How is the bride doing? Enjoy being nurse Ratchet?

--
Tekkie

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:03:26 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:


How is the bride doing? Enjoy being nurse Ratchet?

She is doing well. Came home Saturday with a new hip joint. Starting
to return to her ornery self. She has a home nurse come over to change
bandages. In a few minutes, the physical therapist will arrive.

I have to inject her with medicine to prevent blood clots and she acts
like a wuss. (I get a little revenge :-)

Thanks for asking.

Oren posted for all of us...



On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:03:26 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:


How is the bride doing? Enjoy being nurse Ratchet?

She is doing well. Came home Saturday with a new hip joint. Starting
to return to her ornery self. She has a home nurse come over to change
bandages. In a few minutes, the physical therapist will arrive.

I have to inject her with medicine to prevent blood clots and she acts
like a wuss. (I get a little revenge :-)

Thanks for asking.

Good news! Injections should be low on the Pain-O-Meter after what she's
been through. Watch for unusual bleeding or bruising.

--
Tekkie

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:15:00 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:03:26 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:


How is the bride doing? Enjoy being nurse Ratchet?

She is doing well. Came home Saturday with a new hip joint. Starting
to return to her ornery self. She has a home nurse come over to change
bandages. In a few minutes, the physical therapist will arrive.

I have to inject her with medicine to prevent blood clots and she acts
like a wuss. (I get a little revenge :-)

Thanks for asking.

Good news! Injections should be low on the Pain-O-Meter after what she's
been through. Watch for unusual bleeding or bruising.

After the new hip, she says she has no pain and no need for pain meds.
She is tough though. The physical therapist left awhile ago. No signs
of problems.

Everything is great. They used some kind of "super glue" on her
incision; even after previous scar tissue was removed from a previous
hip surgery. No sutures or staples.

I bought her ice cream

On 11/23/2015 5:48 PM, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:15:00 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:03:26 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:


How is the bride doing? Enjoy being nurse Ratchet?

She is doing well. Came home Saturday with a new hip joint. Starting
to return to her ornery self. She has a home nurse come over to change
bandages. In a few minutes, the physical therapist will arrive.

I have to inject her with medicine to prevent blood clots and she acts
like a wuss. (I get a little revenge :-)

Thanks for asking.

Good news! Injections should be low on the Pain-O-Meter after what she's
been through. Watch for unusual bleeding or bruising.

After the new hip, she says she has no pain and no need for pain meds.
She is tough though. The physical therapist left awhile ago. No signs
of problems.

Everything is great. They used some kind of "super glue" on her
incision; even after previous scar tissue was removed from a previous
hip surgery. No sutures or staples.

I bought her ice cream


Going through the same thing with my wife's knee replacement done 2
weeks ago. Therapist came in first week and I took her to one today.
Therapists and doctor say she is doing great but she does not tell me that.

They did not prescribe Lovenox and only aspirin. I was prepped to do
the injections as I had done them for myself and it was two shots a day
then.

Staples removed last week but she needs the meds. I hate opiates myself
as its like my bowels are bound up in cement. She has no such problem.

I have a funny story in that first day therapist was due, I went out for
an hour but told her I would be back an hour before she came but wife
insisted I leave front door unlocked with a note to the therapist.

I did this but spelled therapist, "theripist". My sign said:

THERIPIST COME IN
SHE'S UPSTAIRS

Therapist told me my spelling was wrong, so I corrected it.
After looking it at in my odd block printing where the "R" was somewhat
bigger I told the therapist that I'd leave up the note but keep the door
locked as it might be misconstrued as:

THE RAPIST COME IN
SHE'S UPSTAIRS

On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 6:06:13 PM UTC-6, Frank wrote:
On 11/23/2015 5:48 PM, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:15:00 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:03:26 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:


How is the bride doing? Enjoy being nurse Ratchet?

She is doing well. Came home Saturday with a new hip joint. Starting
to return to her ornery self. She has a home nurse come over to change
bandages. In a few minutes, the physical therapist will arrive.

I have to inject her with medicine to prevent blood clots and she acts
like a wuss. (I get a little revenge :-)

Thanks for asking.

Good news! Injections should be low on the Pain-O-Meter after what she's
been through. Watch for unusual bleeding or bruising.

After the new hip, she says she has no pain and no need for pain meds.
She is tough though. The physical therapist left awhile ago. No signs
of problems.

Everything is great. They used some kind of "super glue" on her
incision; even after previous scar tissue was removed from a previous
hip surgery. No sutures or staples.

I bought her ice cream


Going through the same thing with my wife's knee replacement done 2
weeks ago. Therapist came in first week and I took her to one today.
Therapists and doctor say she is doing great but she does not tell me that.

On 11/23/2015 7:31 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 6:06:13 PM UTC-6, Frank wrote:
On 11/23/2015 5:48 PM, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:15:00 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:03:26 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:


How is the bride doing? Enjoy being nurse Ratchet?

She is doing well. Came home Saturday with a new hip joint. Starting
to return to her ornery self. She has a home nurse come over to change
bandages. In a few minutes, the physical therapist will arrive.

I have to inject her with medicine to prevent blood clots and she acts
like a wuss. (I get a little revenge :-)

Thanks for asking.

Good news! Injections should be low on the Pain-O-Meter after what she's
been through. Watch for unusual bleeding or bruising.

After the new hip, she says she has no pain and no need for pain meds.
She is tough though. The physical therapist left awhile ago. No signs
of problems.

Everything is great. They used some kind of "super glue" on her
incision; even after previous scar tissue was removed from a previous
hip surgery. No sutures or staples.

I bought her ice cream


Going through the same thing with my wife's knee replacement done 2
weeks ago. Therapist came in first week and I took her to one today.
Therapists and doctor say she is doing great but she does not tell me that.

They did not prescribe Lovenox and only aspirin. I was prepped to do
the injections as I had done them for myself and it was two shots a day
then.

Staples removed last week but she needs the meds. I hate opiates myself
as its like my bowels are bound up in cement. She has no such problem.

I have a funny story in that first day therapist was due, I went out for
an hour but told her I would be back an hour before she came but wife
insisted I leave front door unlocked with a note to the therapist.

