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Warpy

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5. So was mine, hip replacement

Reply to Turbineguy (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 30, 2023, 06:51 PM

Aug 2023

Women were discouraged from going into orthopedic surgery for a long time because we're too dainty and delicate to saw bones apart and hammer joint replacements into place. Turns out we're not.

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