| Did you know that Jane Fonda had a hip | | | | Zoomers. |
| replacement? Being a former leg warmer-wearing | | | | We are not willing to take the antiquated doctor's |
| aerobics instructor myself, this information comforted | | | | advice to wait as long as possible with a painful hip |
| me. She was 67 when she had her hip done, so I , at | | | | because the new joint won't last the length of a |
| age 43,didn't feel THAT much better. | | | | younger person's lifetime. This is thankfully no longer |
| The good news is that the artisit formerly known as | | | | true. Hip Replacement surgery and the actual device |
| Prince, at age 49, had a recent hip replacement made | | | | that they install has become state of the art and |
| me feel less alone in the titanium hip world. Throw in | | | | better able to endure wear and tear. |
| tennis legend Jimmy Connors who was back on the | | | | So us Baby Zoomers can get back to the sports we |
| courts six weeks later and Tony Award winning | | | | love; living our active lifestyle to the hilt, without |
| dancer BeBe Neuwirth (Remember? Lilith on Cheers) | | | | limping or whining. Anyone who has ever experienced |
| who just had her second hip replaced and now I am | | | | a deteriorated hip socket knows that the pain is |
| feeling less geriatric and more main stream. There's | | | | excrutiating. |
| also a rumor that Martha Stewart had a THR? | | | | I used to think that when I saw people limping they |
| A new joint could actually become the Plastic Surgery | | | | were just walking off center. Now I know through |
| of this century! The relatively new trend for younger | | | | my own two years spent hobbling around that when |
| adults to get this radical surgery is closely correlated | | | | someone limps it is because something HURTS. |
| to the aging baby boomers who have been sweating | | | | BADLY. Being unable to bear weight on your leg is |
| and exercising over their entire lifetime as opposed | | | | crippling and I am thankful every morning when I first |
| to my parent's generation, where exercise was | | | | throw my bedcovers back that my day is not going |
| looked upon as torture. | | | | to be ruined by putting my foot on the floor to go |
| Running, as a sport, was never heard of until Forrest | | | | to the bathroom. |
| Gump invented it in 1970 or thereabouts. I am curious | | | | Not to mention that I now have something in |
| about Tom Hanks hips as well? We are the first | | | | common with Prince besides high heels. Bring it on. |
| aging jock population or what I prefer to call Baby | | | | |