When i had my first hip replacement the gp refered me to the surgen. He took my blood pressure and x rays and scheduled the surgery. Now that I am on medicare I had to take six weeks of physical theropy before they would even think about scheduling a hip replacement after both the back surgen who did my back and the surgen who did my first hip replacement both said I needed it done. In the three months since this started I have had 6 EKG,s, worn a heart monitor for 24 hours, had a stesss test, an electrocardigrame, and three different blood tests, So if any of you are thinking about hip replacements do it before you go on medicare if at all possible.
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