Patient Success Stories

David Ball was having such a hard time getting around with his painful hip. He was barely getting himself to and from work every day. David had such a great experience with St. Elizabeth with the first hip replacement, he came back soon after to get the left hip replaced.

Harold Carrier was living with pain from osteoarthritis in his knee long enough. He is glad he decided to have his knee replacement at St. Elizabeth Total Joint Center, and he thinks you would be too. Harold says, “Have it done. Once you get through it you, will be so glad.”

Jerome was living with significant pain and his leg had even started to bow out, he felt crippled by the damage. After years of wear and tear on his knee, a motorcycle accident and an injury at his auto body shop—Jerome knew it was time for a total knee replacement.

Wilma Dickerson has seen Dr. John Larkin for a rotator cuff repair and two acromioplasty surgeries. And she has used St. Elizabeth Orthopaedic team and Rehabilitation team for each surgery.

Making the decision on when to have joint replacement can be difficult. At a young 54 years of age, Eleanore Domek, was in pain and had lost the range of motion in her joint.

Any golfer can relate with how Kathleen Eilerman felt about her hip pain—it was something she could deal with later when she wasn’t golfing as much. Kathleen did what any golfer would do—waited until after golf season to schedule her surgery.

After suffering from chronic knee pain for over 10 years, one day her knee gave out as she was doing housework. Patricia Heck finally had enough. It was time for a total knee replacement.

Prior to his knee replacement surgery, Mark Kelly's pain kept him up at night. His job required a lot of walking and he started to notice that he couldn't make it through the day without taking breaks.

Janet Necamp was putting off having knee replacement surgery because she was the sole caregiver for her husband. But the pain was getting so she couldn’t move well, and was in severe pain after driving.

Since her traumatic fall in 1998, Jackie Newton had been living with the effects of a left shoulder that had been shattered. She was no longer able to take care of herself and could barely walk because of the pain.

For more than three years, Cheryl Persinger had trouble walking and couldn’t get a full night’s rest. She had tried conservative treatment, but the pain was getting overwhelming.

Robert Pettit didn’t have the pain normally associated with osteoarthritis in his hips, but he had lost significant range of motion. After noticing he could barely bend to put his socks on, he went to see a doctor.