I did this but spelled therapist, "theripist". My sign said:

THERIPIST COME IN
SHE'S UPSTAIRS

Therapist told me my spelling was wrong, so I corrected it.
After looking it at in my odd block printing where the "R" was somewhat
bigger I told the therapist that I'd leave up the note but keep the door
locked as it might be misconstrued as:

THE RAPIST COME IN
SHE'S UPSTAIRS

I thought it looked like,"THE RIPIST" like Jack The Ripper. •°(—£ï¹�—¢)•¯

[8~{} Uncle Ripper Monster


It did, before I changed it.

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:05:59 -0500, Frank "frank wrote:

On 11/23/2015 5:48 PM, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:15:00 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:03:26 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:


How is the bride doing? Enjoy being nurse Ratchet?

She is doing well. Came home Saturday with a new hip joint. Starting
to return to her ornery self. She has a home nurse come over to change
bandages. In a few minutes, the physical therapist will arrive.

I have to inject her with medicine to prevent blood clots and she acts
like a wuss. (I get a little revenge :-)

Thanks for asking.

Good news! Injections should be low on the Pain-O-Meter after what she's
been through. Watch for unusual bleeding or bruising.

After the new hip, she says she has no pain and no need for pain meds.
She is tough though. The physical therapist left awhile ago. No signs
of problems.

Everything is great. They used some kind of "super glue" on her
incision; even after previous scar tissue was removed from a previous
hip surgery. No sutures or staples.

I bought her ice cream


Going through the same thing with my wife's knee replacement done 2
weeks ago. Therapist came in first week and I took her to one today.
Therapists and doctor say she is doing great but she does not tell me that.

They did not prescribe Lovenox and only aspirin. I was prepped to do
the injections as I had done them for myself and it was two shots a day
then.

Staples removed last week but she needs the meds. I hate opiates myself
as its like my bowels are bound up in cement. She has no such problem.

I have a funny story in that first day therapist was due, I went out for
an hour but told her I would be back an hour before she came but wife
insisted I leave front door unlocked with a note to the therapist.

I did this but spelled therapist, "theripist". My sign said:

THERIPIST COME IN
SHE'S UPSTAIRS

Therapist told me my spelling was wrong, so I corrected it.
After looking it at in my odd block printing where the "R" was somewhat
bigger I told the therapist that I'd leave up the note but keep the door
locked as it might be misconstrued as:

THE RAPIST COME IN
SHE'S UPSTAIRS

G Hope your wife does well. While waiting at recovery area, I felt
bad for a lady, they would not let her see her husband after a knee
replacement. I guess he was doing bad at the time. She was difficult
to be around (not really), talking out loud at the digital display for
updates.

I had had enough waiting so I had a nurse take to me the recovery room
to see my wife. "She's in number 11." Okay, I go there. The woman
looked like my wife or could be her sister. I thought to myself,
"what did they do to her hair color?" She was in and out of it. I
kissed her on the forehead. Called her by name, she says no, that's
not me! I apologized numerous times. She thanked for the kiss
anyway. My wife was in number 12. What a hoot.

On 11/23/2015 7:40 PM, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:05:59 -0500, Frank "frank wrote:

On 11/23/2015 5:48 PM, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:15:00 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:03:26 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:


How is the bride doing? Enjoy being nurse Ratchet?

She is doing well. Came home Saturday with a new hip joint. Starting
to return to her ornery self. She has a home nurse come over to change
bandages. In a few minutes, the physical therapist will arrive.

I have to inject her with medicine to prevent blood clots and she acts
like a wuss. (I get a little revenge :-)

Thanks for asking.

Good news! Injections should be low on the Pain-O-Meter after what she's
been through. Watch for unusual bleeding or bruising.

After the new hip, she says she has no pain and no need for pain meds.
She is tough though. The physical therapist left awhile ago. No signs
of problems.

Everything is great. They used some kind of "super glue" on her
incision; even after previous scar tissue was removed from a previous
hip surgery. No sutures or staples.

I bought her ice cream


Going through the same thing with my wife's knee replacement done 2
weeks ago. Therapist came in first week and I took her to one today.
Therapists and doctor say she is doing great but she does not tell me that.

They did not prescribe Lovenox and only aspirin. I was prepped to do
the injections as I had done them for myself and it was two shots a day
then.

Staples removed last week but she needs the meds. I hate opiates myself
as its like my bowels are bound up in cement. She has no such problem.

I have a funny story in that first day therapist was due, I went out for
an hour but told her I would be back an hour before she came but wife
insisted I leave front door unlocked with a note to the therapist.

I did this but spelled therapist, "theripist". My sign said:

THERIPIST COME IN
SHE'S UPSTAIRS

Therapist told me my spelling was wrong, so I corrected it.
After looking it at in my odd block printing where the "R" was somewhat
bigger I told the therapist that I'd leave up the note but keep the door
locked as it might be misconstrued as:

THE RAPIST COME IN
SHE'S UPSTAIRS

G Hope your wife does well. While waiting at recovery area, I felt
bad for a lady, they would not let her see her husband after a knee
replacement. I guess he was doing bad at the time. She was difficult
to be around (not really), talking out loud at the digital display for
updates.

I had had enough waiting so I had a nurse take to me the recovery room
to see my wife. "She's in number 11." Okay, I go there. The woman
looked like my wife or could be her sister. I thought to myself,
"what did they do to her hair color?" She was in and out of it. I
kissed her on the forehead. Called her by name, she says no, that's
not me! I apologized numerous times. She thanked for the kiss
anyway. My wife was in number 12. What a hoot.


That's funny. I'll have to tell it to my wife.

My wife was a bit upset before the surgery when the doc came in and
started to mark the wrong knee before she corrected him. They did not
have a room ready for her after the first hour recovery which was easy
because they did it with a spinal.

Knee surgery is tougher and recovery is tougher. She said she will not
get the other one done but when we were in the hospital there were two
people getting their second knees from our doctor.

On 11/23/2015 4:48 PM, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:15:00 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:03:26 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:


How is the bride doing? Enjoy being nurse Ratchet?

She is doing well. Came home Saturday with a new hip joint. Starting
to return to her ornery self. She has a home nurse come over to change
bandages. In a few minutes, the physical therapist will arrive.

I have to inject her with medicine to prevent blood clots and she acts
like a wuss. (I get a little revenge :-)

Thanks for asking.

Good news! Injections should be low on the Pain-O-Meter after what she's
been through. Watch for unusual bleeding or bruising.

After the new hip, she says she has no pain and no need for pain meds.
She is tough though. The physical therapist left awhile ago. No signs
of problems.

Everything is great. They used some kind of "super glue" on her
incision; even after previous scar tissue was removed from a previous
hip surgery. No sutures or staples.

