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Liza, 59, is a married lawyer with two adult children. She was an avid skier and though she had reconstructive surgery on her knee 16 years ago, she was able to everything she wanted to activity-wise. Liza hid her new, chronic pain for about a year. She had to help herself get into her car with her arms. When she finally got a doctor’s opinion, to her surprise, she was told she needed a hip replacement. The pain had been radiating from her hip and Liza mistook it for knee pain a common mistake with this diagnosis. She was initially in denial but after getting a second opinion with the same diagnosis, she decided she had to do it.

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ContributorLiza, 59Read Full Bio

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Liza, 59, is a married lawyer with two adult children. She was an avid skier and though she had reconstructive surgery on her knee 16 years ago, she was able to everything she wanted to activity-wise. Liza hid her new, chronic pain for about a year. She had to help herself get into her car with her arms. When she finally got a doctor’s opinion, to her surprise, she was told she needed a hip replacement. The pain had been radiating from her hip and Liza mistook it for knee pain a common mistake with this diagnosis. She was initially in denial but after getting a second opinion with the same diagnosis, she decided she had to do it.

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Liza is glad that she did not put off the surgery. She understands that the longer you put it off, the longer it takes for you to recover. Liza’s husband did not know what to expect from this either but he was happy when she could walk with him and her dogs again, pain free. Liza was able to go to Paris exactly 10 weeks after the surgery. She and her husband walked up and down the Champs-Elysees and that is when Liza thought, “Oh man, I won.”

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