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February 3rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - He has true Yorkshire determination, says granddaughter
- Family plan to contact Guinness Book of Records
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Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 3:52 PM on 2nd February 2012
A centenarian who has just had his left hip replaced is believed to be the oldest person in the world to have surgery.
John Lawrence Randall – known as Laurie – is the grand age of 102. He first had his left hip replaced in 1989.
The determined pensioner wanted to have the two-hour operation so he could continue his passion for gardening.
Standing tall: Laurie Randall with his granddaughter Gillian Coates. She said he was very determined
His granddaughter Gillian Coates, said: ‘Even at 101 he was still digging up his garden and he decided on the hip replacement so he could continue with that.
‘It will be a struggle for him to do
the gardening but he still says the operation was worth the risk because
at least he can stand up and walk around which he enjoys. He was never
very good at sitting still.’
His feat could earn him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records, as the current record holder is Lily Wauters, who was 101 years and 196 days old when she had her right hip replaced in 2007.
Ms Coates, said that Laurie, of Pontefract, West Yorkshire had also had his right hip replaced in 2006 and had ‘true Yorkshire determination’.
‘The operation was a fantastic success and we are very proud of him,’ said Gillian.
‘He has always said: “I tell my legs what to do, they don’t tell me”. He wants to live until he is 105, but he said he didn’t want to do it if he was going to be in a wheelchair.’
Success: Laurie is keen to get back to his garden
Laurie, who has since moved to Durham to be closer to his family, has just had his final post-operation check up at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, West Yorks.
Ms Coates added that the record-breaking op was made even more dangerous as the hip Laurie was having replaced was artificial.
Gillian said: ‘Doctors told him that removing an artificial hip was much more complex than removing a natural hip as the full structure needs to come out.
‘He was still undetered despite having the risks spelled out to him. He said he was talking with the surgeons throughout the process.
‘He always says you should just try things and have a go. It was that attitude that spurred him on to risk his life and have the surgery.
‘We didn’t try to talk him out of it as there would have been no point. Once he has set his mind to something that’s it.’
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Lets have some of this guys life history too! Id be much more interested in reading that than anything about a hip replacement.
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What a very, very lucky man! Getting to 102 with his health is like winning the lottery twice. I hope you still have a lot of healthy and happy years to come, Mr Randall!
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A complete and utter waste of time and money ,he is far too old to be having surgery such as this.By the laws of average he should have been dead over twenty years ago.When will the public realise the nhs cannot survive on the milk of human kindness,but on tough decisions that need to be made.Don’t come running in a few years time when the whole nhs comes tumbling down around your feet – it is staggering and about to topple now.You have been warned….I have worked in the nhs for nearly twenty years and I am amazed that the public still do not understand that it is in a crisis so desperate that some weeks we do not have cotton wool or pens on the wards,yet people still think it is wise to spend thousands of pounds on somebody as old as this who will never get our monies worth from this operation.People when you reach this age there will not be a nhs.
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Good old boy, you go for it.
My dad is 83 and still has a couple of gardening jobs – he’d hate it if he had to give them up. It gives him fresh air, exercise (and a break from my mother).
Well done Laurie x
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Fair play Sir, why does society have this thing about age? Recently the Mail published an article about a marathon runner who was 100 years old. I say, regardless of one’s age it always important to enjoy the beauty of the moment. If I am fortunate to reach 100 I will still be giving my comments on this website.
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I once saw a 106 year old patient get a hip replacement, she later died chooking eating her food, but , she did had surgery, and I was on call that day and was called to certify her death, so no sorry but he´s not the oldest person with a surgery…..
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Sorry, but you are wrong, I’m an anaesthetist and I have anaesthetised at least three patients older, one in particular who had a heart valve replaced , so she could have a hip replaced
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The headline is incorrect. Many years ago, when eye cataract surgery was in its infancy, a 103 year old lady in my then home town in South Africa had hers done. My father was the anaesthetist. He and the opthalmologist had refused to do othe surgery for a few years, given her age and the risks involved at the time. She kept nagging them because she wanted to be able to read her Bible. Eventually they gave in and the surgery was successful. She lived until the age of 105.
I, a child at the time, recall my father jokingly saying before the operation that she was such an institution in the town that, if it was unsuccessful, we would have to leave town!
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I agree with Philippa in Canada, I work in theatres and have had a patient of 104 for surgery…
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Good for you! May you enjoy many more happy years of gardening.
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