DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: Hip operation rationing is so cruel, it makes people like ...
(WorldNews Health)

Until a hip starts hurting, you don´t appreciate quite how much you depend on it to function. As your joint becomes increasingly worn or damaged, everything becomes painful. Walking hurts. Sitting hurts. Standing up hurts. Even lying down hurts. This is what happened to my gran when she developed severe osteoarthritis in her hip, a common cause of hip pain. But her motto in life was just to get on with things - and she did seem to be coping. So, it came as a huge shock when she told me in her usual matter-of-fact way that she was thinking of killing herself. The pain had simply got too much. Unable to sleep or...