Signing off for a few days

[Squatchranger]

Hi Bill,

You will be fine....The new anti clot drugs are much more effective and have less side affects. Pricey, but worth it...

Good luck and mend well!

Best,
Phil

yeah I was on em for a bit when my leg got fixed those suckers work and yeah it was extremely unpleasant getting off them the swelling and inflammation made my leg look like a damned balloon animal

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[AzScorpion]

Bless you Bill and a speedy recovery. You'll be back to chasing the kids off the lawn in no time

Here's tomorrow's headlines when Bill is coming off his anesthesia. ?

 

[Squatchranger]

Here's tomorrow's headlines when Bill is coming off his anesthesia. ?

Accurate lol or hes gonna be saying shit about dudes in the trees lol

 

[IdahoRanger]

Here's tomorrow's headlines when Bill is coming off his anesthesia. ?

After one of my cardioversions I asked the nurse how high I jumped.

 

[AzScorpion]

After one of my cardioversions I asked the nurse how high I jumped.

I would've been nervous if it were this nurse.

 

[FoD]

I would've been nervous if it were this nurse.

More like...

 

[Progeny2021]

I am sorry to hear you are not a candidate for the permanent fixes. I think it is giving up the things we love to do that is most vexing as we age.

The doc asked what I wanted to be able to do after the surgery and I told him, “I just want to get back to hiking our favorite trails with the dogs”. Funny how the simpler things mean so much as we get older.

Best of luck, I hope you are walking unaided for a good long time to come.

May Peace always be with you.

I admire your optimism and hope you can maintain it indefinitely. My road to early medical retirement began with an ER visit to the hospital in Mountain Home, ID back in 2015.

The first orthopedic surgeon (here at home) practically threw me out of his office, clearly disturbed by my failure to adhere to 'politically correct dogma'. My next visit with an orthopedic clinic was quite the opposite - extremely positive. They performed emergency surgery on my right arm, did a complete physical workup on my orthopedic issues, turning everything over to my attorney.

Was told I could receive the recommended surgery under Medicare after a grace period - medical provider said NO. I never sought another opinion outside of my medical plan as an ongoing major family crisis came to be during this period.

I'm at the point reached in The Beatles 1970 hit 'Let It Be'.

 

[deleriumtremor]

So I guess I misspoke about being away for days.

I am home, resting fairly comfortably, able to get around a little with the walker, have the 8 different prescriptions programmed in the reminders of my phone, etc.

I can’t express how much I appreciate all the support and all the great jokes, laughing really lifts my spirits.

The experience was awesome. The hospital and staff were a perfect 10.

I think it is variable based on individual circumstances, but for me, it was almost an outpatient kind of experience. In at 9 and out by 5:15pm. They had me up and walking about an hour after coming to and practicing steps by 3pm.

I have started the post op exercise routine (slowly ).

I plan to go through and answer all the questions posted in my absence.

Thanks again for all the support, what a great group of friends.

I plan to go through and answer all the questions posted in my absence.

 

[AzScorpion]

So I guess I misspoke about being away for days.

I am home, resting fairly comfortably, able to get around a little with the walker, have the 8 different prescriptions programmed in the reminders of my phone, etc.

I can’t express how much I appreciate all the support and all the great jokes, laughing really lifts my spirits.

The experience was awesome. The hospital and staff were a perfect 10.

I think it is variable based on individual circumstances, but for me, it was almost an outpatient kind of experience. In at 9 and out by 5:15pm. They had me up and walking about an hour after coming to and practicing steps by 3pm.

I have started the post op exercise routine (slowly ).

I plan to go through and answer all the questions posted in my absence.

Thanks again for all the support, what a great group of friends.

I plan to go through and answer all the questions posted in my absence.

That's great to hear Bill and I'm glad you're already back home. At least Duke didn't have a chance to bring all his ASU friends over so you dodged a bullet there. lol Hope your recovery goes smooth and your back to driving your Ranger in no time.

 

[deleriumtremor]

That's great to hear Bill and I'm glad you're already back home. At least Duke didn't have a chance to bring all his ASU friends over so you dodged a bullet there. lol Hope your recovery goes smooth and your back to driving your Ranger in no time.

Thanks Dave, I told my wife about all the party animals coming over and she said it sounded like fun, I hadn’t shown her the pictures.

 

[deleriumtremor]

Good luck...not a fun trip....I had that done when I was 37...beat up my left hip doing stupid things....that wore out 5 years later and had to do a revision....I'm 64 now and hope that was my last replacement...BTW, my doctor explained to me that while the patient is out and hip is cut off, they place your leg up like you're doing a vertical split so they can hammer that bionic joint into your hip...imagine that... ?

I had to laugh this morning when they were prepping me. I had your post in mind about the procedurE. I guess the doc was pulling my leg when he quipped that with the spinal block. If I wanted to stay awake it would be OK. I asked the anesthesiologist if she thought skipping the general made sense? She looked at me kind of in shock and said, “some procedures you can stay awake, this isn’t one of them.” I like a doc with a good sense of humor.

 

[deleriumtremor]

? and speedy recovery!
I hope they didn't use steel parts! I thought they used titanium for joints. And if you don't pay extra for the rust protection, well....
Bill I think you were the one talking about AMP power steps - hope you got them installed!

I had ordered them from Real Trucks as they had quoted a lead time that would allow me to get them installed before the surgery. Unfortunately, they kept updating the delivery date and when it got to past my surgery date, I cancelled the order. I will reorder them after I am well enough to be crawling around the garage floor to get them installed, I just didn’t want them laying around for a month or so. I could have really used them in the interim, but like everything else, supply chain woes strike again.

 

[Radioman]

So I guess I misspoke about being away for days.

I am home, resting fairly comfortably, able to get around a little with the walker, have the 8 different prescriptions programmed in the reminders of my phone, etc.

I can’t express how much I appreciate all the support and all the great jokes, laughing really lifts my spirits.

The experience was awesome. The hospital and staff were a perfect 10.

I think it is variable based on individual circumstances, but for me, it was almost an outpatient kind of experience. In at 9 and out by 5:15pm. They had me up and walking about an hour after coming to and practicing steps by 3pm.

I have started the post op exercise routine (slowly ).

I plan to go through and answer all the questions posted in my absence.

Thanks again for all the support, what a great group of friends.

I plan to go through and answer all the questions posted in my absence.

Great news

 

[deleriumtremor]

How long do they expect them to last before you would need a revision?

My doc said they should last the rest of my life regardless of what I plan to do activity wise.

Not sure if that is because they are that good or he thinks I am not going to last that long….

 

[IdahoRanger]

Wow, Bill so good to see you are home and in good spirits. Rest and heal!

Hip, hip hooray.

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