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If there ever was a person that benefited the most from this site….. That would be me, and I don’t even have a hip replacement….., at least not yet. Running is such a passion for me, it is such a big part of my life and who I am.This is a big year for me …or rather “US” as my wife Carol, after many years and tear full tries, finally Qualified and was accepted to the Boston Marathon, and in her words, running is the one thing we can do together, This year will be my 3rd Boston Marathon. It was during training last month, I had a pain in my left leg that just wouldn’t respond to anything that I tried, and I tried just about every therapy out there. I was really worried if I could even finish Boston without pain and limping, so I scheduled an appointment with my Dr.After an x ray, the diagnoses was moderate Arthritis in my left hip and headed for a replacement down the road. ….and then the worst part … “once you have the hip replacement….no running! as you don’t want to have a future revision surgery”. I felt like I had just been diagnosed with a terminal disease. I have never been so mad, sad and discouraged, all at the same time.Needless to say, finding your Site Tom, was such a big Relief!…I have combed through it daily, reading many of the Blogs and entries, …..confirming to me that yes! there is a running life after hip surgery.And Yes! Carol and I will be Running in the Boston Marathon on April 17th …I may not be fast this year and may be limping across the Finish line, but I truly will be happy , knowing this is probably not my last marathon …and there is hope.Thank you all, who contribute to this site, you are my hero’s and my future hopeS. MahoneyPS. My strategy is to run on this hip as long as I can, I probably won’t do any more marathons (with this hip) after Boston and focus on shorter runs like 10ks as long as I am ablePSS. While we attend running event’s together, we don’t really run together, we have different paces. With my arthritic hip problem, my new goal, in addition to just finishing, is to breakout and reach Wellesley college well before she does. I don’t want her running right behind me as the Marathon route passes by all those screaming college girls holding the “kiss me” signs

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