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Good morning. Happy Thursday.

 

Good morning everybody!

 

Good morning

 

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Thursday. Coffee. Maybe even two eggs over well and a slice or three of bacon!

All the best with the new parts!

 

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@GTGallop - wow, that was quick. Best wishes for your recovery. I know several people that have had a knee replacement. It’s all about doing the PT if you want full range of motion back.

 

Morning 50+

 

Good morning everybody, have a great Thursday.

 

Knee replacement surgery has advanced in technology over the past decade . My first knee replacement " Right Knee" was in 2015 at a VA hospital in Socal . I was in the Hospital for 10 days recovering and doing PT twice a day

In October 2022 I had my left knee replacement at the VA in Nashville TN . I had Surgery in the early morning and after a overnight stay in the hospital I walked out of the hospital

 

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Have Great day !!

 

You are mean today!

 

Actually you’re mean every day I like consistency

 

...a fairly large share of pith and vinegar in here today...

 

LOL - Only marathon I'm in is the pain marathon.

Crazy because they barely put you under now a days. No intubation.
You get an epidural, but mine failed to take. Mofo went to town back there like Brutus on Caesar. No joy.
Then you get a compartmentalized injection mid thigh to kill a nerve temporarily. They use a sonogram to hit it with precision.
Then some sleepy meds.

They did leave some meds in my leg that dissolve over time. Like tiny tide pods in there.

Wife is on it right now as we speak.

Yup - 8 weeks three times a day plus homework.

They had me walk 100 feet and pass gas before I could go home.
After I passed gas they probably wished I had walked another 100 feet LOL.
But yeah I was on my feet in just about an hour after surgery.

It's a lot more like putting brake pads on a car now than it use to be. they just barely grind the bone and slip a metal cap on it. Like crowning a tooth. I knew in 1988 that I was going to need this and have been putting it off and babying that knee so they could perfect the art an science.

Thanks all for the well wishes!

 

Sometime in the not too far off future I’m going to send you a picture of me standing in a stream near you. With a where am I!!