I bought her ice cream


I've had hip issues with my left hip and at some point I may have to
have a new hip joint, too. I guess these days it's not a long hospital
stay?

--
Maggie

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:11:06 -0600, Muggles
wrote:

I've had hip issues with my left hip and at some point I may have to
have a new hip joint, too. I guess these days it's not a long hospital
stay?

Average is three days. dating back to the mid '90s. They get you up
and walking and in a short time you can drive a car. Not like when
giving birth meant staying long term in a hospital.

All you need before release from the hospital is a bowel movement

My bride needed an extra day due to the opiates given to her and then
a stool softener.

On 11/23/2015 7:28 PM, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:11:06 -0600, Muggles
wrote:

I've had hip issues with my left hip and at some point I may have to
have a new hip joint, too. I guess these days it's not a long hospital
stay?

Average is three days. dating back to the mid '90s. They get you up
and walking and in a short time you can drive a car. Not like when
giving birth meant staying long term in a hospital.

ahh That's good to know. Thanks.


All you need before release from the hospital is a bowel movement

My bride needed an extra day due to the opiates given to her and then
a stool softener.


I'll make sure I remember that!


--
Maggie

Maggie wrote:

I've had hip issues with my left hip and at some point I may have to
have a new hip joint, too. I guess these days it's not a long hospital
stay?


I've had both hips replaced this year. One in June and the other in
October.

With both replacements, I went in on a Monday morning, was out of surgery at
11:30 am, took a short "walk" at 1:30 pm Monday, a little longer walk
Tuesday morning (around the ward) and was home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 pm.

No bowel movement required for me. All I had to show them was that I could
navigate with a pair of crutches and that I had someone at home with me.
Both hips are doing great. No more pain (bone on bone before surgery...not
a comfortable thing).

Loren

On 11/23/2015 9:36 PM, LVetter wrote:
Maggie wrote:

I've had hip issues with my left hip and at some point I may have to
have a new hip joint, too. I guess these days it's not a long hospital
stay?


I've had both hips replaced this year. One in June and the other in
October.

With both replacements, I went in on a Monday morning, was out of
surgery at 11:30 am, took a short "walk" at 1:30 pm Monday, a little
longer walk Tuesday morning (around the ward) and was home Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 pm.

No bowel movement required for me. All I had to show them was that I
could navigate with a pair of crutches and that I had someone at home
with me. Both hips are doing great. No more pain (bone on bone before
surgery...not a comfortable thing).

Silly question ... can you feel the knew hip socket? Does it feel
unnatural, or do you just not have any more pain and can't feel anything
out of the ordinary?

--
Maggie

Maggie wrote:

Silly question ... can you feel the knew hip socket? Does it feel
unnatural, or do you just not have any more pain and can't feel anything
out of the ordinary?

Not a silly question at all.

The new hips feel very natural and I don't feel the socket at all. No more
pain whatsoever. Initially there will be some tenderness (of course) and
stiffness. I was off all pain medications within 6 days after surgery (both
hips).

There are different brands of new hips. My surgeon uses only Johnson and
Johnson brand. He does around 25 hip replacements a month and he's been
doing it for quite a while, so I figure he knows what works best. He also
used a ceramic upper socket which he said will last around 10 years longer
than other types of upper sockets. He told me I should be good to go with
the new hips for probably around 30 years.

The key to recovery is to do the excercises that are prescribed. They are
not difficult and only take 15 to 20 minutes to do. My surgeon told me that
walking is the most important of all the exercises, and in my experience he
was absolutely correct.

If you are having chronic pain, you should seriously consider hip
replacement. Be sure you "shop around" for a surgeon that has solid
experience with hip replacement. I made sure to find a very experienced
surgeon. I may have to do a knee in the next year or two, and I'll be sure
to seek out the same surgeon.

Hope this helps.

Loren

On 11/23/2015 11:46 PM, LVetter wrote:
Maggie wrote:

Silly question ... can you feel the knew hip socket? Does it feel
unnatural, or do you just not have any more pain and can't feel anything
out of the ordinary?

Not a silly question at all.

The new hips feel very natural and I don't feel the socket at all. No
more pain whatsoever. Initially there will be some tenderness (of
course) and stiffness. I was off all pain medications within 6 days
after surgery (both hips).

There are different brands of new hips. My surgeon uses only Johnson
and Johnson brand. He does around 25 hip replacements a month and he's
been doing it for quite a while, so I figure he knows what works best.
He also used a ceramic upper socket which he said will last around 10
years longer than other types of upper sockets. He told me I should be
good to go with the new hips for probably around 30 years.

The key to recovery is to do the excercises that are prescribed. They
are not difficult and only take 15 to 20 minutes to do. My surgeon told
me that walking is the most important of all the exercises, and in my
experience he was absolutely correct.

If you are having chronic pain, you should seriously consider hip
replacement. Be sure you "shop around" for a surgeon that has solid
experience with hip replacement. I made sure to find a very experienced
surgeon. I may have to do a knee in the next year or two, and I'll be
sure to seek out the same surgeon.

Hope this helps.

Loren

Thanks for the info. I think I'm a few years out from needing a new
hip. Right now pain isn't so bad the majority of the time. It hurts
mostly at night when I'm trying to sleep which makes it hard to get a
good nights sleep. They tell me it's just bursitis, and I don't know if
that gets worse enough to even need a hip replacement or not. But, the
thought's crossed my mind a time or two that it might be something I'll
have to have done in a few years.

--
Maggie

Maggie wrote:

(some snipped)

Thanks for the info. I think I'm a few years out from needing a new
hip. Right now pain isn't so bad the majority of the time. It hurts
mostly at night when I'm trying to sleep which makes it hard to get a
good nights sleep. They tell me it's just bursitis, and I don't know if
that gets worse enough to even need a hip replacement or not. But, the
thought's crossed my mind a time or two that it might be something I'll
have to have done in a few years.


You're very welcome. I hope you're able to do something to alleviate the
pain. I know from experience what you're going through at night. Trying to
sleep through the pain just plain sucks. I used to use an inverter before
bedtime and that helped a little (I hung upside-down on the inverter). That
pulled the bones apart a little and lessened the pain just a bit until I put
weight back on the hips in the morning when I got up. It still hurt, just
not quite as much. Advil helped too. I don't know, though, if an inverter
would help with bursitis...I don't know enough about bursitis.

