog instead of back to the message board if you think the public at large is interested in your answer.
Add comments to the message board if you think the answer pertains to the specific person who asked the question only.
Let's see how this works.
Dr. K.
On the Joint Replacement Message Board, there are many wonderful questions. There are also ridiculously stupid questions. Yes there is such a thing as a stupid question. When you ask it the following way "This may be a stupid question but..." and the doctor says "Don't worry, there is no such thing as a stupid question.", the doctor is really probably saying, of course it is stupid but I have heard this same stupid question for years so go ahead.
If you disagree, try this stupid question:
When I bungee-cord jumped 450 feet with the cords strapped to my ankles my total hip replacements popped out. Can I sue the doctor for not putting it in right?
Stupid question.
Consistently, of course, all the questions on the board have important issues raised, some more elegantly than others, but all right on target. In the 3 years of moderating the board there have been people who come and go, and questions tend to repeat.
Repeating questions are good and bad. They are good because medicine is an ever-evolving field (medicine was not designed intelligently - the knowledge base evolves) and the answer to a question 2 years ago may be different now. The bad part is that it sometimes gets a bit wearying to answer the same questions on a message board. I have realized that many of the answers are not catalogued so who can blame the repeaters.
In answer to this and the humorous slurs on my recent absence for some time on the Board (you guys have been nice- I have thicker skin than that), I am instituting this new experiment (not FDA approved by the way). I will summarize all the questions and try to put together a unified Blog post that answers what I think was asked and what I think could have been asked.
Try the following:
Read this Blog and my other Blog Mad About Medicine for two reasons:
- Your answers may be embedded
- I want you to
Add comments to the Blog instead of back to the message board if you think the public at large is interested in your answer.
Add comments to the message board if you think the answer pertains to the specific person who asked the question only.
Let's see how this works.
Dr. K.
4 Comments:
I had a complete hip replacement two years ago and recently when I sit the joint feels like it is out of place and uncomfortable. As I adjust to stand it feels as if it goes back into place and then will feel sore within ten minutes. Is this a serious issue?
i have a problem with one hip replacement. the other hip replacement is good.
please check to see if your hip replacement is one of the ones on recall. it sounds like one of the symptoms of a hip replacement recall problem.
I'm having problems with ONE of my hip replacements, also. It is very hard to get a doctor to admit the problem. the first hip replacement is great. The second hip replacement is set differently, and gives me problems. Pls. check to be sure your hip replacement is not one of the ones on recall.
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