What's everybody doing today?

[Supervisor42]

Just got out of VA ,6 month physical.
All labs are perfect

So happy, A1C was 6.0 ...:green man:

Jim

After sinking all that money in your new knee they better keep you rocking!
You gotta put 30,000 miles on it or they get in trouble.
I go in for my 6-month, they take one look at me and just start writing things down to lecture me about.
When the labs come back <AWESOME!> I can see them going...Dammit,Dammit,Dammit!

He ain't goin' nowhere anytime soon!

 

[phideaux]

I start all over again 8 weeks from today . Nov 20th... another New knee.

Jim
I'm costing VA a fortune.

 

[Supervisor42]

I start all over again 8 weeks from today . Nov 20th... another New knee.

Jim
I'm costing the VA a fortune.

You paid the price many times over, by giving them 'years'.
Get you another one in November.
I'm sure they will be pleased with what you have done with the first one.

 

[phideaux]

Surgeon told me that it would be 4-5 months before I fully appreciate the new knee.

He was wrong.

2 months out, I already fully appreciate it.


Jim

 

[LadyLocust]

Here I am

 

[Spikedriver]

Pizza and bowling with my daughter tonight. She's getting big enough, she just might beat me!

 

[Bacpacker]

Got home and remowed two of the garden spots. Then pulled the sub-soiler thru them. Ground was bone dry 15" down. Ground is pretty loose now, for mostly clay. Gonna disc 1 1/2 of the spots in clover and annual ryegrass to over winter. The other half will either get sowed with something that will winter kill, or leave it bare. That will be my onion and spring green patch.

 

[The Innkeeper]

I start all over again 8 weeks from today . Nov 20th... another New knee.

Jim
I'm costing VA a fortune.

Too soon for a new knee they tell me. I am waiting for them to do a surgical clean up of the calcium buildup first. If that doesn’t do the trick then a new knee at some point. The arthritis is making stairs, ladders and the like harder, and if I have to get up after being down on my knees working, it’s a bear.

 

[phideaux]

Too soon for a new knee they tell me. I am waiting for them to do a surgical clean up of the calcium buildup first. If that doesn’t do the trick then a new knee at some point. The arthritis is making stairs, ladders and the like harder, and if I have to get up after being down on my knees working, it’s a bear.

That's where I was .
Plus waking me at night with pain.

I will encourage anyone to go the implant route.

4-6 weeks of being uncomfortable, never had any severe pain, just stay ahead of pain with pain pills and all is good.

I can't wait to get the other one done.
Would have done it sooner, but I just got a lot of chores and fall projects to get done.

Jim

 

[The Innkeeper]

That's where I was .
Plus waking me at night with pain.

I will encourage anyone to go the implant route.

4-6 weeks of being uncomfortable, never had any severe pain, just stay ahead of pain with pain pills and all is good.

I can't wait to get the other one done.
Would have done it sooner, but I just got a lot of chores and fall projects to get done.

Jim

Man do I hear you about nighttime pain. Pain is the enemy of sleep. I’m hoping the clean out will make a difference, I tried to talk them into going straight to the replacement instead but they wouldn’t go for it. They only way I even got on the list was whining about the way it was interfering with making a living.

 

[Terri9630]

Too soon for a new knee they tell me. I am waiting for them to do a surgical clean up of the calcium buildup first. If that doesn’t do the trick then a new knee at some point. The arthritis is making stairs, ladders and the like harder, and if I have to get up after being down on my knees working, it’s a bear.

Sounds like my husband. He also has an issue with his knee caps being just to the outside of where they are supposed to be.

 

[phideaux]

My surgeon questioned me to death , about how my life was being affected by the knees,
But the x-rays , bone on bone was convincing enough.


Jim

 

[Terri9630]

Hubby is working at being bone on bone. When he bends his knees the knee cap has to pop over to where its supposed to be and the cartilage is almost gone where it rubs.

 

[phideaux]

Hubby is working at being bone on bone. When he bends his knees the knee cap has to pop over to where its supposed to be and the cartilage is almost gone where it rubs.

