He just had his annual physical and except for the hip, etc. Doc says he was fine. BUT he's not the same when he is with the doc. Then he is, shall we say, super alert. He is getting slow on the intake over the years and sometimes I have to explain something to him so he understands it better.

Our Doc has recommended several times he have the hip surgery. The group he recommended us to has many outstanding surgeons. Hubby has talked to folk that have had it done and are pleased with results, but he just won't do it. He did get involved with a traveling
pain doc" who has his patients lined up like planes waiting to take off, comes in, give shot, leaves. The nurse answers questions etc. I didn't like that. His daughter swears by this guy, but then she is always changing docs (except for this one....hmm). She wants him to stay with this guy. I posted about him on my other post.

Off topic, and just because I want to tell someone.....the daughter, who is quite heavy wanted to lose weight for her son's wedding. She found a doc that gave her one of those compression machines and the whole outfit for arms, lets, torso, etc.! Heaven forbid she stop eating Burger King and a half of tub of ice cream dailey. You get it. Yep, as soon as the wedding was over she was done with that "diagnosis" which I believe was lymphedema (sp). She didn't lose any weight in my opinion, just kind of pressed it around a bit. Except for this pain doc, she finds docs that tend to move around...they are there and then they aren't.

As I told Hubby, I want him and I to go to a Doc that remains in the area and has an established practice. One can find out more about them etc. Our primary doc has been in his practice over 18 years, and the surgeons recommended have an outstanding reputation in our area and also are not fly by night.