coldasice said:

The autopsy said he had scars. I think he just had scar tissue removed. He wouldn't have underwent full hip replacement

Billy Sparks told Tom Joyner Prince had hip surgery but it was not replacment. I think he may have just had scar tissue removed as well. He just did not have a lot of down time in the late 2009 to 2010 time frame.

laurarichardson said:

coldasice said:

The autopsy said he had scars. I think he just had scar tissue removed. He wouldn't have underwent full hip replacement

Billy Sparks told Tom Joyner Prince had hip surgery but it was not replacment. I think he may have just had scar tissue removed as well. He just did not have a lot of down time in the late 2009 to 2010 time frame.

my mom had a full one and the dr's want u up and moving the next day, and she was not a young chicken. so down time is not so much required, but of course every surgery and circumstance is different.

purplefam99 said:

laurarichardson said:

coldasice said:

The autopsy said he had scars. I think he just had scar tissue removed. He wouldn't have underwent full hip replacement

Billy Sparks told Tom Joyner Prince had hip surgery but it was not replacment. I think he may have just had scar tissue removed as well. He just did not have a lot of down time in the late 2009 to 2010 time frame.

I have a friend, who is a nurse leading in his city and field. He noted that Prince only had one scar, not two. That very likely indicates a removal of scar tissue, as ColdAsIc noted. He'd have two scars for a full-on hip-replacement. But the one scar on one side is probably the tissue removal. Both hips can be worked on with one incision. A replacement takes two. Billy Sparks is right.

laurarichardson said:

purplefam99 said:

my mom had a full one and the dr's want u up and moving the next day, and she was not a young chicken. so down time is not so much required, but of course every surgery and circumstance is different.

--Well Billy said it was not hip replacement surgery but hip surgery.

ah ok then i didn't realize there was something they could do before replacement.

TrivialPursuit said:

laurarichardson said:

Billy Sparks told Tom Joyner Prince had hip surgery but it was not replacment. I think he may have just had scar tissue removed as well. He just did not have a lot of down time in the late 2009 to 2010 time frame.

I have a friend, who is a nurse leading in his city and field. He noted that Prince only had one scar, not two. That very likely indicates a removal of scar tissue, as ColdAsIc noted. He'd have two scars for a full-on hip-replacement. But the one scar on one side is probably the tissue removal. Both hips can be worked on with one incision. A replacement takes two. Billy Sparks is right.

thx i didn't realize 2 incisions meant replacement. thx.

Do they replace hips if they aren't broken. Is joint pain considered to be as justified a reason for hip replacement as a broken hip? This is not a rhetorical question. I am just wondering.

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purplefam99 said:

TrivialPursuit said:

I have a friend, who is a nurse leading in his city and field. He noted that Prince only had one scar, not two. That very likely indicates a removal of scar tissue, as ColdAsIc noted. He'd have two scars for a full-on hip-replacement. But the one scar on one side is probably the tissue removal. Both hips can be worked on with one incision. A replacement takes two. Billy Sparks is right.

thx i didn't realize 2 incisions meant replacement. thx.

I know about five nurses who are close friends, and I did run that thing by them all. They all said the same thing. I do believe that if had gotten the full on hip replacement he'd have been doing a lot better on April 21, 2016.

Probably, true. But what needs to be also considered is that he probably had other pain issues as well. I can't imagine with all of his dancing and leaping in high heels that the pain was just concentrated on his hips. And even as much playing as he did might have caused pain. I read recently that Eric Clapton has serious arthritis from all the guitar playing and that Prince used to pound so hard on his piano during the P and M tour that they keep a ice bucket close by to sock his hands in. Also, people talk about Prince's hands being pretty but really it is more because of his manicures. As for his knuckles they were swollen alot of the time.

TrivialPursuit said:

purplefam99 said:

thx i didn't realize 2 incisions meant replacement. thx.

I know about five nurses who are close friends, and I did run that thing by them all. They all said the same thing. I do believe that if had gotten the full on hip replacement he'd have been doing a lot better on April 21, 2016.

TrivialPursuit said:

laurarichardson said:

Billy Sparks told Tom Joyner Prince had hip surgery but it was not replacment. I think he may have just had scar tissue removed as well. He just did not have a lot of down time in the late 2009 to 2010 time frame.

