This one starts the story of my second knee replacement. It's 8 weeks after replacement and this one is quite different than the other one done earlier this year.
Hang in there, GFM! I agree that those painkillers are something to be wary of, but they are there for a reason and this is it. Keep healing, look forward to 2024!
Glad to hear that you're done with the surgeries and improving. I hope it continues and keeps getting better. Thank you for your help with heating and cooling. You have helped me for many years. Update: I did as I said on the hydrogen video, kept the oil furnace and when I started it about November 1 it lit perfectly and has done so when I've used it since then. Still not using it at night (kinda gunshy) but keeping plenty warm. Thank God it has been very mild in southern Michigan. Warmest Dec on record. Problem now is a partially(?) blocked vent on the tank. Working on that. Again, thank you for helping people.
Glad they were good for you, i had my right knee replacement surgery in 2014 it came unglued had it totally replaced aging in 2015 .first SURGEON was a quack a d messed me up totally. I've been constantly hurting since 2014 beenon pain meds since now it's almost 2024. It ain't no fun pain 24/7 almost 10 yrs !!! And yes i had all kinds of physical therapy. Wishing you well
@@grayfurnaceman go too slow then .. easier to work it out and increase mobility after it is healed !! And a lot less painful !! But if you damage it before it heals your screwed !! Patients !! It’s a virtue you know !
Hello. If you believe in the power of prayer, command your knees to be whole, without pain, and fully restored without surgical scars and scar tissue. I hope your recovery is fast.
Well, so far it has cost me nothing except for the insurance payments. Don't see myself jumping tall buildings and faster than a speeding bullet. Oops, that was superman wasn't it? GFM
I think you're getting to antsy and over-doing it too soon, instead of walking climbing and working on it to increase range of motion and exercise it, try moving it around when laying in bed or sitting in chair, flex and move it around, even standing in place on other leg while holding on a counter, move it through a full range, even tense the muscles to exercise them and ligaments. never had knee replacement, but a broken femur and lots of torn muscle and internals slowed me right down. the doctor was shouting at me for not exercising it enough and having limited range of motion, even after saying it hurts extremely bad and I could just tell it wasn't ready. I simply started moving it around more and flexing it in bed until it loosened up and gained full motion back. I got a double whammy, as I broke left femur and fractured right foot in the same motorcycle wreck, wheelchair for a good while and help to do anything, then soft cast on right leg and walker, finally on to crutches. that was 28 years ago and it still bugs me, especially when the barometric pressure changes. but I couldn't jump up and move it through the full motion they wanted, when they wanted, it took nearly a full month more to recover, granted I had large muscular legs, skinny, fit and young. I believe the leg is either a bit shorter or longer now and it throws my hips and back off at times, some weather changes are killer. not doing bad for a 45Mph to zero stop though.
IMO you're pushing too hard (ladder...really?🤦♂ ) and just need to take the pain meds. At our age, the stuff will not do the damage it would to a young buck. Pro tip; Switch to a high fat diet for a while (as well as taking your stool softener Rx and plenty of fluids) and constipation won't be a problem. Wishing you rapid healing and a happy new year !
Wishing you a speedy recovery. Is it true that it's too painful to be on your knees after these heal? Did the doctors use titanium or the new composite build?
Hang in there, GFM! I agree that those painkillers are something to be wary of, but they are there for a reason and this is it. Keep healing, look forward to 2024!
Thanks for the support.
GFM
Stop climbing laters !! Let it heal !! Lol
Pain is your body telling you to stop ! Lol go slow let it heal !!
Great to hear you are doing well Grayfurnaceman. Take your time.
Trying to. Happy new year.
GFM
Glad to hear that you're done with the surgeries and improving. I hope it continues and keeps getting better.
Thank you for your help with heating and cooling. You have helped me for many years.
Update: I did as I said on the hydrogen video, kept the oil furnace and when I started it about November 1 it lit perfectly and has done so when I've used it since then. Still not using it at night (kinda gunshy) but keeping plenty warm. Thank God it has been very mild in southern Michigan. Warmest Dec on record.
Problem now is a partially(?) blocked vent on the tank. Working on that.
Again, thank you for helping people.
Glad you got it going.
GFM
Good luck. I wish you a speedy recovery.
Thanks. Happy new year.
GFM
Glad they were good for you, i had my right knee replacement surgery in 2014 it came unglued had it totally replaced aging in 2015 .first SURGEON was a quack a d messed me up totally. I've been constantly hurting since 2014 beenon pain meds since now it's almost 2024. It ain't no fun pain 24/7 almost 10 yrs !!! And yes i had all kinds of physical therapy.
Wishing you well
Tough story. Sorry it happened to you.
GFM
8 weeks is way to soon to walk a mile !! Let it heal !!
It's hard to know how fast to go. Too slow and you can't move it. Too fast and yours damage.
GFM
@@grayfurnaceman go too slow then .. easier to work it out and increase mobility after it is healed !! And a lot less painful !! But if you damage it before it heals your screwed !! Patients !! It’s a virtue you know !
Wish you all the best take care.
Thanks
GFM
3-in-1 mystery oil. Hehe
Not sure where to put it.
Happy new year.
GFM
I love these updates!
Thanks for the support.
GFM
Hello. If you believe in the power of prayer, command your knees to be whole, without pain, and fully restored without surgical scars and scar tissue. I hope your recovery is fast.
Thanks for the thoughts.
GFM
Best of wishes for the New Year%
Happy new year!
GFM
Te deseo una pronta recuperación and happy holidays for you and yours 🙏
And happy new year to you and yours
GFM
Did it cost you 6million dollars ? There was a bionic woman and a 6 million dollar man .. lol
Well, so far it has cost me nothing except for the insurance payments.
Don't see myself jumping tall buildings and faster than a speeding bullet. Oops, that was superman wasn't it?
GFM
I think you're getting to antsy and over-doing it too soon, instead of walking climbing and working on it to increase range of motion and exercise it, try moving it around when laying in bed or sitting in chair, flex and move it around, even standing in place on other leg while holding on a counter, move it through a full range, even tense the muscles to exercise them and ligaments.
never had knee replacement, but a broken femur and lots of torn muscle and internals slowed me right down. the doctor was shouting at me for not exercising it enough and having limited range of motion, even after saying it hurts extremely bad and I could just tell it wasn't ready. I simply started moving it around more and flexing it in bed until it loosened up and gained full motion back.
I got a double whammy, as I broke left femur and fractured right foot in the same motorcycle wreck, wheelchair for a good while and help to do anything, then soft cast on right leg and walker, finally on to crutches. that was 28 years ago and it still bugs me, especially when the barometric pressure changes. but I couldn't jump up and move it through the full motion they wanted, when they wanted, it took nearly a full month more to recover, granted I had large muscular legs, skinny, fit and young. I believe the leg is either a bit shorter or longer now and it throws my hips and back off at times, some weather changes are killer. not doing bad for a 45Mph to zero stop though.
Stay well
I am trying to. Happy new year.
GFM
IMO you're pushing too hard (ladder...really?🤦♂ ) and just need to take the pain meds. At our age, the stuff will not do the damage it would to a young buck. Pro tip; Switch to a high fat diet for a while (as well as taking your stool softener Rx and plenty of fluids) and constipation won't be a problem. Wishing you rapid healing and a happy new year !
Thanks for the advice. I do tend to get impatient.
Happy new year.
GFM
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Is it true that it's too painful to be on your knees after these heal?
Did the doctors use titanium or the new composite build?
I stopped getting to my knees years ago.
The knee is stainless steel.
GFM
happy new year. hope you are doing good and all the best.
Happy new year!
GFM