Orthopedic Surgery Patient Stories

Drew DeMarsico's Total Knee Replacement Story
“I had lost the value of my life,” Drew said. “I didn’t go anywhere or do anything. I lived on Tylenol. The last six months were horrid. I couldn’t walk in the woods because the ground was uneven. If I drove for more than an hour, I couldn’t walk. I just couldn’t live like that anymore. My experience at BMC was incredible. Everyone was a true professional. It was awesome.” Read More





 Buddy Lewis' Anterior Hip Replacement Story
"From the moment I checked in until I left, there wasn’t one glitch in the process,” Buddy said. Everything was great. The surgery went very well, and everyone involved in my care at the hospital and my after-care when I returned home were perfect. I can’t say enough about Berkshire Medical Center. I would recommend the hospital 100 percent.” Read More

Nancy Labombard's Anterior Hip Replacement Story
“It’s as if someone miraculously took away the pain.”
That’s how Nancy Labombard of Easthampton views her life following two anterior hip replacement surgeries at Berkshire Medical Center. She had been in pain since 2006, and it was gradually getting worse. Read More






Dick Ryan's Anterior Hip Replacement Story
“I was only in surgery for an hour,” said Dick of the anterior hip replacement procedure performed by his surgeon at Berkshire Orthopaedic Associates. “I woke at around 8 p.m. and I basically had no pain. I took no more pain pills that day. It was just a little stiffness, and that was it.  If I had to put a number on it, I’d say the pain after my surgery was barely a 1 on a scale of 1 to 10.” Read More

Bonnie Ditello's Anterior Hip Replacement Story
“I went  in at 11 o’clock, I had the procedure, and by 4 that afternoon I was up walking, with a little help from a walker. By the next day, I was just using a cane. By the third day, I was walking out the door.  It was major surgery, but it sure never felt like it. There was a little discomfort, but nothing I would call pain.” Read More






Jake Donovan's Anterior Hip Replacement Story
Just six weeks after undergoing surgery to replace a hip so deteriorated he could barely walk, much less operate a pay-loader, sand and gravel contractor Jake Donovan, 63, of Stockbridge, not only is fully back to work. There are moments he forgets which hip was done. "I actually have to stop and think which hip they replaced," he said. "It was the left. There's just no pain to remind me. Read More