Signing off for a few days

[Squatchranger]

I am not sure what the coating material was, but it was dark grey/green and made the car look kind of menacing, I loved it.

It is fun running into a fellow lucky duck!

Absolutely! how is the recovery going btw, you are keeping up with your pt right lol

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[deleriumtremor]

Most of what you said is true. I’m involved with these devices and their development and manufacturing. Depending on who’s inplants you’re getting they’re tailored to adapt to those procedures. Much has changed over the decades from hard lessons learned. For the most part they’re made from stainless steel or other exotic materials that can be sterilized. After every procedure they’ll be disassembled, cleaned and sterilized. Much of the “specialized tooling” used is reused X number of times if not damaged and reused or replaced if at end of scheduled life.
Even the tools used are traceable back to ingot raw materials.

You are so right about hard lessons learned. A guy I knew, who was one of the best pilots I ever knew, had an early hip replacement and he was left walking with with those crutches that wet popular in the 50’s and 60’s, the kind with the clips on the forearms. He was in constant pain when he was walking.

Just by chance I ran into him at the San Jose Jet Center maybe 10 years after the last time we had talked and he was walking upright with no cane, crutch, anything. He looked great! He had had a new more modern procedure done.

Clearly I am the beneficiary of guys like him who went first, a long ti,e ago now.

 

[deleriumtremor]

Absolutely! how is the recovery going btw, you are keeping up with your pt right lol

It is going so well, I am a little afraid to say how well.

I have had some pretty funny sanfu’s though. Last night, I was watching a YouTube TV news recording and dozed off. I dropped my iPad and it bounced underneath the bed. I could just barely touch it with my finger tips and it kept sliding farther and farther under. I stopped trying to get it and then realized it was still playing and some stupid episode of “The View”, a daytime fat women panel crabbing about everything wrong in the world.

I was laying there thinking, “how the hell am I going to sleep, with these numbskulls blabbering away?” My wife was so tired when she went to bed (I am sleeping in the guest room, trying to keep the dogs away from my wound, it is killing them they can’t come in and say hi), I decided I wouldn’t wake her up.

I reached the walker, but getting up wasn’t going to help as I not allowed to bend past 90 degrees, etc., so I folded the walker up got back in the bed laying flat and was fishing with it facing upward. I couldn’t see what I was doing and kept pushing it farther and farther under (I could hear the incredibly annoying voices moving in the wrong direction). I finally gave up and put a pillow over my ears. It finally stopped and I got a decent nights sleep after all. I swear, it was right out of a Seinfeld episode. Funny now, not so much then.

This morning I got up and went down (with the walker) and made coffee, did my laps around the kitchen island and am walking now with very little vertical support from the walker. I think I will be on a cane and sans walker by maybe Wednesday.

Honestly, I am fricking thrilled. Almost zero pain, although we shall see after I am at zero pain and anti inflammatory meds.

 

[AzScorpion]

It is going so well, I am a little afraid to say how well.

I have had some pretty funny sanfu’s though. Last night, I was watching a YouTube TV news recording and dozed off. I dropped my iPad and it bounced underneath the bed. I could just barely touch it with my finger tips and it kept sliding farther and farther under. I stopped trying to get it and then realized it was still playing and some stupid episode of “The View”, a daytime fat women panel crabbing about everything wrong in the world.

I was laying there thinking, “how the hell am I going to sleep, with these numbskulls blabbering away?” My wife was so tired when she went to bed (I am sleeping in the guest room, trying to keep the dogs away from my wound, it is killing them they can’t come in and say hi), I decided I wouldn’t wake her up.

I reached the walker, but getting up wasn’t going to help as I not allowed to bend past 90 degrees, etc., so I folded the walker up got back in the bed laying flat and was fishing with it facing upward. I couldn’t see what I was doing and kept pushing it farther and farther under (I could hear the incredibly annoying voices moving in the wrong direction). I finally gave up and put a pillow over my ears. It finally stopped and I got a decent nights sleep after all. I swear, it was right out of a Seinfeld episode. Funny now, not so much then.

