Liam Gallagher would rather use a wheelchair and live with pain than have an operation.

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Liam Gallagher has said he would "rather be in pain" than have a double hip replacement following his arthritis diagnosis.

The singer said he is in agony every day and has been forced to stop running and use herbal sleeping tablets to rest.

Speaking to MoJo magazine, Gallagher said: "My hips are f**ed, I've got arthritis bad".

"I went to get it checked out and my bones are mashed up. The lady was going, 'Oh, you might need a hip operation, a replacement.'"

He went on to say that he was not comfortable having the operation due to the 'stigma' around hip replacements.

"I think I'd rather just be in pain. Which is ridiculous, obviously. I know that. Just get them fixed. But it's the stigma, saying you've had your hips replaced. What's next?"

The surgery will include replacing the damaged hip joint with a prosthetic impact, followed by six weeks of recovery.

But he said he would rather use a wheelchair and live with the pain than have an operation.

The former Oasis frontman said he uses herbal medication and Deep Heat to manage the pain when trying to sleep at night.

He told the magazine: "When the weather's cold, my hips are like snap, crackle and pop. I need warmth.

"I can't sleep at night for the pain. Tossing and turning. So I'm on herbal sleeping tablets and they've saved my life. One of them, seven hours out, no pain, nothing.

"My new thing is Deep Heat. Caked myself in it on the knees and hips, the calves, then into the steam room for as long as I can handle it."

Gallagher was diagnosed with arthritis in 2019, two years after being diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease, a thyroid problem that affected his singing voice.

He summarised saying: "I'm not afraid of death, whatever it is. Why should you be? It's going to happen anyway. I'm going to just keep doing what I do until I die."

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/20...d-rather-be-in-pain-than-have-hip-replacement
 
Got news for you Liam big 50 this year buddy and the clock is ticking mate :tinhat: :laugh8:
 
Had my hip replacement at 46...as I was wrecked...constant pain,pills,misery. I'm 54 and my hip is fine.
If he goes on long term meds it will show him what fuKd is really like.
And...what's the stigma he reports to not like?
 
11yrs ago I had a kitesurf boosting accident and landed badly on a beach. As a result in 2019 I had a hip replacement. We thankfully paid for it It as we needed me to work to live. Cost £12,000 of our hard earned retirement fund and fekd many other things we planned to do.

However, I now know that this was the best bosh we ever spent. I am now fully recovered. I even still run (against Consultants advise) and my life has improved immeasurably. This has helped me fight through other health challenges.

We will be back working with a new brewery and catering again soon. My hip needed to be working to achieve this.

You can't dodge the bullet, but you can learn to accept the timely skills from health experts get you dancing again and working throughout your life. They saved me and no regrets.

IMHO Liam should grow up and use his bosh. Maybe then he'd be better respected. Even more so if he shared his good fortune with people on NHS waiting lists that can't afford to have the choice he has.

(I am happy to delete this if it's a bit uncomfortable to know,, )
 
"My new thing is Deep Heat. Caked myself in it on the knees and hips, the calves, then into the steam room for as long as I can handle it."

Got to be careful where you cake that stuff, but maybe handling it is taking his mind off the excruciating pain that could ensue.
On a similar topic I always go back and read this when I need some hilarity The top positive review it's a tear jerker
https://www.amazon.com/Veet-Hair-Removal-Creme-200ml/product-reviews/B000KKNQBK
 
With the amount of money he has i am surprised he hasn't had it done privately somewhere.
 
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