I really appreciate the details you covered in this video. For those in Viman Nagar or nearby, Swastik Bone & Joint Clinic has an excellent orthopedic doctor in Viman Nagar & Kharadi, Pune for sports injuries and joint care.

Years after this documentary was made, Mary had a major health scare: she was hospitalized forever pneumonia, a disease I had been hospitalized myself. Luckily, both of us have recovered.

Biomet who made the hip replacements, were sued by many people including Mary Lou Retton due to adverse aftereffects from this surgery. Metallic blood poisoning, and cysts and infection around the metal hip parts to name a few problems . Mary Lou had to get 2 other surgeries on her hips to rectify the damage from this hip replacement system which didn’t do test studies before they stuck this stuff inside humans!!!!

I LOVE all of you!!!!

Hi Doc,I broke my femur 1yr ago I did surgery with internal nail but later got infected it was remove and have done like 5 surgeries and with an external fixation and my knee can’t bend 🥺

Thanks for sharing, I fractured my hip and have been in pain 4 months , your testimonies help the rest of us

What is the telephone number

People should be aware that her hips failed and she issued court proceedings

You people send me some more money I need it 😂😂😂

I had total hip replacement in my left hip a year ago. It has changed my life! I had hereditary osteoarthritis, and the pain was so bad for years. I never got injections. I just guess I never knew and just put up with the pain. I found the best ortho surgeon money could buy in my area. He has literally given me my life back.

I had 2 hips replaced..it was like a second chance..of life..from yrs..of 10+.😢.unbearable pain....2 just reg...pain 😂

Mary Lou Retton is a hero

🏅M🏅A🏅R🏅Y🏅L🏅O🏅U🏅

Extreme sports are terrible for the body

No, Mary Lou, you hadn’t tried everything. We’ve been regenerating your types of issues successfully for almost 3 decades (no stem cell).

Nice lookin here

She was smart enough to have insurance then.

I’m still cryin.. love this woman. She was americas sweetheart when I was growing up and she and lived up to the worlds expectation her whole life. She Will be top 5 Wheaties Royalty for life. A true role model for boys and girls. I hate that she suffered so much..

I was never the level of Mary Lou Retton but I was a gymnast and a gymnastics coach for many many years and now it's 65 yes joint pain is a norm hip pain is the Norm hands and feet are all painful and it all is becauseof the abuse of the body in gymnastics what I was subjected to and what I subjected my gymnast kids to is basically traumatizing the body to achieve unhealthy levels of competition

Its a shame this video has no captions. I missed it entirely.

Just started watching documentaries on Mary Lou which after seeing it she is as down to earth of any human you would like to meet. Hearing recent health scare brought me to this which this was where her health difficulties became the battle she is still fighting today. I never paid attention of her success after 84 but she lived a very fruitful life that is still going spite of the heath ailments she's going through. Keep fighting Mary you are still loved.

what a pig....,.she and her daughters stole $.5M from the public....they all should be in jail

what happened to all money they raised....she is rich...she stole the money....nonone will or has the balls to address this issue!!!

As a former skater and then coach I think skaters need knee pads and hip pads throuout their skating career.

Your still a champion to me..and America's hero..

Mary Lou will always be America’s sweetheart. The most infectious smile I’ve ever seen. She could be my daughter but I remember seeing her smile for the first time at the Olympics. All I could say was “WOW”. I just sort of sat there watching the TV stunned!

We have to re examine some of these high impact sports we're doing in our youth. Been there done that.

Millionaire with a go fund me is ridiculous. She needs to be investigated. 9000 sqft house?

God Bless YOU Mary Lou , I am praying for you that God will heal YOU Now with your rare pneumonia . 🙏💙

And then the hip replacement was recalled because it was poisoning people, and she sued the company and got a big settlement.

so, has Mary Lou suffered from Matallosis as a result of the implant?

2023 had two hips anterior....within 10 months...walking perfect after 3 weeks....

I SO MUCH WANT TO MARRY MARY LOU!!! I LOVE HER!