Loren

On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 6:40:32 PM UTC-6, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:05:59 -0500, Frank "frank wrote:

On 11/23/2015 5:48 PM, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:15:00 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:03:26 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:


How is the bride doing? Enjoy being nurse Ratchet?

She is doing well. Came home Saturday with a new hip joint. Starting
to return to her ornery self. She has a home nurse come over to change
bandages. In a few minutes, the physical therapist will arrive.

I have to inject her with medicine to prevent blood clots and she acts
like a wuss. (I get a little revenge :-)

Thanks for asking.

Good news! Injections should be low on the Pain-O-Meter after what she's
been through. Watch for unusual bleeding or bruising.

After the new hip, she says she has no pain and no need for pain meds.
She is tough though. The physical therapist left awhile ago. No signs
of problems.

Everything is great. They used some kind of "super glue" on her
incision; even after previous scar tissue was removed from a previous
hip surgery. No sutures or staples.

I bought her ice cream


Going through the same thing with my wife's knee replacement done 2
weeks ago. Therapist came in first week and I took her to one today.
Therapists and doctor say she is doing great but she does not tell me that.

They did not prescribe Lovenox and only aspirin. I was prepped to do
the injections as I had done them for myself and it was two shots a day
then.

Staples removed last week but she needs the meds. I hate opiates myself
as its like my bowels are bound up in cement. She has no such problem.

I have a funny story in that first day therapist was due, I went out for
an hour but told her I would be back an hour before she came but wife
insisted I leave front door unlocked with a note to the therapist.

I did this but spelled therapist, "theripist". My sign said:

THERIPIST COME IN
SHE'S UPSTAIRS

Therapist told me my spelling was wrong, so I corrected it.
After looking it at in my odd block printing where the "R" was somewhat
bigger I told the therapist that I'd leave up the note but keep the door
locked as it might be misconstrued as:

THE RAPIST COME IN
SHE'S UPSTAIRS

G Hope your wife does well. While waiting at recovery area, I felt
bad for a lady, they would not let her see her husband after a knee
replacement. I guess he was doing bad at the time. She was difficult
to be around (not really), talking out loud at the digital display for
updates.

I had had enough waiting so I had a nurse take to me the recovery room
to see my wife. "She's in number 11." Okay, I go there. The woman
looked like my wife or could be her sister. I thought to myself,
"what did they do to her hair color?" She was in and out of it. I
kissed her on the forehead. Called her by name, she says no, that's
not me! I apologized numerous times. She thanked for the kiss
anyway. My wife was in number 12. What a hoot.

I've had two different roommates here who were recovering from knee replacement surgery. One guy was 75 and the other 66. Both men were back on their feet within a month. I need two knees but other problems will have to be fixed before then. Perhaps I could get new shoulders first? o_O

[8~{} Uncle Knee Monster

On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 9:36:40 PM UTC-6, LVetter wrote:
Maggie wrote:

I've had hip issues with my left hip and at some point I may have to
have a new hip joint, too. I guess these days it's not a long hospital
stay?


I've had both hips replaced this year. One in June and the other in
October.

With both replacements, I went in on a Monday morning, was out of surgery at
11:30 am, took a short "walk" at 1:30 pm Monday, a little longer walk
Tuesday morning (around the ward) and was home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 pm.

No bowel movement required for me. All I had to show them was that I could
navigate with a pair of crutches and that I had someone at home with me.
Both hips are doing great. No more pain (bone on bone before surgery...not
a comfortable thing).

Loren

Glad you're doing OK Loren. I hope chronic pain never becomes becomes part of your life again. It's hard for me to imagine what living pain free is like. My hip joints don't hurt, it's my knees and shoulders. I can't feel sorry for myself because of my pals around me who are coping with medical problems a lot worse than I have and I'm glad that I can climb into a wheelchair and get around. Be well Loren. ヽ(€¢€¿€¢)ノ

[8~{} Uncle Gimpy Monster

On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 11:46:54 PM UTC-6, LVetter wrote:
Maggie wrote:

Silly question ... can you feel the knew hip socket? Does it feel
unnatural, or do you just not have any more pain and can't feel anything
out of the ordinary?

Not a silly question at all.

The new hips feel very natural and I don't feel the socket at all. No more
pain whatsoever. Initially there will be some tenderness (of course) and
stiffness. I was off all pain medications within 6 days after surgery (both
hips).

There are different brands of new hips. My surgeon uses only Johnson and
Johnson brand. He does around 25 hip replacements a month and he's been
doing it for quite a while, so I figure he knows what works best. He also
used a ceramic upper socket which he said will last around 10 years longer
than other types of upper sockets. He told me I should be good to go with
the new hips for probably around 30 years.

The key to recovery is to do the excercises that are prescribed. They are
not difficult and only take 15 to 20 minutes to do. My surgeon told me that
walking is the most important of all the exercises, and in my experience he
was absolutely correct.

If you are having chronic pain, you should seriously consider hip
replacement. Be sure you "shop around" for a surgeon that has solid
experience with hip replacement. I made sure to find a very experienced
surgeon. I may have to do a knee in the next year or two, and I'll be sure
to seek out the same surgeon.

Hope this helps.

Loren

Loren do you have or had any circulation problems in your legs? I'd have new knees by now if my orthopedic surgeon had no concerns about blood circulation in my legs. I've had roommates here at the center who were back on their feet within a month after they had knee joint replacement surgery. The oldest guy was 75 and back up on his feet pretty quick thanks to the physical terrorists who'd come by the room, kidnap him to take him off to the physical terrorism department and force him to move his leg. ヽ(€¢€¿€¢)ノ

[8~{} Uncle Knee Monster

On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 11:54:37 PM UTC-6, Muggles wrote:
On 11/23/2015 11:46 PM, LVetter wrote:
Maggie wrote:

Silly question ... can you feel the knew hip socket? Does it feel
unnatural, or do you just not have any more pain and can't feel anything
out of the ordinary?

Not a silly question at all.

The new hips feel very natural and I don't feel the socket at all. No
more pain whatsoever. Initially there will be some tenderness (of
course) and stiffness. I was off all pain medications within 6 days
after surgery (both hips).

There are different brands of new hips. My surgeon uses only Johnson
and Johnson brand. He does around 25 hip replacements a month and he's
been doing it for quite a while, so I figure he knows what works best.
He also used a ceramic upper socket which he said will last around 10
years longer than other types of upper sockets. He told me I should be
good to go with the new hips for probably around 30 years.

