Mr Giles Stafford 2019-04-15 Person 5 5 0

We started with a very clear, realistic diagnosis and prognosis. Pre-operation we had further discussion about how the operation would be done and a full description of what to expect post-op. There was significant concentration on minimising pain, the point being that the body can adapt better to this strange implant if it is not declaring that the stranger to the body is causing pain. Early opportunity to 'bed in' the new hip produces speedier rehabilitation results. For my first hip replacement the time table was slightly better than predicted - just under two weeks on two crutches and just over one week on a single crutch. No real pain - just some stiffness. The return to full fitness for the first hip was fast enough to have the second hip replaced 10 weeks after the first. The second hip has been extraordinarily successful with two crutches only needed for three days after leaving hospital and a single crutch for only three days after that . So less than two weeks after the op. I was walking happily, unsupported , and with reasonable endurance. The two ops were exactly the same but Giles had found a new way of infusing pain relief in hospital and, most importantly, had been able to use his own combination of pain relief agents in the infuser (unlike op#1 when the contents of the pain relief machine were determined by the manufacturer.) The process has been hard to believe. I know many people whose hips have been replaced and I knew what was 'normal' and what to expect so this pain-free, accelerated return to fitness has been extraordinary and I am so pleased that I was able to become one of Giles' patients.