Adding to my collection.....

I collect lots of odd ball misc crap like dog tax tags, old jelly & peanut butter drinking glasses, pens/pencils, mini food boxes & even have a real Cuban Cigar :eek: :D But two collections I have is not of my wanting. They involve replacement parts & scars. In 27hrs I go under the knife once again to get a new knee :) Been putting it off for about 5-6yrs or so & it's gotten to the point where my left knee is swollen & in constant pain 24/7 because of being bone on bone. If all goes as it did with my right knee I figure by Monday or Tuesday I should be back home & walking w/out crutches a day or two later.
Had I known how easy my recovery was going to be with my right knee I would have taken the doctor up on the offer of doing both knees at the same time. I have had 6 or more repairs on each knee & had a hellva time with each one. Bad swelling, on crutches for a month or more & hurt like hell.
Got a total knee was up walking w/in 24 hrs & in 5 days I was walking w/out help & took no pain pills.
I love modern medical technology..........joe



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Godspeed Joe! Hoping for a speedy recovery.

Hope this one goes good too, Joe!

Prayers for this one to be easier than the first one, Joe, and hope you get to end this collection with this addition!

I'll be thinkin' of ya'. Sore knees, or any joints for that matter, are a pain.

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Prayers coming your way good buddy!

Glenn

Be praying for a quick and painless recovery. I too have a new right knee about 3 or 4 years now. If the left starts it will be done a lot sooner than the right one was. Watch when your flying I forgot to mention I had a new knee and with all the pat downs and searches we almost missed our flight. Replacement parts ain't bad.

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Be praying for a quick and painless recovery. I too have a new right knee about 3 or 4 years now. If the left starts it will be done a lot sooner than the right one was. Watch when your flying I forgot to mention I had a new knee and with all the pat downs and searches we almost missed our flight. Replacement parts ain't bad.

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Thanks everyone.........
Had I known now back when I had my right knee replaced I would have had both done at the same time. As far as the free airport groping's, I get them automatically because I won't go through the x-ray machine. After having 25 surgeries & with many of them having lots of x-rays, mri's, cat scans & just about any other scans I am sure I have passed my allowable limits on radiation. And who doesn't like a free groping....joe

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Joe, good luck with it! They seem to have the joint replacements down pretty well now. I know a few older fellas that have had them done in the last couple of years and as long as you do the excercises after wards, all seems to go great. I wish you a speedy recovery!

Best wishes from us two too mate!
Hope it all goes good for ya!

jb and SWMBO.

Well after spending a total of 56hrs in the hospital for a total knee replacement, this is was I ended up with...
33 staples and a very sore bruise....

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Ouch!
That looks painful mate...hope you heal real quick now and are back on your feet sooner rather than later.
All the best!

jb

56 hours and they throw you out??? Heck, how's a guy supposed to get anything going with a nurse in that short of a time? Oh well, hope it heals up in a hurry Joe!

That's exactly the way mine looked you'll be up and around in ni time But it will be a while before you kneel on it.

That looks really painful, Joe. You're a tough old bird; it'll take more than hacking your leg off to stop you!

that don't look like fun!!
do they use staples instead of stitches?? haven't seen that before.
anyway ,goodluck with the healing

Wow,Joe,,that looks sore.. Rather you than me,mate.. As far as booting you out of hospital that quick,,well,,yeah.... The nurses might be pretty,,but what's the food like?? ;) Bet you are glad to be home.. praying for a speedy recovery for ya,bud.. ;)

Sounds like you're on the road to healing and we hope you have a pain free future..

Now, no more pictures of all those staples thank you very much! LOL..

Glad you're thru with that one, Joe, there's no doubt that you know and will do the proper rehab and flexing and be back among the COF's in no time. Good Luck and Godspeed with the rehab, meller

Really not painful at all to me, it feels more like a deep muscle bruise.
I've been dealing w/knee problem since the late 70's.
Each knee has had 6-9 surgeries on them.

Name something in the joint area, I have torn it or wore it out.
Hardly taking any pain meds but sure could use a could more hours sleep that I didn't get while in the horspital. Great hospital, but it's like, HEY, it wasn't a life threatening surgery & I didn't need people waking my "I want to *'ing sleep" recouping body up every 2 damn hours.

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Really not painful at all to me, it feels more like a deep muscle bruise.

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Ok I lied...
About 2 days after making the above statement all hell broke loose. Painful IS NOT the word I would use to describe the amount of pain I was actually was in. Best way for me to describe it is when that 800 pound door fell from about 4ft & crushed my right knee back in 79/80. The pain was horrible & the drugs they gave me I hated more then the pain because pain would be deadened BUT when I took the pain drugs I would get insomnia and was more of an a**hole then I care to talk about. Man I hated those side effects because it made me someone I hated after things were said. I'm just glad I recognized the bad side effects & took care of the problem. The bruising got a hellva lot worse over the days to the point that my whole calf was various shades of blue & red.
But I am happy to say that today the 33 staple were removed & even though the knee is swollen, bruised & painful it sure does feel a hellva lot better with the staples gone.....

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Bad news, Joe. Hope getting the staples out is the start of getting rid of that pain and the newly repaired knee healing up!

Sheesh,Joe.. I hope things will start to improve for your knee,now.. It sounds real ugly at the moment..Get well soon,mate..

Times 3 Joe... Hope the worst is over for you and it's all clear sailing from here... and thanks for NOT sharing a picture this time!!:LOL::rolleyes::LOL::rolleyes:

Prayers for quick and complete healing of the surgery, Joe, and smooth rehab to get full range of motion quickly, too! Hang in and keep in touch.

I guess I get to join you in July having left knee medial miniscus tear fixed. @ years ago it was both the medial and latreral miniscus tears fixed, then about two months ago had a stumble walking the dogs, when a yippee dog attacked out of nowhere, I literal got yanked off my feet, and landed on the same knee on the concrete! Take care and heel fast!

Yep that sounds about like mine. pain meds made me see things happen that weren't really there or happening... They gave me two pain meds to take after that. About a week of that and I just said pain was better than the sideeffects . It will get better I pray sooner than later.

All the best Joe . . . hope you're feeling better sooner rather than later mate.

(Where Charlie use ice-cream, would frozen custard work for you?)