New hips, woohoo!

[bigk]

After two years waiting (note to self: read the fine print on your health fund), I finally have a pair of new hips, woohoo! Been up walking & heading home tomorrow. Should be all good to go just in time for the 2017 season.
K

[tony27]

Make sure you do the exercises they recommend, I know someone who has had knees & hips done at separate times & didn't who may as well not have had them done
Good luck with getting back on a bike & enjoying having your movement back

[Rossvickicampbell]

yep - agree with Tony Mike - do the exercises - otherwise frozen joints are the result - ouch.  Good to see you up and about

[VMX247]

Great news, throw your speedos on and hit the pool     

[80-85 husky]

Big k in speedos... Hope you don't have 1 seize randomly like the old man and make him go around in circles

[paul]

Just had my knee done4 weeks ago still given me grief especialy when im lying down ,starts  throbing , but the last couple of night it a bit better , been on a exersise bike this last week ,so i think it improveing.  ,swim or exersise bike are what i was told to do after my first check up good luck with it

[James Lee]

That's great,good luck with your recovery.so are these new hips trick and made from titanium? They maybe better that OEM.

[shelpi]

Good Stuff, all the best and hope you have a speedy recovery (sounds like you have )any tap dancing on the agenda? lol

[bigk]

Thanks guys, home now which is way better than being in hospital. I think the doc gave me the wrong model hips though, looks like I got a set of top of the line child bearers! I'm so swollen it looks like I'm wearing jodphurs.
K

[Billet YZ]

I spoke to your doctor and he is positive your old hips wore out from all the years of trying to start those Husky things you ride. He recommended you only ride a Yamaha from now on as they start first kick and your hips will love you for it.
The only problem that i can see with you riding a Yamaha is the speed difference from what you have been used to, future crashes may happen at a much higher speed. 

Good to hear you finally had them replaced and not living on pain killers 24/7.

[80-85 husky]

you must have had the universal models fitted mick. suits application for 1. childbearing 2. riding wide twin shock bikes 3. hayburners and 4. rugby applications...hip and shoulder manoeuvre...

[FourstrokeForever]

Good news Mick. I'm fairly certain that you wont let the surgeons good work go to waste! I can just about hear all the protests in the pits about how easy you get on ya bikes now.......

[80-85 husky]

gold at the nxt pan pacific games

[Gippslander]

Mick,  it's hard to forget seeing you down at Yanakie with Viper in 2015, you had to carefully get up onto a bike stand and have somebody hold the bike for you while you slowly got one leg over and then you had to balance on the other side on another bike stand to kickstart, was painful to watch and you weren't saying much -  probably because it's hard to talk through clenched teeth 

Really hope it goes well because a few years ago you were regularly "on the podium" at Viper meetings and it would be great for you to get back to that form again  (although we will  miss you at the back of the pack  )

[Digga]

Hmmmm......guess that rules you out of Evo now that you have fitted modern parts???