The key to recovery is to do the excercises that are prescribed. They
are not difficult and only take 15 to 20 minutes to do. My surgeon told
me that walking is the most important of all the exercises, and in my
experience he was absolutely correct.

If you are having chronic pain, you should seriously consider hip
replacement. Be sure you "shop around" for a surgeon that has solid
experience with hip replacement. I made sure to find a very experienced
surgeon. I may have to do a knee in the next year or two, and I'll be
sure to seek out the same surgeon.

Hope this helps.

Loren

Thanks for the info. I think I'm a few years out from needing a new
hip. Right now pain isn't so bad the majority of the time. It hurts
mostly at night when I'm trying to sleep which makes it hard to get a
good nights sleep. They tell me it's just bursitis, and I don't know if
that gets worse enough to even need a hip replacement or not. But, the
thought's crossed my mind a time or two that it might be something I'll
have to have done in a few years.
--
Maggie

You can always grow medical marijuana in your greenhouse. My doctor pal recommended I try it but I've never smoked anything. Besides it's still quite illegal around here. I wish it was in pill form so I could try something to help with the pain I'm in. ¯\(°_o)/¯

[8~{} Uncle Pain Monster

On 11/23/2015 7:05 PM, Frank wrote:

I did this but spelled therapist, "theripist". My sign said:

THERIPIST COME IN
SHE'S UPSTAIRS

Therapist told me my spelling was wrong, so I corrected it.
After looking it at in my odd block printing where the "R" was somewhat
bigger I told the therapist that I'd leave up the note but keep the door
locked as it might be misconstrued as:

THE RAPIST COME IN
SHE'S UPSTAIRS

What a difference a bit of punctuaton makes!

Note to all: I've known of a couple of home
care aides who threw out or flushed down any
expired medications they found. Seems to be
part of the training. This can be a real problem
if you're nursing an old prescription that still
works, but the doctor won't write any more cause
he's scared of the FDA.

As to me, I did give a man a bottle of expired
bismuth medicine for his indigestion. The bottle
disappeared about the time of the health care aide.
We can't prove it, of course.

Another friend of mine used to have to "hold" the
expired meds for someone every time the health care
aide came over.

When a relative died, I called the house. The home
care aide answered. Among other things she dutifully
told me "and the narcotics have been destroyed". I
was really angered and offended that she destroyed the
medications that our family paid for, and might need
at some future date.


--
..
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
.. www.lds.org
..
..

On 11/23/2015 7:40 PM, Oren wrote:
I had had enough waiting so I had a nurse take to me the recovery room
to see my wife. "She's in number 11." Okay, I go there. The woman
looked like my wife or could be her sister. I thought to myself,
"what did they do to her hair color?" She was in and out of it. I
kissed her on the forehead. Called her by name, she says no, that's
not me! I apologized numerous times. She thanked for the kiss
anyway. My wife was in number 12. What a hoot.


Good thing you weren't from the euthanasia
department!

--
..
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
.. www.lds.org
..
..

On 11/23/2015 8:04 PM, Frank wrote:

My wife was a bit upset before the surgery when the doc came in and
started to mark the wrong knee before she corrected him.

And the old, old joke "speaking as your attorney,
you don't have a leg to stand on". Anyone else heard
that one?


--
..
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
.. www.lds.org
..
..

On 11/24/2015 1:23 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 6:40:32 PM UTC-6, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:05:59 -0500, Frank "frank wrote:

On 11/23/2015 5:48 PM, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:15:00 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:03:26 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:


How is the bride doing? Enjoy being nurse Ratchet?

She is doing well. Came home Saturday with a new hip joint. Starting
to return to her ornery self. She has a home nurse come over to change
bandages. In a few minutes, the physical therapist will arrive.

I have to inject her with medicine to prevent blood clots and she acts
like a wuss. (I get a little revenge :-)

Thanks for asking.

Good news! Injections should be low on the Pain-O-Meter after what she's
been through. Watch for unusual bleeding or bruising.

After the new hip, she says she has no pain and no need for pain meds.
She is tough though. The physical therapist left awhile ago. No signs
of problems.

Everything is great. They used some kind of "super glue" on her
incision; even after previous scar tissue was removed from a previous
hip surgery. No sutures or staples.

I bought her ice cream


Going through the same thing with my wife's knee replacement done 2
weeks ago. Therapist came in first week and I took her to one today.
Therapists and doctor say she is doing great but she does not tell me that.

They did not prescribe Lovenox and only aspirin. I was prepped to do
the injections as I had done them for myself and it was two shots a day
then.

Staples removed last week but she needs the meds. I hate opiates myself
as its like my bowels are bound up in cement. She has no such problem.

I have a funny story in that first day therapist was due, I went out for
an hour but told her I would be back an hour before she came but wife
insisted I leave front door unlocked with a note to the therapist.

I did this but spelled therapist, "theripist". My sign said:

THERIPIST COME IN
SHE'S UPSTAIRS

Therapist told me my spelling was wrong, so I corrected it.
After looking it at in my odd block printing where the "R" was somewhat
bigger I told the therapist that I'd leave up the note but keep the door
locked as it might be misconstrued as:

THE RAPIST COME IN
SHE'S UPSTAIRS

G Hope your wife does well. While waiting at recovery area, I felt
bad for a lady, they would not let her see her husband after a knee
replacement. I guess he was doing bad at the time. She was difficult
to be around (not really), talking out loud at the digital display for
updates.

I had had enough waiting so I had a nurse take to me the recovery room
to see my wife. "She's in number 11." Okay, I go there. The woman
looked like my wife or could be her sister. I thought to myself,
"what did they do to her hair color?" She was in and out of it. I
kissed her on the forehead. Called her by name, she says no, that's
not me! I apologized numerous times. She thanked for the kiss
anyway. My wife was in number 12. What a hoot.

I've had two different roommates here who were recovering from knee replacement surgery. One guy was 75 and the other 66. Both men were back on their feet within a month. I need two knees but other problems will have to be fixed before then. Perhaps I could get new shoulders first? o_O

[8~{} Uncle Knee Monster


If she had no one to care for her at home they would have put her in
nursery facility.

One of my wife's doctors patients who had second knee did not have
anyone and refused nursing home care. We saw her in the doctors office.
She had driven in by herself.

Therapist had said my wife who is 77 could drive as they had done her
left knee which is only needed with a stick shift. They do not want you
driving if you have taken an opiate and woman that drove herself in did
not take hers.

