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Without my crutches..I can walk with no problem with my crutches.. I can get in and out of bed I can move my leg I was wondering why I need surgery in which I do not want to have.. in time I'm hoping it will heal on its own surgery is something I cannot do..

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Hip surgery is not the nightmare you think it is. My father had his fractured hip repaired with pins at 90 years old and did fine. I had a full hip replacement in 2017 with no general anesthesia, only an epidural and Propofol (optional) to knock me out so I wouldn't hear anything. I was up walking that evening, out the next morning, no PT just walking, and back to work in 3 weeks. The pain beforehand was much worse than the discomfort afterward. The scar is a few inches long and by my right thigh. The surgery took 75 min and I needed help at home for a week, getting in and out of bed, basically, dressing and putting socks and shoes on. I had a toilet riser, walker, cane and grabber device bc you cannot bend over for 4 weeks. That's it for a full hip replacement.

Don't let fear prevent you from doing what you need to do.
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This is really something that you should be discussing with your doctor and not a bunch of strangers that don't know your circumstances.
But I would ask you...why is surgery something that you "cannot do" and do you really want to have to use crutches for the rest of you life to walk "with no problem" just so you don't have to have surgery?
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Hip surgery is very quick to heal. Husband had a replacement, was discharged late in 5he day and walking with a walker.,
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You can certainly get a 2nd opinion about this and ask for non-surgical treatment options. You don't mention any pain, but even if you don't have it now you may have it in the future and by that time surgery may no longer be an option.

Right now there's a thread by a forum participant who has chronic pain from her hip and is about to have surgery. I've had a knee replacement (at 64) and my friends who had hip surgery had a much easier time than I did. You may be "horrible-izing" the surgery thing. If it were me I'd do everything possible to protect and optimize my mobility.

I will also ask why surgery is something you cannot do? Do you have other health issues that increase risks during surgery?
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I would take a family member in with me to visit the doctor. I would ask for a second opinion consult. You are new here and do not give us a filled in profile, nor much information. Not knowing your age, your injury and how it happened, whether or not you saw xrays, whether or not you can tolerate anesthesia, how this fracture happened, there is little we can do or say other than to give you our sympathy, wish you best luck, and refer you back to medical opinion and the best choice you can make.

Sure do with you good luck.
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Why can’t you do surgery? When your fracture completely breaks you’ll certainly need it then. A broken hip is often the beginning of the end (or a very abrupt end…) for seniors. Not something to leave to chance especially if you’re only in your 50s.
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“Most hip fractures require surgical treatment… Only a very small group of nondisplaced fractures in healthy patients can be treated without surgery. “. From the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Issue is not whether you can bear the pain right now….the question is what’s going to happen in the long-term. Ask your surgeon, or a second opinion, what the likely outcome is if you don’t get the surgery. Then decide based on that.
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Why didn’t you ask the doctor why it won’t heal on its own ? Maybe it’s because of where the break is ? Or maybe you have osteoporosis and your bone density already isn’t good . There could be a number of reasons . We aren’t the doctor .
You are asking strangers to tell you what you want to hear , which is the opposite of what the doctor told you .
You can get a second opinion from another doctor .
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This is just a guess, but I suspect the fracture is not that bad, for now. But with continued movement it will get worse.im not a nurse, so this is just from observing others.

I also want to say I know several people with hip replacements, they have improved much though the years.

Sugary was relatively quick and so was recuperating.

And to be honest after a few months, you very well may be healthier and stronger after physical therapy , than before you hip fracture

Best of luck
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I’m the one Geaton referred to needing the hip replacement. My condition is called avascular necrosis whereas both femoral heads are slowly wearing away, the left more than the right. The right isn’t causing problems yet so they’ll probably wait on it.

I went from a fully functional individual Jan 1 to being in a walker by March. I’m now making myself use a cane, but that just makes it hurt that much more. So for me, surgery on the left isn’t something that can wait. On the right, it can.

So, if you feel life is tolerable enough for you to wait, I would ask what harm there is in doing so.
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