This morning I got up and went down (with the walker) and made coffee, did my laps around the kitchen island and am walking now with very little vertical support from the walker. I think I will be on a cane and sans walker by maybe Wednesday.

Honestly, I am fricking thrilled. Almost zero pain, although we shall see after I am at zero pain and anti inflammatory meds.

Glad to hear you're doing well Bill. Some are lucky enough to recover faster than others and getting off the opioids is a good thing as they're very addicting.

Now I have to ask, What the heck are you doing watching the View. lol I think I watched 2 minutes of it back in November of 2016 just to see their heads explode. I was the worst 2 minutes of my life but worth it just to see it.?

 

[Squatchranger]

It is going so well, I am a little afraid to say how well.

I have had some pretty funny sanfu’s though. Last night, I was watching a YouTube TV news recording and dozed off. I dropped my iPad and it bounced underneath the bed. I could just barely touch it with my finger tips and it kept sliding farther and farther under. I stopped trying to get it and then realized it was still playing and some stupid episode of “The View”, a daytime fat women panel crabbing about everything wrong in the world.

I was laying there thinking, “how the hell am I going to sleep, with these numbskulls blabbering away?” My wife was so tired when she went to bed (I am sleeping in the guest room, trying to keep the dogs away from my wound, it is killing them they can’t come in and say hi), I decided I wouldn’t wake her up.

I reached the walker, but getting up wasn’t going to help as I not allowed to bend past 90 degrees, etc., so I folded the walker up got back in the bed laying flat and was fishing with it facing upward. I couldn’t see what I was doing and kept pushing it farther and farther under (I could hear the incredibly annoying voices moving in the wrong direction). I finally gave up and put a pillow over my ears. It finally stopped and I got a decent nights sleep after all. I swear, it was right out of a Seinfeld episode. Funny now, not so much then.

This morning I got up and went down (with the walker) and made coffee, did my laps around the kitchen island and am walking now with very little vertical support from the walker. I think I will be on a cane and sans walker by maybe Wednesday.

Honestly, I am fricking thrilled. Almost zero pain, although we shall see after I am at zero pain and anti inflammatory meds.

I am very glad to hear that!!!! yeah modern medicine is incredible, even though its not the same when I broke my leg they put that rod in and I was walking about with crutches and doing stairs the same day, the worst pain and hardest part was in my knee since they have to open everything up there and shove the rod through it, also I completely agree with going to extreme measures to turn off the view, listening to them for an extended period of time can completely drain your will to live lol. Also just an idea but Amazon.com : ZAP Walking Cane 1 Million Volt Stun Device with LED Flashlight. : Sports & Outdoors

 

[deleriumtremor]

Glad to hear you're doing well Bill. Some are lucky enough to recover faster than others and getting off the opioids is a good thing as they're very addicting.

Now I have to ask, What the heck are you doing watching the View. lol I think I watched 2 minutes of it back in November of 2016 just to see their heads explode. I was the worst 2 minutes of my life but worth it just to see it.?

You are so right about the opioids. I want off as soon as possible. Actually, I want off all this stuff.

That was the maddening thing about the whole episode is I wasn’t watching the show, when I fell asleep, but when it landed it somehow selected it, or it was maybe next on the AI nomination list (the downside of not caring how you use google search).

 

[Squatchranger]

Glad to hear you're doing well Bill. Some are lucky enough to recover faster than others and getting off the opioids is a good thing as they're very addicting.

Now I have to ask, What the heck are you doing watching the View. lol I think I watched 2 minutes of it back in November of 2016 just to see their heads explode. I was the worst 2 minutes of my life but worth it just to see it.?

