Knee replacement (updated Pic)

**sportsnut** · October 11, 2018, 06:16

Well today the 11th has finally arrived and i'm checking in at Sacred Heart hospital at 5:00am for left knee replacement and ligament reconstruction.
Time to hit the road boys and get it done!

hagar · October 11, 2018, 09:53

Good luck!

medicmike · October 11, 2018, 11:20

Hoping for a fast and full recovery for you sir!

**4x401** · October 11, 2018, 12:15

Prayers sent for a successful repair and quick recovery!

**brunop** · October 11, 2018, 12:20

Wow! Praying for success and speedy recovery, big man.

Be good.

**308/223shooter** · October 11, 2018, 12:21

Wow, small world. I'm sitting the surgeons exam room waiting to see if they're going fix me or not.
Good luck, these days the proceedure is quick and easy to recover from.

**W.E.G.** · October 11, 2018, 12:23

You got this!

**J. Armstrong** · October 11, 2018, 13:16

Good luck and quick recovery, guys !

The rehab physical therapy is critical !

Frenchkat · October 11, 2018, 14:23

Not an Oregon guy, but I’m three weeks into my recovery.

Good luck!

**Andy the Aussie** · October 11, 2018, 16:21

Let us know when you are out and recovering Ron ! Thinking of you mate ! I am a bit upset you didn't call me for a quote on the work though... you know I have some sharp steel suitable for the job and I know my way around leg joints (deer/hog/human - really how different can they be ??

).

Keep us posted !

Invictus77 · October 11, 2018, 16:37

Wishing you a speedy recovery amigo

Elkaholic · October 11, 2018, 18:24

Party at Ron's tonight

I bet your only regret is going to be you didn't do it sooner Buddy

TXMoose · October 11, 2018, 20:29

After years of pain it was a life changer for me.

Do the physio. ...and do some more

**sportsnut** · October 11, 2018, 22:00

Surgery was a little longer than expected. They had to relocate some hardware from the last surgery 35 years ago. Had my first walk about - a big 40 feet.

otis61 · October 13, 2018, 13:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by sportsnut

Surgery was a little longer than expected. They had to relocate some hardware from the last surgery 35 years ago. Had my first walk about - a big 40 feet.

I heard they're getting really good at these. I'm sure it'll be a piece of cake!!!

At least I hope. I'll probly need one in the not too distant future.

Good luck with the recovery.

**sportsnut** · October 13, 2018, 13:30

I gotta say of all the surgeries I’ve had (13) last night was the worst post surgery pain I’ve ever endured. Worst night I think I’ve ever been through.

**yellowhand** · October 13, 2018, 14:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by sportsnut

I gotta say of all the surgeries I’ve had (13) last night was the worst post surgery pain I’ve ever endured. Worst night I think I’ve ever been through.

I held off saying good luck, until this.
Knee replacements HURT!!!!!
It will get better, but hang on tight for several days, it do get better with time.
Morphine is your friend!!!!

medicmike · October 13, 2018, 15:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by sportsnut

I gotta say of all the surgeries I’ve had (13) last night was the worst post surgery pain I’ve ever endured. Worst night I think I’ve ever been through.

Heal up quick sir!

**sportsnut** · October 13, 2018, 15:11

Lol funny you mention Morphine, it’s the only drug I’m allergic to.

**yellowhand** · October 13, 2018, 15:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by sportsnut

Lol funny you mention Morphine, it’s the only drug I’m allergic to.

Back to the synthetics then.

Good luck buddy.

**Andy the Aussie** · October 13, 2018, 16:22

One step at a time mate (both literally and metaphorically) !! I suppose beer is not an acceptable anaesthetic to the medical staff ? Take care and do as the Docs say !

TXMoose · October 13, 2018, 20:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by sportsnut

Lol funny you mention Morphine, it’s the only drug I’m allergic to.

I get the junky itches with it

**sportsnut** · October 13, 2018, 21:21

The Oxy makes me itch like hell too.

**W.E.G.** · October 13, 2018, 21:32

try Ajax

**brunop** · October 13, 2018, 23:16

Love ya, pal.

I'll call you tomorrow. If you can take the call, great. If not, I"ll check later.

**yellowhand** · October 14, 2018, 02:01

If I was still practicing medicine without a license, ok, it was all legal when done to GI's, my Rx for ya would be;

One gallon of Jack Daniels whiskey, chug a good bit direct from the jug, straight up, then drop the remainder onto your big toe.

No more knee pain.

Repeat as often as you can still hold the jug, and hit your big toe!

medicmike · October 14, 2018, 07:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by yellowhand

If I was still practicing medicine without a license, ok, it was all legal when done to GI's, my Rx for ya would be;

One gallon of Jack Daniels whiskey, chug a good bit direct from the jug, straight up, then drop the remainder onto your big toe.

