Wendy's Story

Wendy Page of Bloomfield Hills knew the time had come to finally have hip replacement when just walking from the parking lot to her office had become a struggle. Degenerative osteoarthritis had made even sleeping painful. Wendy, a nurse who does discharge planning on Beaumont’s neuroscience unit, had difficulty bending, which made her gardening hobby less enjoyable.

Two total hip replacement surgeries in 2006 seven months apart, “went beautifully,” Wendy says. “With the second surgery I was off the walker at two weeks and driving three weeks after surgery. The pain is now gone and it’s remarkable, a real gift.”

Wendy is now “gardening with a vengeance” and walking -- painfree -- for exercise and enjoyment now.

“I had an excellent experience at Beaumont,” Wendy recalls. “Everybody in the whole orthopaedic department was super.”