I have a friend, who is a nurse leading in his city and field. He noted that Prince only had one scar, not two. That very likely indicates a removal of scar tissue, as ColdAsIc noted. He'd have two scars for a full-on hip-replacement. But the one scar on one side is probably the tissue removal. Both hips can be worked on with one incision. A replacement takes two. Billy Sparks is right.

Two scars: one scar on the hip, one scar on the ankle.

Bodhitheblackdog said:

TrivialPursuit said:

I have a friend, who is a nurse leading in his city and field. He noted that Prince only had one scar, not two. That very likely indicates a removal of scar tissue, as ColdAsIc noted. He'd have two scars for a full-on hip-replacement. But the one scar on one side is probably the tissue removal. Both hips can be worked on with one incision. A replacement takes two. Billy Sparks is right.

Two scars: one scar on the hip, one scar on the ankle.

My point is hip surgery. He's not getting a hip procedure through his damn ankle.

And is the ankle scar an incision, or a battle wound from performing?

Well thanx for the responses today on this issue. Still sadder than I want to think about on such a beautiful day. Wish he had someone close to him at that time to advise him in a sound way on his medical issues. He must have felt so alone sometimes....

Bodhitheblackdog said:

purplefam99 said:

laurarichardson said:

purplefam99 said:

ah ok then i didn't realize there was something they could do before replacement.

--There are alternative procedures. I also wonder if he was not dealing with Arithis. I have in my lower back and some days are tough.

The repetitive movements envolved in plkaying a musical instrument may cause severe artritis and also carpal tunnel syndrome. I know a few musicians and even some office workers who have had surgery for those issues, due to the repetitive movements.

MMJas said:

laurarichardson said:

purplefam99 said: --There are alternative procedures. I also wonder if he was not dealing with Arithis. I have in my lower back and some days are tough.

The repetitive movements envolved in plkaying a musical instrument may cause severe artritis and also carpal tunnel syndrome. I know a few musicians and even some office workers who have had surgery for those issues, due to the repetitive movements.

I remember an interview with a guy that tuned Prince's piano at his home and Paisley Park in the 90s he said he was tuning the piano every other day because that is how much Prince was playing it.

It would not surprise me if he was dealing with arithias and carpal tunnel. It simpley over played. I even remember an interview with Sheila E years ago were she said she had back pain from overplaying.

MMJas said:

laurarichardson said:

purplefam99 said: --There are alternative procedures. I also wonder if he was not dealing with Arithis. I have in my lower back and some days are tough.

The repetitive movements envolved in plkaying a musical instrument may cause severe artritis and also carpal tunnel syndrome. I know a few musicians and even some office workers who have had surgery for those issues, due to the repetitive movements.

Actually, with Prince being a multi-instrumentalist and considering the differing usages of one's hands and arms when playing the guitar or piano for example, that would make carpal tunnel syndrome less likely. Heavy computer usage would be more of a contributory issue.

jjam said:

MMJas said:

The repetitive movements envolved in plkaying a musical instrument may cause severe artritis and also carpal tunnel syndrome. I know a few musicians and even some office workers who have had surgery for those issues, due to the repetitive movements.

Actually, with Prince being a multi-instrumentalist and considering the differing usages of one's hands and arms when playing the guitar or piano for example, that would make carpal tunnel syndrome less likely. Heavy computer usage would be more of a contributory issue.

Is that the reason he was wearing an ace bandage under those wrist bands

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MMJas said:

I heard he broke his ankle during a concert and that is why there is a scar on his ankle.

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

laytonian said:

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

I heard he broke his ankle during a concert and that is why there is a scar on his ankle.

. The coroner report said "lower right leg", not "ankle". Those are specific locations.

Ankle surgery scars goes from lower leg to the ankle.

purplefam99 said:

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

I heard he broke his ankle during a concert and that is why there is a scar on his ankle.

http://www.mtv.com/news/1433328/prince-postpones-tour-after-on-stage-accident/

ludwig said:

LOVESYMBOLNUMBER2 said:

purplefam99 said:

I tend to agree that arthritis was probably at play to some degree.

If he had serious arthritis or joint issues in his hands or wrists I don't think he would have been physically capable of continuing to play the way he did, I do not recall his playing declining in anyway. Serious joint issues are painful but they are also immobilizing, you get stiff lose radius of motion etc. I just did not see it, or hear it ever...

I f he was self medicating nobody would have notice any difference. That's the whole point of taking pain medication.

MMJas said: