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Does anyone else know any 96 yr olds

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MrsMaxwell · 05/04/2018 21:16

Who have had a hip replacement.

It just seems a bit - I know most on the NHS don’t get chemo over 80 and my dad had to fight a bit for a joint replacement at 82.

I don’t mean to sound mean but I dunno maybe IABU as he probably fucked his hip on all those walkabouts - and obvs a fraction of the wedding.

I am not anti Royal I just was a bit perplexed.

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Potatogate · 05/04/2018 21:18

It’s possible that it wasn’t a hip replacement. I have heard rumours that he is not a well man.

ineedamoreadultieradult · 05/04/2018 21:18

I'm assuming he went private. If any 96 yr old could afford to go private and find a surgeon willing to operate then I'm sure they could have one as well.

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MrsMaxwell · 05/04/2018 21:19

No one seems to be rushing to visit him

  • which made me think it was the truth Grin
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jamoncrumpets · 05/04/2018 21:20

God you'd shit yourself operating on the Queen's 96 year old husband wouldn't you?!

I also think it wasn't a hip op...

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MrsMaxwell · 05/04/2018 21:21

Well yeah - surely the anesthetic in itself is a massive risk?

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Oldbutstillgotit · 05/04/2018 21:21

My 92 year old aunt had a hip replacement on the NHS 2 years ago.

specialsubject · 05/04/2018 21:22

He's not a well man...

He's got to 96!!

5plusMeAndHim · 05/04/2018 21:22

I am sure he did not have it done on the NHS if that's what you are worried about (what is the AIBU point of this thread Confused ?

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MrsMaxwell · 05/04/2018 21:23

If he didn’t have it done on the NHS then who paid for it Smile

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CMOTDibbler · 05/04/2018 21:23

DH's grandmother had her hip re replaced at 97 on the NHS

PerfectlyDone · 05/04/2018 21:23

Numerical age does not necessarily tell you anything about a person's biological age or their frailty.

I can think of many much young people with atrocious operative risks due to other medical risk factors compared to the recent most famous 96 year old hip surgery recipient.

Lot of hip replacements in frail or medically unfit people are done under spinal anaesthetic, not general btw.

LynetteScavo · 05/04/2018 21:25

I thought the anaesthetic was the main risk at that age....if the doctors are confident he could handle it, then it's perfect possible.

Or maybe he's hard and had it with a local anaesthetic. Grin

PerfectlyDone · 05/04/2018 21:25

I am actually grinning here from ear to ear at the suggesting that HRH was on an NHS ward with lots of other post operative older people and their rellies and balloons and flowers and grapes and visiting grandchildren... Grin

PerfectlyDone · 05/04/2018 21:26

Actually, I am shuddering at the thought of being 'picked' to any Royal's operating surgeon - imagine going in to the annals of history as the Orthopod Who Finished Off Prince Philipp!

DandelionAndBedrock · 05/04/2018 21:26

Normally a hip replacement is a local anaesthetic with a heavy sedative (according to my orthopaedic surgeon), because of the risks of GA.

But yes, I would be terrified to be the person operating on him.

blueskyinmarch · 05/04/2018 21:27

Lol at the idea of him having his op done on the NHS! That is hilarious.

DrEustaciaBenson · 05/04/2018 21:28

I've heard of a 100 year old lady who had a hip replacement. Apparently she was looking forward to getting back to riding her bike.

The article on the BBC website about it said general fitness is more important than age when deciding whether to perform surgery. Philip's always been active, so I should think he's fitter than many people who are younger than he is.

thirstyformore · 05/04/2018 21:29

My just turned 91 year old nan had a hip replacement (and some really good nursing care afterwards in a specialist home) a couple of months ago.

ScribblyGum · 05/04/2018 21:29

Pity the poor physio who had to get him out of bed 1/7 post op.

Best image is the OT whose gone round the Buckingham Palace to raise the chairs and toilet seats.

ladymelbourne1926 · 05/04/2018 21:29

My grandmother had hip surgery on the NHS at 92 came through it with flying colours and lived for another 7 years.

CluedoAddict · 05/04/2018 21:30

Yes 3 - my grandmother and two other women on her ward. One was 97.

Winegumaddict · 05/04/2018 21:31

DHs Grandmother just had a hip replacement she's not quite 96 but 95 I believe. She fell and broke hers so it was replaced the next day on the NHS. She was back home within a week and is doing well. It's about health not age.

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MrsMaxwell · 05/04/2018 21:31

I wasn’t suggesting he had it on the NHS I was suggesting that the taxpayer paid for it anyway.

Ok - I stand corrected but if he croaks inna year I hope they donate the joint Smile

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SomethingNastyInTheBallPool · 05/04/2018 21:32

My mother had her hip replaced under local anaesthetic a few months ago - maybe that’s what Phil had. He probably experienced worse at Gordonstoun...

PerfectlyDone · 05/04/2018 21:32

He is generally in good health (water works notwithstanding), he is slim (huge advantage intraoperatively and for recovery AND for longterm outcome), he is well nourished, I'm not sure about smoking history, I'm sure he will have been encouraged to be not too sozzled too often prior to surgery Grin, so I can totally see how he would have posed a perfectly acceptable operative risk after a thorough pre-op assessment which will have including BP and blood tests etc.

Working in the NHS for 25 years now, I have not come across systematic age-related discrimination, but plenty of very 'old' relatively young people due to lifestyle factors. It can be really sad to see very crumbly 50 year olds whose bodies are wrecked well before their time.

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