It is a painful area and you want narcotics.

I had open heart by-pass type surgery 15 years ago and was surprised
that I needed no pain killers afterwards.

Then there was a collarbone repair 25 years ago that hurt for two months
thereafter.

Wife's doctor had done a friend's hip last summer and he only needed
pain killers for a few days.

On 11/24/2015 06:56 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 11/23/2015 8:04 PM, Frank wrote:

My wife was a bit upset before the surgery when the doc came in and
started to mark the wrong knee before she corrected him.

And the old, old joke "speaking as your attorney,
you don't have a leg to stand on". Anyone else heard
that one?



A mistake in the operating room can have grave consequences.

On 11/24/2015 12:12 AM, LVetter wrote:
Maggie wrote:

(some snipped)

Thanks for the info. I think I'm a few years out from needing a new
hip. Right now pain isn't so bad the majority of the time. It hurts
mostly at night when I'm trying to sleep which makes it hard to get a
good nights sleep. They tell me it's just bursitis, and I don't know if
that gets worse enough to even need a hip replacement or not. But, the
thought's crossed my mind a time or two that it might be something I'll
have to have done in a few years.


You're very welcome. I hope you're able to do something to alleviate
the pain. I know from experience what you're going through at night.
Trying to sleep through the pain just plain sucks. I used to use an
inverter before bedtime and that helped a little (I hung upside-down on
the inverter). That pulled the bones apart a little and lessened the
pain just a bit until I put weight back on the hips in the morning when
I got up. It still hurt, just not quite as much. Advil helped too. I
don't know, though, if an inverter would help with bursitis...I don't
know enough about bursitis.


Sometimes heat or a massage on the hop and upper thigh helps, and
sometimes an ice pack helps. Pain killers or muscle relaxers help, but
only for about 4 hours and then I wake up from the pain again.


--
Maggie

On 11/24/2015 1:27 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 11:54:37 PM UTC-6, Muggles wrote:
On 11/23/2015 11:46 PM, LVetter wrote:
Maggie wrote:

Silly question ... can you feel the knew hip socket? Does it feel
unnatural, or do you just not have any more pain and can't feel anything
out of the ordinary?

Not a silly question at all.

The new hips feel very natural and I don't feel the socket at all. No
more pain whatsoever. Initially there will be some tenderness (of
course) and stiffness. I was off all pain medications within 6 days
after surgery (both hips).

There are different brands of new hips. My surgeon uses only Johnson
and Johnson brand. He does around 25 hip replacements a month and he's
been doing it for quite a while, so I figure he knows what works best.
He also used a ceramic upper socket which he said will last around 10
years longer than other types of upper sockets. He told me I should be
good to go with the new hips for probably around 30 years.

The key to recovery is to do the excercises that are prescribed. They
are not difficult and only take 15 to 20 minutes to do. My surgeon told
me that walking is the most important of all the exercises, and in my
experience he was absolutely correct.

If you are having chronic pain, you should seriously consider hip
replacement. Be sure you "shop around" for a surgeon that has solid
experience with hip replacement. I made sure to find a very experienced
surgeon. I may have to do a knee in the next year or two, and I'll be
sure to seek out the same surgeon.

Hope this helps.


Thanks for the info. I think I'm a few years out from needing a new
hip. Right now pain isn't so bad the majority of the time. It hurts
mostly at night when I'm trying to sleep which makes it hard to get a
good nights sleep. They tell me it's just bursitis, and I don't know if
that gets worse enough to even need a hip replacement or not. But, the
thought's crossed my mind a time or two that it might be something I'll
have to have done in a few years.


You can always grow medical marijuana in your greenhouse. My doctor pal
recommended I try it but I've never smoked anything. Besides it's still
quite illegal around here. I wish it was in pill form so I could try
something to help with the pain I'm in. ¯\(°_o)/¯


If it were legal I might try it, but I really don't like even the idea
of smoking anything.
--
Maggie

Oren formulated the question :
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:11:06 -0600, Muggles
wrote:

I've had hip issues with my left hip and at some point I may have to
have a new hip joint, too. I guess these days it's not a long hospital
stay?

Average is three days. dating back to the mid '90s. They get you up
and walking and in a short time you can drive a car. Not like when
giving birth meant staying long term in a hospital.

All you need before release from the hospital is a bowel movement

My bride needed an extra day due to the opiates given to her and then
a stool softener.

Being plugged up is no fun. :/

On 11/24/2015 03:52 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Note to all: I've known of a couple of home
care aides who threw out or flushed down any
expired medications they found. Seems to be
part of the training. This can be a real problem
if you're nursing an old prescription that still
works, but the doctor won't write any more cause
he's scared of the FDA.

If the home care aide fails to discard the expired medication
and the patient dies because of it, the family will likely sue
the home care aide for not discarding the expired medicine.

So it really doesn't matter what you do, some litigator won't like it. ;-)

LVetter formulated the question :
Maggie wrote:

I've had hip issues with my left hip and at some point I may have to
have a new hip joint, too. I guess these days it's not a long hospital
stay?


I've had both hips replaced this year. One in June and the other in October.

With both replacements, I went in on a Monday morning, was out of surgery at
11:30 am, took a short "walk" at 1:30 pm Monday, a little longer walk Tuesday
morning (around the ward) and was home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 pm.

No bowel movement required for me. All I had to show them was that I could
navigate with a pair of crutches and that I had someone at home with me. Both
hips are doing great. No more pain (bone on bone before surgery...not a
comfortable thing).

Loren

How long before you could walk on your own?
I have a all-metal elbow that needs replacement, so I was wondering
about the pain factor after surgery.

Muggles formulated the question :
On 11/23/2015 9:36 PM, LVetter wrote:
Maggie wrote:

I've had hip issues with my left hip and at some point I may have to
have a new hip joint, too. I guess these days it's not a long hospital
stay?


I've had both hips replaced this year. One in June and the other in
October.

With both replacements, I went in on a Monday morning, was out of
surgery at 11:30 am, took a short "walk" at 1:30 pm Monday, a little
longer walk Tuesday morning (around the ward) and was home Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 pm.

No bowel movement required for me. All I had to show them was that I
could navigate with a pair of crutches and that I had someone at home
with me. Both hips are doing great. No more pain (bone on bone before
surgery...not a comfortable thing).

Silly question ... can you feel the knew hip socket? Does it feel
unnatural, or do you just not have any more pain and can't feel anything
out of the ordinary?

