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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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InfiniteCurve · 06/04/2018 23:21

Considering hes never done a hard proper days work since he married the richest woman in the country

So,a hard days work,or a proper days work - definitions? What kind of job do you need to do to qualify for this accolade?? I wouldn't want to have done Prince Philip's schedule of engagements,until the age when he did actually retire.
There this puritanical attitude to work sometimes - if you have enough money to live without paid work,what's the big deal? But Prince Philip has worked both as a naval officer and in his capacity as the Queens husband.

Amanduh · 06/04/2018 23:26

I’d say you should probably do some more research in to the Royal Family and their money. Paid for by the taxpayer 😂

5foot5 · 07/04/2018 00:03

But where did they get a hip donor at such short notice?

PerfectlyDone · 07/04/2018 00:06

Titanium, ceramic and cement are all available without a donor.

choseausername1 · 07/04/2018 00:11

Am I the only one who has wondered (given his form ) what he may have come out with under the influence of morphine?

Wouldn’t have minded being a fly on the wall!

fuzzyduck33 · 07/04/2018 00:34

My aunt had a hip replacement with an epidural and said it was the best thing ever, so maybe they won't have to knock him out?

Schnauzermum2 · 07/04/2018 06:54

Fingers crossed he is up and about soon. I always thinks it’s weird he never seems to get any visitors in hospital

RedDwarves · 07/04/2018 07:01

I worked in aged care for a long time. You'd be surprised the seemingly excessive extremes they go to to keep people alive and functioning.

I knew several people in their mid-late 90s who had pacemakers put in, hip replacements, knee reconstructions etc.

I don't agree with it personally, and am generally against the idea of prolonging the life of someone who, without serious medical intervention, would otherwise die a natural death. But I appreciate that the families of those 97 year olds rarely feel the same.

Fuckingitupforfree · 07/04/2018 07:32

Did someone really think that hips are donated and transplanted?

5plusMeAndHim · 07/04/2018 07:50

Redwarves.But hip and knee replacements aren't keeping people alive, they are just making people more comfortable.You don't think people should be made more comfortable after a certain age!! comfortable

ferntwist · 07/04/2018 08:12

He definitely had a general anaesthetic. The palace put out a statement confirming that on Wednesday.

Mightymucks · 07/04/2018 08:15

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

I imagine Brenda took one of her crowns to cash converters to get the readies.

headstone · 07/04/2018 08:20

He is in good health so I don't see the problem as it will improve his quality of life. The NHS is a funny thing really. I know a 97 year old who was successfully resuscitated then given some cardiac device, maybe a pace maker. Another old lady on the ward was refused a similar cardiac device and was put on end of life care. I do wonder how they make these decisions.

GnotherGnu · 07/04/2018 08:48

Considering hes never done a hard proper days work since he married

Define a hard proper day's work. Apart from the years in the navy, I'd hate a job where, even if I was feeling a bit rough, I would have to travel around potentially on several engagements a day where I had to be polite and smiley to a load of strangers, brief myself on whatever it was I was visiting/opening no matter how dull, make sure I appeared fascinated by it and could ask intelligent questions about it,I'd have to change several times a day, and was constantly on show. To say nothing of having to carry on doing that job till the age of 94.

sadeyedladyofthelowlands63 · 07/04/2018 08:51

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

Ha, I also thought to myself "wonder if the Queen went round measuring the height of his bed and his chair"!

But where did they get a hip donor at such short notice?

^This made me laugh! (My hip joint is ceramic). You can, however, donate your old hip joint to the bone registry (which I had no idea existed before I was asked to donate during my pre-op). They can use it in bone grafts/reconstructive surgery etc.

If Prince Philip was in anything like the grinding pain I suffered before my hip replacement, he has my every sympathy.

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