at least the DR worked on the correct leg..
barncobob posted:at least the DR worked on the correct leg..
My wife and I joked about that as well. We thought that even if he makes a mistake it’s okay because I’m coming back for the other one anyway.
And if you suddenly run out of gel packs, a bag of frozen peas works just nicely.
I have both of my natural knees but have had a bunch of sinus surgeries. The last one was to open up a passage on the left side that had grown shut due to previous scar tissue gone wild. My ENT guy was also the surgeon, a car guy and had a great sense of humor so before I went under, pre-surgery, I had one of the pre-op nurses write the following on my left cheek:
”THIS SIDE”
They told me he laughed like hell when he saw it.
Thank you Robert. Next Mon. is my knee r
aircooled posted:Thank you Robert. Next Mon. is my knee r
Good luck with the procedure Bruce.
aircooled posted:Thank you Robert. Next Mon. is my knee r
This is where I say take a knee....
Good morning, Robert. Hope everything is going as well as can be expected. And good to see you still have your sense of humor...
Al
ALB posted:Good morning, Robert. Hope everything is going as well as can be expected. And good to see you still have your sense of humor...
Thank you Al. Everyday is an improvement over the last. Sleeping very well now. Last night I slept from 11-2 and from 2-7 this morning. I’m sleeping on my side with a pillow between my knees. Dreams are much stranger though. Probably the pain meds. Lol
ROBERT M: Cautious use of pain meds, plenty of sleep, and a sense of humor will get you healed. I know after my stint with the medical types, I had even more fun driving & wrenching on my funny little clown cars.
Yeah man, watch out for those pain meds. 
I've been reading about all the knee replacements out there, so I thought I'd up the ante a little and show you my brand new bionic titanium "ass-backwards" shoulder. I put Speedie in her storage locker Oct. 1st, poured in some STA-BIL, covered her up and kissed her goodbye until next Feb. This year's hibernation wasn't because of the usual winter weather; it's because there's no way I'll be turning the wheel (left hand) while shifting (right hand) for at least 16 weeks. Check out the left shoulder x-ray on 10/14/19 and compare it to the x-ray taken 10/16/19. 
You Mechanical Engineers out there might notice why the procedure is called a Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement 
: See how the "ball" head of the humerus was sawed off, replaced with a titanium "cup" driven 6" into the arm bone, ...and a new titanium ball was screwed into the scapula with THREE friggin' 2" titanium screws 
- This is why I'm enjoying R&R for such a long time. I had my left hip replaced 5 years ago @ 70, this now at 75, and I've got a tentative appt. scheduled next July for the total replacement of my left knee. Me and Arthur Ritis are on a first-name basis!
Let me know if any of you knuckleheads want an autographed 8X10 glossy @ two for the price of one! 
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Paul....Your shoulder looks very much like what the showed for a hip joint replacement in the class I attended today for knee and hip replacements. They talked about that they usually enter from the rear and cut thru some muscles in the process but now are slowly changing and going thru the front and don't cut any of the muscles. Any of this is invasive as hell but the results are usually pretty good. I guess I'll find out next week.
Bruce
Holy crap, Paul and Robert!!! Do these things come with performance urethane bushings?
Asking for a friend.
OH Crap !!......Not the Red Ones !
aircooled posted:They talked about that they usually enter from the rear and cut thru some muscles in the process but now are slowly changing and going thru the front and don't cut any of the muscles.
Bruce
Seems to be faster recovery from what I have read.
aircooled posted:Paul....Your shoulder looks very much like what the showed for a hip joint replacement in the class I attended today for knee and hip replacements. They talked about that they usually enter from the rear and cut thru some muscles in the process but now are slowly changing and going thru the front and don't cut any of the muscles. Any of this is invasive as hell but the results are usually pretty good. I guess I'll find out next week.
Bruce
The Anterior (front) Hip Arthroplasty has become the "norm" for several years. Mine was done in 2014 by an orthopedist in Napa, CA, (John Diana, MD) who really specializes in ONLY knees and hips, and he's actually done thousands of them. You're absolutely right in that this procedure is, by far, the way to go. With the minimal damage to muscles and the prosthetics so precisely fitted, I was home in 3 days and pretty much fully recovered in 6 to 8 weeks. That said, I'd take the hip replacement over the friggin' shoulder FOR SURE! As for the knee, my surgeon is a co-founder of the St. Helena Coon Joint Replacement Institute, where they do minimally invasive robotic assisted replacements. This procedure has the patient WALKING OUT and going home the day after surgery, and full recovery within a month. Good luck with YOUR replacement, Bruce! 
Wow, those recovery times are amazing. I had a shoulder cleaned up (nothing artificial added) and the recovery was over 3 months of a lot of PT and the associated pain and limited usefulness along with it (Does this hurt?)
OTOH, friends have had knees and hips replaced (full and partial) and walk out of the hospital in a day or so with very short recovery times. Amazing.
Looks like I chose the wrong body part to screw up way back when!
Upper extremities joint issues are really dibilitating, and seem to provide a lot more agony it seems.
Worker’s Comp has finally gotten their head on straight. In home physical therapy starts on Thursday. Tuesday afternoon I took off the Aquacel Bandage and found I was “stitched” together with 27 staples. Looked like someone went crazy with a Swingline. Hard to tell if the bruising is lessening or just shifting around. Not feeling too much pain but when I stand or walk around I feel pressure in the leg especially around the new joint. That pressure is the only thing interfering with my flexibility. I’ll see how PT goes tomorrow and we’ll talk about the pain again. Lol
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