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85-year-old with hip pain wants to live normally and needs surgery
Dear All,
My father-in-law is 85 yo and has hip arthritis (left hip). His life quality has gradually diminished with him not being able to walk unassisted anymore and being in a generally bad mental shape. We are thinking of having a baby soon but my father-in-law is worried that he will not be able to see his grandchildren anymore. My husband is an only child and the situation is breaking my heart.
We live in Milan, Italy and he didn't get as much sun as he used to and didn't enjoy life as much in the last few years. He had a surgery on the aorta 5-6 years ago and was a heavy smoker (1 pack a day) until 10 years ago. No other health conditions, balanced diet as my mother-in-law is taking care of his diet. He has even recently had a laser eye surgery and feeling perfectly ever since. So, he's pretty resilient.
He saw an Orthopedic doctor roughly 2 years ago and they told him that surgery would be very dangerous with total anesthesia because of the lungs. Then we saw another doctor that said the same thing. We lost faith and decided that it is perhaps safer to continue to live with the pain, which was then occasional. Except that the pain has got worse in the last couple of months and he is now unable to walk unassisted or sit down on a sofa.
Lately, I've been reading all these posts about elders in their 80s or even 90s who are having hip replacement surgeries in late age and everything is going well after for at least half a dozen more years.
I would be immensely grateful to anyone who can help with specialist advice that we would be willing to follow. We may even consider having a foreign doctor with a track record of surgeries for seniors with similar cases.
Please help.
Thank you in advance.
My father-in-law is 85 yo and has hip arthritis (left hip). His life quality has gradually diminished with him not being able to walk unassisted anymore and being in a generally bad mental shape. We are thinking of having a baby soon but my father-in-law is worried that he will not be able to see his grandchildren anymore. My husband is an only child and the situation is breaking my heart.
We live in Milan, Italy and he didn't get as much sun as he used to and didn't enjoy life as much in the last few years. He had a surgery on the aorta 5-6 years ago and was a heavy smoker (1 pack a day) until 10 years ago. No other health conditions, balanced diet as my mother-in-law is taking care of his diet. He has even recently had a laser eye surgery and feeling perfectly ever since. So, he's pretty resilient.
He saw an Orthopedic doctor roughly 2 years ago and they told him that surgery would be very dangerous with total anesthesia because of the lungs. Then we saw another doctor that said the same thing. We lost faith and decided that it is perhaps safer to continue to live with the pain, which was then occasional. Except that the pain has got worse in the last couple of months and he is now unable to walk unassisted or sit down on a sofa.
Lately, I've been reading all these posts about elders in their 80s or even 90s who are having hip replacement surgeries in late age and everything is going well after for at least half a dozen more years.
I would be immensely grateful to anyone who can help with specialist advice that we would be willing to follow. We may even consider having a foreign doctor with a track record of surgeries for seniors with similar cases.
Please help.
Thank you in advance.
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