Probably was a misclick lol at least I hope so and as for the opioids 100% I was and am terrified of getting hooked I've seen what it can do to people so I got off of mine after only taking 1 of my 30 prescribed I was much happier to grin and bear it than take the risk

 

[AzScorpion]

You are so right about the opioids. I want off as soon as possible. Actually, I want off all this stuff.

That was the maddening thing about the whole episode is I wasn’t watching the show, when I fell asleep, but when it landed it somehow selected it, or it was maybe next on the AI nomination list (the downside of not caring how you use google search).

Let's just blame it on the pills this time. ?

 

[Squatchranger]

You are so right about the opioids. I want off as soon as possible. Actually, I want off all this stuff.

That was the maddening thing about the whole episode is I wasn’t watching the show, when I fell asleep, but when it landed it somehow selected it, or it was maybe next on the AI nomination list (the downside of not caring how you use google search).

Not sure if you have any places that have it up there but kratom was helpful for me, like you I got off asap (way faster than I should have but eh) it helps with inflammation and does hit the same receptors as opioids without being as hard hitting and addictive a lot of doctors and clinics actually use it to treat opioid addiction. The red specifically helps with the pain and inflammation the most so I would look at that

 

[deleriumtremor]

I am very glad to hear that!!!! yeah modern medicine is incredible, even though its not the same when I broke my leg they put that rod in and I was walking about with crutches and doing stairs the same day, the worst pain and hardest part was in my knee since they have to open everything up there and shove the rod through it, also I completely agree with going to extreme measures to turn off the view, listening to them for an extended period of time can completely drain your will to live lol. Also just an idea but Amazon.com : ZAP Walking Cane 1 Million Volt Stun Device with LED Flashlight. : Sports & Outdoors

I think knees and shoulders are MUCH tougher than hips, at least that is what the doc says. I hope this is the last I see of the orthopedic surgeons.

Totally agree in daytime talk in general, but that show stands out. My wife is a little right of Attila the Hun, so when I told her this morning about my episode last night, she said, “see! That is what I was telling you about how we are going down the toilet as a nation!” I just kept saying, “honey, calm down, they don’t represent America.” That stuff really cranks her up. Too funny.

 

[deleriumtremor]

Not sure if you have any places that have it up there but kratom was helpful for me, like you I got off asap (way faster than I should have but eh) it helps with inflammation and does hit the same receptors as opioids without being as hard hitting and addictive a lot of doctors and clinics actually use it to treat opioid addiction. The red specifically helps with the pain and inflammation the most so I would look at that

I never heard of it, I, will check it out. Thanks buddy.

 

[Squatchranger]

I think knees and shoulders are MUCH tougher than hips, at least that is what the doc says. I hope this is the last I see of the orthopedic surgeons.

Totally agree in daytime talk in general, but that show stands out. My wife is a little right of Attila the Hun, so when I told her this morning about my episode last night, she said, “see! That is what I was telling you about how we are going down the toilet as a nation!” I just kept saying, “honey, calm down, they don’t represent America.” That stuff really cranks her up. Too funny.

She sounds like a smart woman lol and yeah as nice as they are I would prefer to not see them, my dad had his shoulder worked on a couple years ago and boy was that an ordeal lot of stuff running through there and a lot of complexity same with knees

 

[Squatchranger]

I never heard of it, I, will check it out. Thanks buddy.

Yeah they do it in like pill form or teas, I have only ever had the tea myself but yeah good option and it can help get you down and off the hard stuff lol. Keep us up to date on the recovery!

 

[deleriumtremor]

Yeah they do it in like pill form or teas, I have only ever had the tea myself but yeah good option and it can help get you down and off the hard stuff lol. Keep us up to date on the recovery!

I will absolutely check it out, I really appreciate it.

 

[MXGOLF]

I had my hip replaced a year and a half ago. It was my Christmas present to myself. I am so glad I did it. It's better than new and the doctor guaranteed it for 30 years. Ok I will be 95 then.

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