I know you knew what new is Muggles... ^^

Uncle Monster used his keyboard to write :
On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 9:36:40 PM UTC-6, LVetter wrote:
Maggie wrote:

I've had hip issues with my left hip and at some point I may have to
have a new hip joint, too. I guess these days it's not a long hospital
stay?


I've had both hips replaced this year. One in June and the other in
October.

With both replacements, I went in on a Monday morning, was out of surgery at
11:30 am, took a short "walk" at 1:30 pm Monday, a little longer walk
Tuesday morning (around the ward) and was home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 pm.

No bowel movement required for me. All I had to show them was that I could
navigate with a pair of crutches and that I had someone at home with me.
Both hips are doing great. No more pain (bone on bone before surgery...not
a comfortable thing).

Loren

Glad you're doing OK Loren. I hope chronic pain never becomes becomes part of
your life again. It's hard for me to imagine what living pain free is like.
My hip joints don't hurt, it's my knees and shoulders. I can't feel sorry for
myself because of my pals around me who are coping with medical problems a
lot worse than I have and I'm glad that I can climb into a wheelchair and get
around. Be well Loren. ヽ(€¢€¿€¢)ノ

[8~{} Uncle Gimpy Monster

I admire your springy attitude about life Uncle M.... ^^

Uncle Monster explained on 11/23/2015 :
On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 11:54:37 PM UTC-6, Muggles wrote:
On 11/23/2015 11:46 PM, LVetter wrote:
Maggie wrote:

Silly question ... can you feel the knew hip socket? Does it feel
unnatural, or do you just not have any more pain and can't feel anything
out of the ordinary?

Not a silly question at all.

The new hips feel very natural and I don't feel the socket at all. No
more pain whatsoever. Initially there will be some tenderness (of
course) and stiffness. I was off all pain medications within 6 days
after surgery (both hips).

There are different brands of new hips. My surgeon uses only Johnson
and Johnson brand. He does around 25 hip replacements a month and he's
been doing it for quite a while, so I figure he knows what works best.
He also used a ceramic upper socket which he said will last around 10
years longer than other types of upper sockets. He told me I should be
good to go with the new hips for probably around 30 years.

The key to recovery is to do the excercises that are prescribed. They
are not difficult and only take 15 to 20 minutes to do. My surgeon told
me that walking is the most important of all the exercises, and in my
experience he was absolutely correct.

If you are having chronic pain, you should seriously consider hip
replacement. Be sure you "shop around" for a surgeon that has solid
experience with hip replacement. I made sure to find a very experienced
surgeon. I may have to do a knee in the next year or two, and I'll be
sure to seek out the same surgeon.

Hope this helps.

Loren

Thanks for the info. I think I'm a few years out from needing a new
hip. Right now pain isn't so bad the majority of the time. It hurts
mostly at night when I'm trying to sleep which makes it hard to get a
good nights sleep. They tell me it's just bursitis, and I don't know if
that gets worse enough to even need a hip replacement or not. But, the
thought's crossed my mind a time or two that it might be something I'll
have to have done in a few years.
--
Maggie

You can always grow medical marijuana in your greenhouse. My doctor pal
recommended I try it but I've never smoked anything. Besides it's still quite
illegal around here. I wish it was in pill form so I could try something to
help with the pain I'm in. ¯\(°_o)/¯

[8~{} Uncle Pain Monster

It IS in pill form, as well as a liquid and small pastry size. A
relative sells the THC products and is a user for pain relief. I tried
the liquid once and decided it was NOT for Me!

On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 08:43:21 -0800
Eagle no@not now.ever wrote:

Uncle Monster explained on 11/23/2015 :
On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 11:54:37 PM UTC-6, Muggles wrote:
On 11/23/2015 11:46 PM, LVetter wrote:
Maggie wrote:

Silly question ... can you feel the knew hip socket? Does it
feel unnatural, or do you just not have any more pain and can't
feel anything out of the ordinary?

Not a silly question at all.

The new hips feel very natural and I don't feel the socket at
all. No more pain whatsoever. Initially there will be some
tenderness (of course) and stiffness. I was off all pain
medications within 6 days after surgery (both hips).

There are different brands of new hips. My surgeon uses only
Johnson and Johnson brand. He does around 25 hip replacements a
month and he's been doing it for quite a while, so I figure he
knows what works best. He also used a ceramic upper socket which
he said will last around 10 years longer than other types of
upper sockets. He told me I should be good to go with the new
hips for probably around 30 years.

The key to recovery is to do the excercises that are prescribed.
They are not difficult and only take 15 to 20 minutes to do. My
surgeon told me that walking is the most important of all the
exercises, and in my experience he was absolutely correct.

If you are having chronic pain, you should seriously consider hip
replacement. Be sure you "shop around" for a surgeon that has
solid experience with hip replacement. I made sure to find a
very experienced surgeon. I may have to do a knee in the next
year or two, and I'll be sure to seek out the same surgeon.

Hope this helps.

Loren

Thanks for the info. I think I'm a few years out from needing a
new hip. Right now pain isn't so bad the majority of the time. It
hurts mostly at night when I'm trying to sleep which makes it hard
to get a good nights sleep. They tell me it's just bursitis, and
I don't know if that gets worse enough to even need a hip
replacement or not. But, the thought's crossed my mind a time or
two that it might be something I'll have to have done in a few
years. --
Maggie

You can always grow medical marijuana in your greenhouse. My doctor
pal recommended I try it but I've never smoked anything. Besides
it's still quite illegal around here. I wish it was in pill form so
I could try something to help with the pain I'm in. ¯\(°_o)/¯

[8~{} Uncle Pain Monster

It IS in pill form, as well as a liquid and small pastry size. A
relative sells the THC products and is a user for pain relief. I
tried the liquid once and decided it was NOT for Me!

Well lookie he jenn and david brooks (Devon) little errand boi!!

On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 06:56:12 -0500, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

On 11/23/2015 8:04 PM, Frank wrote:

My wife was a bit upset before the surgery when the doc came in and
started to mark the wrong knee before she corrected him.

And the old, old joke "speaking as your attorney,
you don't have a leg to stand on". Anyone else heard
that one?

My wife, in here first hip surgery wrote "this hip". Forget if she
wrote "not this hip" on the other leg.

She was about to do the same this time while in pre-op. The doctor
was present and marked her hip before she even went to surgery.