No more knee pain.

Repeat as often as you can still hold the jug, and hit your big toe!

I thought the standard military treatment for everything was

Motrin

Drink water

Change socks

**sportsnut** · October 14, 2018, 09:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frenchkat

Not an Oregon guy, but I’m three weeks into my recovery.

Good luck!

Is your pain subsiding?

**4x401** · October 14, 2018, 10:50

Those legs remind me of an old girlfriend...

Pulling for ya buddy.

**brunop** · October 14, 2018, 10:55

^

Yeah! Now that you mention it, Marlin's legs kinda *do* look like that.

**4x401** · October 14, 2018, 11:36

**Andy the Aussie** · October 14, 2018, 14:05

There is some REAL money to be made in producing some "Manly Man" post op compression stockings...you know, in Cammo, Plad, earthy tones like Coyote and FDE....

**sportsnut** · October 14, 2018, 14:14

Lol, Andy I told my wife the same thing this morning.

Tuscan Raider · October 14, 2018, 16:20

Good luck buddy.

tac-40 · October 14, 2018, 16:28

That scar took a quick turn. What did you do sneeze, fart, or both?

Now is the time to work hard. The harder you do PT, and the more it hurts, the quicker you get better. Just don't go so hard that you do damage to your fixed parts.

As for the socks, they do make two manly colors - black and khaki (aka beige):

**sportsnut** · October 14, 2018, 16:54

That sharp turn with the incision was so they could get to the staple that was holding the reconstruction of ligaments that was done many years ago.

October 11, 2018, 11:20	#3
medicmike Registered Contributor FALaholic #: 3183 Join Date: May 2001 Location: Florence, OR Posts: 5,843	Hoping for a fast and full recovery for you sir! __________________ "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." Captain John Parker at Lexington Green “The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.” ― G.K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse

October 11, 2018, 12:15	#4
4x401 Giver of Noogies... Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 31978 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ORYGUN Posts: 9,334	Prayers sent for a successful repair and quick recovery! __________________ _______________________________________________ "Boom in the crotch, boom in the crotch, and lets go to work".

October 11, 2018, 12:20	#5
brunop Refresh Key Masher Gold Contributor FALaholic #: 17136 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 12,987	Wow! Praying for success and speedy recovery, big man. Be good. __________________ "How we burned in the prison camps later thinking: what would things have been like if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if during periods of mass arrests people had simply not sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, ham- mers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand. . . . The Organs [police] would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers . . . and notwithstanding all of Stalin‘s thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt." - A. Solzhenitsyn, Gulag Archipelago

October 11, 2018, 12:21	#6
308/223shooter FALAholic enabler Gold Contributor FALaholic #: 15405 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: pacific northwest Posts: 6,562	Wow, small world. I'm sitting the surgeons exam room waiting to see if they're going fix me or not. Good luck, these days the proceedure is quick and easy to recover from. __________________ What if the Mystery Babalon described in Revelation, which is destroyed by the nations of the North, is actually America? The biggest problem with religion is those who claim to know Jesus, then turn around and deny Him with their lifestyle. That is what a unbelieving world, simply finds unbelievable. Before you die, you should have a will with extra copies. The old saying "No one will screw you faster than family" is bloody well true.

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October 11, 2018, 09:53	#2
hagar Registered FALaholic #: 228 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 9,652	Good luck!

October 11, 2018, 13:16	#8
J. Armstrong Minister of Amusement Platinum Contributor FALaholic #: 13629 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Not far enough from Philly Posts: 14,547	Good luck and quick recovery, guys ! The rehab physical therapy is critical ! __________________ "The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools" Herbert Spenser “I respect the government only in the sense that I respect any other dangerous predator who views me as food.” “The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.” Robert E. Lee

October 11, 2018, 14:23	#9
Frenchkat Registered FALaholic #: 17396 Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 772	Not an Oregon guy, but I’m three weeks into my recovery. Good luck! __________________

October 11, 2018, 16:37	#11
Invictus77 1C 16:13 Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 74205 Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Western, KY Posts: 6,367	Wishing you a speedy recovery amigo __________________ A 9 mm "might" expand A 45 will NEVER shrink!!

October 11, 2018, 18:24	#12
Elkaholic Registered Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 34966 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Portland OR. Posts: 628	Party at Ron's tonight I bet your only regret is going to be you didn't do it sooner Buddy

October 11, 2018, 20:29	#13
TXMoose Registered FALaholic #: 73164 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Houston,TX Posts: 346	After years of pain it was a life changer for me. Do the physio. ...and do some more

October 11, 2018, 22:00	#14
sportsnut Curio & Relic Contributor FALaholic #: 3817 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 3,822	Surgery was a little longer than expected. They had to relocate some hardware from the last surgery 35 years ago. Had my first walk about - a big 40 feet. __________________ "Just because you're right doesn't mean I'm wrong." Ron W.

