[XXXJ]

“Parts is Parts” just like jeeps.

Getting total knee replacement.
Got the same knee as this guy.

Smith & Nephew FAILED Journey Verilast knee replacement

My Smith and nephew Journey knee replacement failed immediately after it was installed. Less than 2 weeks following surgery it very loose and unstable at all...

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[XXXJ]

Distance and gravity my friends, distance and gravity.

So far so good.
It would be easier if I had a second leg.

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[XXXJ]

Second night. It hurts.
Thirty day return policy.

 

[XXXJ]

What kind of meds are they giving you for pain? I know many doctors don't give out scripts for pain meds as much as they used to.

I have enough to keep my body pure and my mind simple.
The breakthrough pain brings me back to reality in a split second. Yeehaw!

 

[XXXJ]

As long as pure and simple keeps ya comfortable.

It doesn’t . But I am in it now.

 

[XXXJ]

Have they started physical therapy on you yet?

I think they come in tomorrow.
I look forward to pee standing up again.

I am neither seeking a pity-party, nor am I making light of a serious situation, but they shaved my balls.
What’s up with that?

 

[XXXJ]

So you woke up and felt a draft? Thinking what the heck were they doing to me while I was under.

No, I was scratching an itch.

 

[XXXJ]

How's your therapy coming along?

She showed up once last week.
Did a couple things and checked some boxes. In and out in 45 minutes.
The ten day window has come and gone. I think I’m on my own.

The Seven “P”s
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Previous
Planning
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Piss
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[XXXJ]

You would think that you would get more than one visit for therapy to get you back to where you need to be.

One would think.

 

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How is the recovery going?

Not as planned.

 

[XXXJ]

I am sorry to hear that.

The worst is over.
I think the operation was a success, the rehab remains dynamic, I’m in it.

 

[XXXJ]

Are things looking UP ???


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Things are challenging

 

[XXXJ]

Thirty days out and the scar is great, swelling is controlled, foot is properly indexed (left leg will adjust to length).
I am pretty sure all parts were properly installed.
I can stand on it, it is stiff to bend it, it is stiff to straighten.

I had this fantasy of doing a bunch of stuff from the wheelchair. Pfffft! The pain can be so much so debilitating that I couldn’t concentrate. That part is a lost cause.

I am thankful for the mild winter, that helped.
ReHab is my spring hobby this year.

 

[XXXJ]

“I cut that leg three times and it is still too short”

So I’m hitting PT three times a week. When I’m not working the knee, I’m icing it. My guess it will hurt at this level for months. As much as it hurts, the joints articulation is smooth.
I also assume the more I pound it now, the less I will feel later.

NOTE: I am no longer knock-kneed. My lateral meniscus was missing, giving me a severely angled right leg,which now I have perfect femur-tib/fib alignment, relatively speaking.
Imagine only freshening the suspension on the left side, do all your alignment setting, then do the other side. That is the best part so far, having both legs in alignment.
everything is positive.

 

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I forgot, I down 28 pounds from the day of surgery.