Uncle Monster wrote:

Loren do you have or had any circulation problems in your legs? I'd have new
knees by now if my orthopedic surgeon had no concerns about blood
circulation in my legs. I've had roommates here at the center who were back
on their feet within a month after they had knee joint replacement surgery.
The oldest guy was 75 and back up on his feet pretty quick thanks to the
physical terrorists who'd come by the room, kidnap him to take him off to
the physical terrorism department and force him to move his leg. ヽ(€¢€¿€¢)ノ

-------------------------------
Luckily, my circulation is fine. I was told my condition was due to severe
arthritis. I grew up on a dairy farm and hard work was a way of life until
I turned 18 and was drafted. No complaints, though...I think it was a
damned good upbringing. It's interesting because my father and older
brother have also had both hips replaced. I'm not sure if all of this hip
replacement stuff is arthritic-based or just a by-product of farm work, or
some combination.

replying to a previous post:

I'm very sorry to hear that you suffer from chronic pain. That's a
situation I wouldn't wish on anyone. Well, almost anyone grin. Seriously,
I do hope that you find relief for your pain and can someday enjoy pain free
living again! I admire your positive outlook...keeping that outlook will
serve you well.

Loren

Eagle wrote:

How long before you could walk on your own?
I have a all-metal elbow that needs replacement, so I was wondering about
the pain factor after surgery.

I went from crutches to a cane in about a week, then walked on my own in
about 4 weeks.

As far as the pain goes, it wasn't that bad for me. I was off of all pain
medication 6 days after surgery...both hips. That being said, I've been
told that the hip is one of the easiest joints to be replaced insofar as
both recovery time and pain management are concerned.

Good luck with the elbow replacement!

Loren

on 11/24/2015, LVetter supposed :
Eagle wrote:

How long before you could walk on your own?
I have a all-metal elbow that needs replacement, so I was wondering about
the pain factor after surgery.

I went from crutches to a cane in about a week, then walked on my own in
about 4 weeks.

As far as the pain goes, it wasn't that bad for me. I was off of all pain
medication 6 days after surgery...both hips. That being said, I've been told
that the hip is one of the easiest joints to be replaced insofar as both
recovery time and pain management are concerned.

Good luck with the elbow replacement!

Loren

Thanks Loren.

On Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 6:17:17 AM UTC-6, Frank wrote:
On 11/24/2015 1:23 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 6:40:32 PM UTC-6, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:05:59 -0500, Frank "frank wrote:

On 11/23/2015 5:48 PM, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:15:00 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:03:26 -0500, Tekkie®
wrote:


How is the bride doing? Enjoy being nurse Ratchet?

She is doing well. Came home Saturday with a new hip joint. Starting
to return to her ornery self. She has a home nurse come over to change
bandages. In a few minutes, the physical therapist will arrive.

I have to inject her with medicine to prevent blood clots and she acts
like a wuss. (I get a little revenge :-)

Thanks for asking.

Good news! Injections should be low on the Pain-O-Meter after what she's
been through. Watch for unusual bleeding or bruising.

After the new hip, she says she has no pain and no need for pain meds.
She is tough though. The physical therapist left awhile ago. No signs
of problems.

Everything is great. They used some kind of "super glue" on her
incision; even after previous scar tissue was removed from a previous
hip surgery. No sutures or staples.

I bought her ice cream


Going through the same thing with my wife's knee replacement done 2
weeks ago. Therapist came in first week and I took her to one today.
Therapists and doctor say she is doing great but she does not tell me that.

They did not prescribe Lovenox and only aspirin. I was prepped to do
the injections as I had done them for myself and it was two shots a day
then.

Staples removed last week but she needs the meds. I hate opiates myself
as its like my bowels are bound up in cement. She has no such problem.

I have a funny story in that first day therapist was due, I went out for
an hour but told her I would be back an hour before she came but wife
insisted I leave front door unlocked with a note to the therapist.

I did this but spelled therapist, "theripist". My sign said:

THERIPIST COME IN
SHE'S UPSTAIRS

Therapist told me my spelling was wrong, so I corrected it.
After looking it at in my odd block printing where the "R" was somewhat
bigger I told the therapist that I'd leave up the note but keep the door
locked as it might be misconstrued as:

THE RAPIST COME IN
SHE'S UPSTAIRS

G Hope your wife does well. While waiting at recovery area, I felt
bad for a lady, they would not let her see her husband after a knee
replacement. I guess he was doing bad at the time. She was difficult
to be around (not really), talking out loud at the digital display for
updates.

I had had enough waiting so I had a nurse take to me the recovery room
to see my wife. "She's in number 11." Okay, I go there. The woman
looked like my wife or could be her sister. I thought to myself,
"what did they do to her hair color?" She was in and out of it. I
kissed her on the forehead. Called her by name, she says no, that's
not me! I apologized numerous times. She thanked for the kiss
anyway. My wife was in number 12. What a hoot.

I've had two different roommates here who were recovering from knee replacement surgery. One guy was 75 and the other 66. Both men were back on their feet within a month. I need two knees but other problems will have to be fixed before then. Perhaps I could get new shoulders first? o_O

[8~{} Uncle Knee Monster


If she had no one to care for her at home they would have put her in
nursery facility.

One of my wife's doctors patients who had second knee did not have
anyone and refused nursing home care. We saw her in the doctors office.
She had driven in by herself.

Therapist had said my wife who is 77 could drive as they had done her
left knee which is only needed with a stick shift. They do not want you
driving if you have taken an opiate and woman that drove herself in did
not take hers.

It is a painful area and you want narcotics.

I had open heart by-pass type surgery 15 years ago and was surprised
that I needed no pain killers afterwards.

Then there was a collarbone repair 25 years ago that hurt for two months
thereafter.

Wife's doctor had done a friend's hip last summer and he only needed
pain killers for a few days.

I'm sitting up in the hospital bed with my Chromebook on the little narrow table that hangs over the bed. My knees aren't hurting because there's no pressure on them but I have to move my arms so my shoulders hurt when I move.. The funny thing is that I don't notice the pain when I'm concentrating on the computer. One of the things that actually helps mitigate my pain is drinking Diet Mountain Dew. The caffeine and phenylalanine contained in the soft drink is what's helping to control my pain. My 70 year old roommate's big sister who's 75, brings the soft drinks and snacks for me because I help her little brother who's a complete invalid. I told her that she didn't have to bribe me because I'd help out her brother anyway. ¯\_—‰€¿—‰_/¯

[8~{} Uncle Diet Monster