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Marilyn's Story about Osteoarthritis

“The first thing I said to my surgeon from Penn was, 'I’m a dancer and I will dance again.'”

Osteoarthritis, Double Hip Replacement

Marilyn was a competitive ballroom dancer for years. But when the pain from her arthritic hip began to worsen, she feared she’d never dance again. That’s when she went to the Penn Musculoskeletal Center.

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