Knee Replacement...Now Shoulder Surgery

[Ron Scott]

Well done!

[samandothers]

You are on a roll, or maybe a positive hobble!

[Southside]

Will the seat from your mill fit on the walker?  :D

[Nebraska]

Oh great now he's gonna have a knee scar that will be as scary as his toe pictures. :D :D :D
Glad you are  up and around. 300 feet is good.

[doc henderson]

Will the seat from your mill fit on the walker?  :D

more important, will the walker fit on your mill.   .  remember admin will edit your posts even if you just had surgery, so lets keep the picture from the front while you are in a hospital gown.  add that to the list of things we do not need to see, like your feet and knee scar.!   :D :D :D  like a rat tail haircut, "business in the front,  ......."    8)  @Southside   @YellowHammer

[stanwelch]

Good news MM. Glad your surgery went well. 
I'm in no hurry for the PICTURES. I'm going to open this thread on a small screen and keep one eye closed

[petefrom bearswamp]

Lynn are they making you bend it farther than you want to?
Did that with me after my bi lateral knee surgery and it brought tear to my eyes the size of horse poops
Mine were only partial makoplastys tho

[WV Sawmiller]

Lynn,

 If this is like the other pictures you have posted about other medical cases you were involved in just do us a favor - don't. :D And we sure don't need the anterior view/shot of the open hospital robe with you hobbling 300' down the hall while the other patients spill their lime green jello as they see you pass. :D :D

 Stay strong on the PT. Did you make sure they have therapy simulating you stepping up and down off your sawmill seat?

[thecfarm]

Keep at it!! Keep on the meds. You will need them.

[Jeff]

I tried to get some dirt on him while he was still goofy. No luck. Then I tried to swap my 8n for his Kabota. I thought I was making some headway there, but I dont think I can manage the I gotta drive it to Mississippi from Michigan stipulation.

[Old Greenhorn]

Too funny Jeff! Good on you for trying to 'leverage the situation'. It would have given you some interesting ammo in future 'discussions'. I am really happy that young fella is coming along and look forward to hearing from him very soon. Is he still in incarceration? Or did they spring him?

[Jeff]

He's sprung. His block has warn off so the Honeymoon is over. Im sure he will be posting more in a day or three when things start to simmer down in the pain management department.

[WDH]

You could have drove it down there, and the experience would be priceless.  Then, you could write a book about the experience.  With the screenplay that would ensue from the book, you could retire on the movie rights.  

I like it.  It is a good plan. 

[Jeff]

If I feel good enough tomorrow,  maybe ill go out and check the oil and the tire pressure

[WDH]

I am only half kidding.  Can you imagine how rich an experience that would be if you survived it?

[Old Greenhorn]

I have this picture in my head of you sitting in you 8N outside the discharge door at the hospital to give him a ride home. He would say 'what's this?', and you would say "I came to give you a ride home and make the swap" he'd say "what swap?" and you could 'remind' him of the conversation. :D

[Nebraska]

Shoot guys long distance tractor riding is almost a sport here. I have clients with special old tractors fixed up to go on "tractor rides".  You'll see a whole line of dolled up parade ready old tractors putting along in the summer. They have multi day rides.  I bet you could  make 50 miles a day on that 8N pretty easy.  

[Jeff]

That would give them 21.5 days to loose the kaboda. :D

[Nebraska]

Bundle up! ;)

[WV Sawmiller]

That would give them 21.5 days to loose the kaboda. :D

Warning - he may have sobered up by then. :D

[doc henderson]

do you not have the canvas cab for the 8N.   tank-smiley

[WDH]

As you came South, you would need to bundle down. 

[thecfarm]

Just a thinking of you.
My wife went through this.

[WDH]

I expect that he is hobbling around. 

[Magicman]

OK I am coming up for air.  @doctorb The Total Knee Replacement Surgery was done a week ago tomorrow.  How do I feel or how do supposed to feel?  Don't know because I have never done this before.  It doesn't hurt when I am lying or sitting down but it does sorta hurt when I stand up.  I don't know what it is supposed to do.  :  I started with two pain pills every 4 hours,  but I have reduced that to one every 4 hours.  Should I have?  I don't know because they say whatever is necessary to control my pain.  Well it doesn't hurt when I am sitting, so do I need it?   I don't know.  Ice is supposed to keep the swelling down and I have done and am doing the ice thing.  I was supposed to reach 90° bending by the end of the first week, but I was hitting 107° to 112° last week.  Maybe not easily but doing it.  Would keeping the pain medication prevent pain and allow me to more easily bend the knee?  Don't know but will ask tomorrow.

Constipation?  Yup da crap word.  Pain meds slow everything down, so one reason for reducing from two to one was to try to jump start my digestive system back into working order.  "Manual intervention" did not sound like a pleasant solution. 

My hospital stay was pleasant (I guess) but my apprehension about this entire replacement deal was still there.  I kept telling the family that I still could back out (which I could have) but I knew that I wasn't.


 
Yes, I did get my "split tail" gown, but you will have to use your imagination regarding the split tail. 


 
My Nurse Granddaughter getting her Pop ready for the trip to the OR.  No, she could not be with me during the surgery.



I came back to the room with this zipper looking bandage on my knee.  (The scar on my shin is from the chainsaw accident back in August.)


 
The next morning I was served a very good Breakfast of Scrambled Eggs, Grits, Pancakes, Bacon, Peaches, OJ, & Coffee. 
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I was feeling good because the pain block had not worn off. ( and would not for a couple more days)  I thought that I was gonna have a high-ho time with this recovery and pain thing.  Maybe that added to my confusion that I discussed in the opening paragraph above.  What is normal and what should I feel?


 
So now I am wearing these support stocking to prevent blood clots.


 
And keeping this ice filled saddle bag draped across the knee to prevent swelling.

Soooo, now what?  I find out that da Boss and Marty have decided that my "new to me" Kubota needs upgrading to a Ford 8N.  It seems that the Ford is in so much better condition than the Kubota that now the Ford must be driven from Michigan to Mississippi to add hours to it and devalue it so that the trade will be much more even.  Maybe I understand the reasoning, but I am getting the sneaky feeling that I am gonna be stuck with a labor or fuel bill.  Maybe if we could get Howdy to do the driving he could also make some additional deliveries along the way and I could get a new coffee mug out of the deal.  Anyway for now Marty and Ben have da Kubota loaded up and will spend the next couple of days at the Cabin doing clean-up work that is needed after the last windstorms.

As for me, I think that I have much more of the same-o, same-o ahead of me.   At lest my head is not as Goofy.  :