I am so happy with the implant . No pain whatsoever walking, climbing or stretching . Super solid .
Still some inflammation a still a little sore, but not noticeable when walking or using it. Little annoying when just sitting around , healing, but that should cease in 2-3 more weeks. I am so glad I decided to do it.

Can't wait till I get to this point with the second one .
I should be good by Christmas, then watch out next Spring. :green man:


Jim

 

[Amish Heart]

I've had both knees worked on, but not replaced yet. It took 6 weeks after the reworking to walk without the walker or the cane. It did help, but the healing was difficult.

 

[phideaux]

I used a walker first 2 weeks, a cane third week and nothing since, I admit that you gotta be a stubborn , bull headed person.

I will be testing the knee today .
We are going to the Amish community today for mum's , bakery goods, and just all around walking and shopping.
Gonna be a long day.
Maybe I'll do a"day at the Amish" thread with pics.

Jim

 

[Amish Heart]

That would be fun to see that community.

 

[The Innkeeper]

I used a walker first 2 weeks, a cane third week and nothing since, I admit that you gotta be a stubborn , bull headed person.

I will be testing the knee today .
We are going to the Amish community today for mum's , bakery goods, and just all around walking and shopping.
Gonna be a long day.
Maybe I'll do a"day at the Amish" thread with pics.

Jim

That would be an interesting thread, love to see it Jim

 

[phideaux]

That would be fun to see that community.

We go there twice a year, sometimes 3 times.
It's a full day , as it's hundred square miles community.
No electricity, no vehicles.
I have always said , they won't even know when shtf.

It reminds me of my childhood , that's the way we lived.

Jim

 

[The Innkeeper]

After we get the guests fed and cleaned up after I have a couple of minor plumbing issues to attend to.

 

[phideaux]

That would be an interesting thread, love to see it Jim

I'll try to get some pics, it's gonna be hot and humid... usually not this time of year.


Jim

 

[Sentry18]

I have to go to work today. There is a community event that will exceed 15,000 attendees and that means my threat assessment and management team has to be on scene and ready to deploy.

 

[Amish Heart]

Have fun, Phideaux. I enjoy my community in Yoder. Hopefully by next year we'll be living there. You can see a lot of things by horse and buggy that you miss in a car. Lack of electricity is not the end of the world in some communities.

 

[hiwall]

Have fun at work today Sentry. I have today off, oh wait, I have everyday off. I think I will pick strawberries today so that is work.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

My surgeon questioned me to death , about how my life was being affected by the knees,
But the x-rays , bone on bone was convincing enough.


Jim

Yep, me too.
Then left knee started giving out.

 

[Supervisor42]

What did I do today?
I tied a tie.
The neighbors came over in a panic, it's their son's prom-night tonight.
Seems nobody knows how to tie a tie anymore.
Told'em that I put one on at 4:AM for 15 years while I was still asleep. I can do it just fine, as long as I don't think about it.
I got him fixed up.

And I did NOT tell them if their son had a good prom night, hopefully it would be hanging from some rear-view mirror before the night's over.
They live in a blissful world, ignoring one of the most powerful forces of humanity.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Doing up a few dishes.
Went with oldest son when he went to pick up new car seat for grand daughter for my Fiat.
She's outgrown the old car seat, she's getting tall.
Will be donating the old car seat.

 

[Amish Heart]

Bought a new upright freezer. It's small, but it's good. Put it on our back patio. Needed room for turkeys in the chest freezer. Two more to butcher tomorrow. Was food savering bags of flour I bought a while back. Couldn't believe the warning on the package. It said: do not eat raw. Flour is intended to be cooked. How retarded.
Emptied the dehydrator, food savered 30 lbs of sugar and 40 of flour and got that packed away.

 

[The Lazy L]

Shot in a competion today. I finished 17th out of thirty. Placed 3rd in my division out of four. Knees are tired from standing most of the day

 

[hiwall]

Hiked all afternoon. Now I'm tired.