The date has been set for the 2010 Madison, Wisconsin Hippy Reunion and Gathering. Saturday, September 18, 2010 starts at 6 pm. This year we would like to have everyone invite those that are looking into surgery to also attend. We need to spread the word any way we can. Anyone living in or around Wisconsin, even Chicago area, tell them about this gathering. There usually is at least 75+ surface hippies in attendance and Dr. Rogerson is hosting it and will be speaking at it. I too will be attending so would love to meet you.
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Hippy Gatherings
The next Hippy Gathering will be in Madison, Wisconsin on Saturday, September 18, 2010, starts at 6 p.m. at Capitol Lakes, 333 W. main Street, Madison, WI. Please join us for hors d'oeurvres, socializing and a short program at 7 p.m. For more information email
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or call 608-231-3410. Feel free to invite anyone interested in learning more about Birmingham Hip Resurfacing. There will be a lot of former patients there to talk to and ask questions as well as Dr. Rogerson who is hosting the event. Anyone in or around the surrounding areas including Chicago are encouraged to come. Hope to see you there!
The official 8th SF Bay Area Hippy gathering was on Saturday, April 17th, 2010
with over 75 people attending including our guest of
honor, Dr. Edwin Su who flew out from NYC to attend
this gathering that most have told me was absolutely the BEST one yet.
..Stay tuned for the next date......The 9th official SF Bay Area Hippy gathering in 2011 will have as the special Guest of Honor Dr. Thomas Schmalzried....date to be announced shortly...
Hippy Gathering Description.
These gatherings are very informative and great for those that are
pre-surgery to get a ton of questions answered and be able to meet with
many hippies face to face that are in all different stages of recovery
as well as patients from many different doctors.
Here is an idea of the way these gatherings go.
First everyone begins to arrive around noon. Everyone mingles and I
provide color coded name tags to each person so you will know who has
had surgery, when, their doctor and device they have and the newbies
will have Red tags that say NEW on them. Guests of those attending will
have guest name tags. There will be food there and I ask for a $15
donation to help me with the costs of renting the place the food and
just want to break even on the event. Otherwise I would not be able to
hold these in the future.
About an hour or so into the gathering, I will call everyone's
attention and introduce myself and give a brief background about my
experience. Then I will go around the room to some of the long term
hippies first, like Des Tuck who had his surgeries in 2001 and 2003 by
Mr. Treacy in the U.K. He has since (2007) gotten his 6th degree black belt
with bilateral BHR's! See him in action at the last hippy gathering in
this video.
Hopefully he will be able to attend this gathering as well. Alan
Ray who had incredible knowledge on learning to walk and regaining a
natural gait, you can see his articles here.
He taught me how to use my cane pre-op and helped me learn how to walk
again the right way post-op. Also this time I hope my infamous PT Greg
Booth will be attending, he has helped over 7 surface hippies now and
every one of them raves about him.
Then I will go around and ask several other post op hippies to tell
their stories and make sure we have patients that have gone to
different doctors to get a variety of experiences.
Then around 3pm or so, Dr. Su will show up and be there to answer
anyone's questions and review x-rays etc. The gathering usually last
until 5pm but this time it will probably last until around 6pm with Dr.
Su there.
I have a hip model which you can see in this video on THR vs BHR as well as a BHR, ASR and C+ device, so you will actually be able to hold them and see what they look like.
What an incredible opportunity for a newbie that is still looking into
surgery. If you are one of the many that need to wait due to too much
cartilage left in your hip, CA is NOT a bad place to visit for a
weekend. :-)
If anyone out there has family or friends that are skeptical and hard
to convince, invite them to this gathering, it will definitely turn
them into true believers of resurfacing. Also of course if you know
anyone scheduled for a THR, bring them!
Finally, here is a short video clip done by Paul Hamilton that shows a
large group of us at one of the gatherings held last year, notice in the beginning we are all walking with either crutches or canes and some limping, then without any aids. To demonstrate that all of these patients are now pain free after their hip resurfacing. Hope to see you at the next one!