I watched this before my hip replacement, last June 2022, now September 2023, I have to agree with her, I have a new life!! I will never regret having it done! I’ve got my life back!! 🥰 way to go Mary Lou!!

I had a hip replacement on my left side of the hip and now I have it in my both knee's and a very bad day in June 5,2023,. My back and both knee's were in very bad 😞😔 painful 😖😣 in the back of the medic rig to the ER at north memorial hospital 🏥🏥💊. And I passed out on the garny .

How can one have a good orthopédic surgeon ?

did she have the posterior approach or anterior approach? Can't tell.

Appreciate you doing this video for us girls and now it's my turn now I'm not so scared now that I've seen you Marylou What device did they put inside you ??

Hey I saw your youtube video about the gunshot wound and I got a question, what are the things an emergency room should be doing if I go there after a gunshot wound? I live in Detroit, Michigan, I got shot back in January and the bullet went through my right bicep to my ribs. one of my friend drove me to the hospital within 15 minutes after I was shot but I still lost a lot of blood, I was at the point of passing out when I arrived at the hospital. The hospital did a couple xray and gave me some IV but they didn't do any surgery or any type of treatment. some doctor came and told me that they not taking the bullet out right now because it might do me more damage than good so i said okay but can you do something about my hand and they scheduled a nerve reattachment surgery for 2 days later and the night before the scheduled day nurse came and told me I'm good to get discharge and to follow up later the surgery. I was there for 3 nights and they didn't touch them 3 gunshot wounds not even a single time, they didn't clean it and didn't do any type of wound care. I was there for 3 days bleeding out on that hospital bed and I was on tylenol for the pain. So all I wanna know is all this careless stuff they did, is any of this they were not supposed to do by law?? Because I'm trying to file a lawsuit against them.

Best wishes to an incredible athlete.

In 2018, Dr Parsley did both my hips. I still remember -- upon learning that he had done Mary Lou Retton's hips -- I asked him: "Will I be able to do vaults and somersaults after my surgery?" He told me -- "No. But you will be able to walk without a cane." And that was a good enough result for me. And to this day, I thank the Good Lord Above for bringing Dr. Brian Parsley into my life. It truly was -- as the former gymnast (and fellow Longhorn) put it -- "MIRACULOUS." It was basically a life-changing event. Thanks again to Dr Parsley and the staff at the M-HOSH (Memorial Hermann Orthopedic and Surgical Hospital)

Hello sir. I'm curious if this comment will get to you. I have one question to ask you, if you find the time.

I cannot express how much this is like me. I’ve dealt with this for 17 years, and now I am two weeks post surgery. It affected every aspect of my life, as a fitness, instructor and personal trainer, and most importantly, wife and mother. Every activity that I did revolved around “my hip “. Every vacation was misery, if it involved walking walking or hiking, on the beach. Every day at work was worse than the day before I stopped being able to do basic things at home. If anyone here found this and is considering hip replacement due to hip dysplasia and repeated labral tears, I highly recommend pulling the trigger and getting the surgery

I am getting ready to have the surgery. Just like you, the pain and frustration of it all finally reached the breaking point. Thank you for your story...gave me more confidence for what is ahead.

Can you guy just read my MIR I’m supposed to go to see a surgeon for my knee and The doctor I was supposed to go to three people told me to find another doctor and told me your the best. But you don’t take P.H.C.S. Insurance . Don’t know why. But if I could get Dr Fee to read my MIR . I sure would make me happy. I have to get back up on my feet to play Pickle ball and Farm.Thanks let me know Something Please.

I’m not going to get to come to see you because I’m out of network. So have no idea what to do now. I quest some people just don’t get to see good doctor.

dr please make video on pelvic synphysis dysfunction

Oh my, she waited so long to have it done! I had only two years of hip pain, and because I'm 62, got it done NOW, rather than wait and see how much I could take. I'm three weeks post-OP, and SO HAPPY that I get to move freely in my last decades of life!

Very useful information sir.. Thank you so much

Thank you for taking care of a national treasure-Mary Lou Retton ❤