Anyways I ended up having both hips replaced, and prosthetic hip joints put it. What they did was sawed off the ball of the hip a ways down on the femur, then took a Titanium prosthetic and inserted it into the bone. So now I have new ball joints. Then the cleaned out everything in the socket, lined it with a thin Titanium cup then a thicker Teflon layer to simulate the cartridge. And viola I have new hips. Recovery wasn't too bad, but I was fueled by the fact I wanted to walk, so I pushed through recovery as quickly as I could.

I can't really tell the difference between my prosthetic hips and the real ones I used to have except when its cold out I can feel it. It's very hard to describe the aching you feel when that metal in there gets cold. And I walk a little funny now, but hey I'm walkin! That's all that matters to me!

    I have a lot of restrictions, most of which I've found a way around or just decided to ignore. Hey, I'm young, give me a break. I'm not supposed to have any less than a 90 degree angle between my leg and my body. So another words, when I'm sitting if there's less than 90 degrees I'm in trouble. I could dislocate my hip(s). This is kind of hard for certain things. I.E sex was a worry of mine, but I figured out that I could do that without problem. That's when I discovered that I actually had more mobility than what they told me. ;) ;) Aaaaaanyways ( sorry if that was too much info, but you have no idea how many people
ask me how I have sex anymore )

    But it does limit other things I can do, I can't really ride a bicycle anymore, I can't sit on the floor, though I can kneel on the floor, I can't sit in a bath tub anymore. I haven't had a bath for years. Yes, I still shower! Sheesh.

    Toilets are hard things for me, have you ever seen those little tiny ones that are like three inches high? Yeah those are bad news for me. One thing I do get tired of is hearing "  But you're so young! " I used to take care of elderly people for a living so I'm very familiar with older people and hip replacements. But I look at it like , I had to do what I had to do. And yes I'm only 23 but at least I can walk and do things a normal person can, which I couldn't for a long time. Granted, in 15 years or so I'll have to have the Teflon parts switched out, unfortunately they don't last forever. And every time I get them replaced I'll have and increased chance of infection, but I figure I'm 23 now next replacement I'll be 38-40 hopefully by then I'm done having kids and they are a little older, and then what again at like 55-60? No big deal really. After all I've already been through .... this is small taters. :)