October 13, 2018, 13:30	#16
sportsnut Curio & Relic Contributor FALaholic #: 3817 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 3,822	I gotta say of all the surgeries I’ve had (13) last night was the worst post surgery pain I’ve ever endured. Worst night I think I’ve ever been through. __________________ "Just because you're right doesn't mean I'm wrong." Ron W.

October 13, 2018, 15:11	#19
sportsnut Curio & Relic Contributor FALaholic #: 3817 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 3,822	Lol funny you mention Morphine, it’s the only drug I’m allergic to. __________________ "Just because you're right doesn't mean I'm wrong." Ron W.

October 13, 2018, 21:21	#23
sportsnut Curio & Relic Contributor FALaholic #: 3817 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 3,822	The Oxy makes me itch like hell too. __________________ "Just because you're right doesn't mean I'm wrong." Ron W.

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October 13, 2018, 23:16	#25
brunop Refresh Key Masher Gold Contributor FALaholic #: 17136 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 12,987	Love ya, pal. I'll call you tomorrow. If you can take the call, great. If not, I"ll check later. __________________ "How we burned in the prison camps later thinking: what would things have been like if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if during periods of mass arrests people had simply not sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, ham- mers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand. . . . The Organs [police] would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers . . . and notwithstanding all of Stalin‘s thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt." - A. Solzhenitsyn, Gulag Archipelago

October 14, 2018, 02:01	#26
yellowhand Dinosaur Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 67949 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Sierra Vista AZ Posts: 17,175	If I was still practicing medicine without a license, ok, it was all legal when done to GI's, my Rx for ya would be; One gallon of Jack Daniels whiskey, chug a good bit direct from the jug, straight up, then drop the remainder onto your big toe. No more knee pain. Repeat as often as you can still hold the jug, and hit your big toe! __________________ You may find me dead in a ditch one day, on my knees, but I will be up to my waist in spent rifle brass. It ain't the firearms they are wanting to be rid of, its you!

October 14, 2018, 10:50	#29
4x401 Giver of Noogies... Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 31978 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ORYGUN Posts: 9,334	Those legs remind me of an old girlfriend... Pulling for ya buddy. __________________ _______________________________________________ "Boom in the crotch, boom in the crotch, and lets go to work".

October 14, 2018, 10:55	#30
brunop Refresh Key Masher Gold Contributor FALaholic #: 17136 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 12,987	^ Yeah! Now that you mention it, Marlin's legs kinda do look like that. __________________ "How we burned in the prison camps later thinking: what would things have been like if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if during periods of mass arrests people had simply not sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, ham- mers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand. . . . The Organs [police] would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers . . . and notwithstanding all of Stalin‘s thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt." - A. Solzhenitsyn, Gulag Archipelago

October 14, 2018, 11:36	#31
4x401 Giver of Noogies... Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 31978 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ORYGUN Posts: 9,334	__________________ _______________________________________________ "Boom in the crotch, boom in the crotch, and lets go to work".

October 14, 2018, 14:14	#33
sportsnut Curio & Relic Contributor FALaholic #: 3817 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 3,822	Lol, Andy I told my wife the same thing this morning. __________________ "Just because you're right doesn't mean I'm wrong." Ron W.

October 14, 2018, 16:20	#34
Tuscan Raider Registered FALaholic #: 19668 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 5,306	Good luck buddy. __________________ "An eye for an eye makes us all blind." Ghandi "We, here in America, hold in our hands the hopes of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men." Theodore Roosevelt Address at Carnegie Hall March 30, 1912

October 14, 2018, 16:28	#35
tac-40 Moderator Armed Curmudgeon FALaholic #: 12090 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: SC-Low Country Posts: 7,734	That scar took a quick turn. What did you do sneeze, fart, or both? Now is the time to work hard. The harder you do PT, and the more it hurts, the quicker you get better. Just don't go so hard that you do damage to your fixed parts. As for the socks, they do make two manly colors - black and khaki (aka beige): __________________ Only 2 defining forces have ever offered to die for you. Jesus Christ and the American Soldier. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom. Schools uses to start with the "three R's". Reading, writing, and arithmetic. Now they start with the "three D's". Dipshitery, Dumbassery, and Douchebaggery-Retired Bum If you do in fact have a problem, you have the rest of your life to solve it. How long your life lasts only depends on how well you solve it.

October 14, 2018, 16:54	#36
sportsnut Curio & Relic Contributor FALaholic #: 3817 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 3,822	That sharp turn with the incision was so they could get to the staple that was holding the reconstruction of ligaments that was done many years ago. __________________ "Just because you're right doesn't mean I'm wrong." Ron W.

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