The following
is a unsolicited email from one of my
patients.
Dear Dr. Kurtz,
I want to thank
you for the great job on my hip
replacement. It won't be 5 weeks until
Thursday, and today I was able to do 26
minutes on the elliptical machine, 20 minute
on the exercise ball, and I walked a little
over a mile with one of my neighbors. I
never expected to be able to exercise this
way again or at least not this soon. I
tried last week to jog a little on the
treadmill and could not, but after today I
may try again later this week. I'm still a
little stiff when I walk up stairs or up a
steep incline but that is better everyday
and often if I don't think about what I am
doing I'll walk up a few steps without a
problem.
Wherever I go,
anyone who knows I had my hip replaced is
amazed at how much I can do and how fast I
recovered. The physical therapist that came
to the house asked for your name and number
because they wanted to refer people to you.
I was the first patient they had seen with
minimal incision hip replacement.
I am looking
forward to seeing you on August 3rd, and
thanks again.
N.R.
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Good morning Dr. Kurtz,
Unbelievable, that's all I have to
say. You replaced my hip a little over 2
weeks ago and I feel great. I'm up
walking over 3 blocks a day and doing
resistance workouts. Whatever therapy
throws at me, I have no problem
accomplishing. My leg feels stronger
than ever. No more sharp groin pains or
snapping and popping with feelings of
instability.
You got me off the couch and back in
action. I'm so excited to be able to go
play basketball with my son and not have
to stop due to pain or being afraid of
overdoing it.
Not just the hip pain has been taken
care of with this surgery, in the past
three years of dealing with this disease
I have had tremendous weight gain, high
blood pressure and depression all of
which I feel like I have a better grip
in handling these problems now adding
years to my life and bettering the
quality. I know my family appreciates
this even my dog who I'm about to take
for a walk.
You are truly a gifted surgeon and I
am thanking God that I was referred to
you. I work Quality Improvement for one
of the largest medical supply companies
in the country. I'm directing anybody
with joint problems to you. See you this
afternoon
Sincerely
Corbett
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