When local chef Asia Mei needed hip replacement surgery, she immediately turned to BMC for her care. “They had been highly recommended, and a lot of regulars at my restaurant work there, so I felt comfortable at BMC and in really good hands,” she says. “They take care of my employees, and they take care of our community. So, it was a no-brainer when it came to choosing which hospital to go to for my own care.”
Asia had lived with hip pain for several years before deciding to have it checked out. “I was in pretty bad pain for the past six years, and then in the last year it got really brutal,” she says. “I've done a lot of gymnastics and martial arts, so I figured I had arthritis, which runs in my family.”
But when Asia met with BMC orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Michael Kain, she learned she had severe hip dysplasia. “Dr. Kain told me it was time to do something about it,” she says.
As the chef and owner of Moonshine 152, a busy restaurant in South Boston, Asia says the hardest part of surgery was finding time to schedule it. “I can’t just take off a bunch of time from work, and BMC understood that and catered to my needs,” she says. “Throughout the whole experience, I always felt taken care of. Dr. Kain was amazing, and everybody was so communicative and gave me really honest answers to all of my questions. So going into the surgery, I felt very confident and wasn't worried at all.”
Asia had surgery in November and stayed just one night in the hospital. “I went home on a Thursday and gave myself the weekend to sort of take it easy, and was back doing office work on Monday,” she says. “I have a physical job, and I like to be as athletic as possible, and the team was supportive of that. They set me up with physical therapy and are motivating me to keep things moving as much as possible, which is perfect for my lifestyle.”
Now that it’s been a few weeks since her surgery, Asia is nearly back to her regular schedule. “It's crazy modern medicine, what they have at BMC,” she says. “I had heard about the care at BMC for so long, but to actually see behind the scenes and the level of support they offer was really something.”