<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Has anyone with CD & peripheral neuropathy had experience of a hip replacement? My 80 year old celiac mother, diagnosed only a year ago following my own and my elder son's diagnosis, needs a hip replacement. She has, among many other auto-immune complications including hyperparathyroid, connective tissue disorder and Sjogren's Syndrome, increasingly painful neuropathy especially in her legs at night which is sometimes hard to distinguish from the recent pain and loss of mobility caused by the hip problem. Her orthopedic surgeon is reluctant to go ahead with the hip replacement until her neurologist can confirm that it will not make the nerve pain worse. Any information on the subject would be welcome especially from the UK or Ireland where she lives. Incidentally, the recent summaries on peripheral neuropathy were useful to her although she has been treated as suggested (B12, iron folic) for some time. Charlotte Ward-Perkins Oxford, UK [log in to unmask]