New type of knee surgery!!

[dmccarty]

I am frankly afraid to go back and read what I have written on this post. Wife says I have had totally inappropriate conversations with neighbors, friends, relatives, the past few days...

You were not inappropriate in our conversation...

You told me that you were sending me a million dollars in gold along with your tractor so I could offload the bullion....

Can you give me the tracking number so I can see where the shipment is and when I can expect delivery? I want to be home for the delivery. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Hope you feel better soon. :thumbsup:

Later,
Dan

 

[jerrybob]

Had to laugh out loud RSKY . With you not at you . I had a colonoscopy 12/29 and I guess I was quite the entertainer for a couple hours afterwards .

I had a colonoscopy a few months ago........the doctor went in so far he chipped a tooth.......ouch!

 

[k0ua]

I had a colonoscopy a few months ago........the doctor went in so far he chipped a tooth.......ouch!

Man, it seems like it some times. I remember "floating" in and out of consciousness, and being able to see the monitor some of the time.

Everyone seemed to be having a good time shoving things up my rear end but me.

 

[dmccarty]

You didn't say anything bad that I remember. When I had a colonoscopy a few years ago, the wife said I was "inappropriate" when I woke up from the anesthesia. I don't remember anything but absolute lucidity. She said I was somewhat incoherent even when we went out to eat at a restaurant. I don't remember any of that. Obviously these drugs have some interesting effects on some of us.

Unfortunately both of our kids have needed several surgeries when they were younger. Not fun but everything worked out. In the recovery room, as the kids came too, they were very combative and scared. Quite a bit of moaning, almost screaming and thrashing around. Other kids in the recovery room were doing the same thing. My guess was that the kids mental state before going under was being shown but amplified and unrestrained as the drugs work out of their systems. It was always disturbing to witness but after the first time we knew what to expect and that it would stop soon. Still not fun though.

Later,
Dan

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

The doctor chipped your tooth or his!? LOL

 

[dmccarty]

Man, it seems like it some times. I remember "floating" in and out of consciousness, and being able to see the monitor some of the time.

When I had my Wisdom teeth removed they knocked me out with an IV drug. I was sitting in the chair, they turned on the IV and had me count back from 10. I think I got to 7 and I was out....

For a while...

Somewhere in the middle of the procedure I started to wake up. My first realization was that my head was banging back and forth. :confused3::shocked: To say this was disturbing is an understatement. :laughing::laughing::laughing:...

So I opened my eyes and the doctor was IN THE CHAIR with me! :shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked:

Has that got everyones attention?

He was straddling me in the chair and using a chisel and hammer to dig out one of the teeth. :shocked: This was causing my head to bounce back and forth in the head rest. :shocked::shocked:

Dear Doc noticed my eyes opened, he reached over, turned a lever and I went back to la la land. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan

 

[jerrybob]

The doctor chipped your tooth or his!? LOL

It was done here.....not I'm San Francisco.....must have been mine!:thumbsup:

 

[jerrybob]

When I had my Wisdom teeth removed they knocked me out with an IV drug. I was sitting in the chair, they turned on the IV and had me count back from 10. I think I got to 7 and I was out....

For a while...

Somewhere in the middle of the procedure I started to wake up. My first realization was that my head was banging back and forth. :confused3::shocked: To say this was disturbing is an understatement. :laughing::laughing::laughing:...

So I opened my eyes and the doctor was IN THE CHAIR with me! :shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked:

Has that got everyones attention?

He was straddling me in the chair and using a chisel and hammer to dig out one of the teeth. :shocked: This was causing my head to bounce back and forth in the head rest. :shocked::shocked:

Dear Doc noticed my eyes opened, he reached over, turned a lever and I went back to la la land. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan

That is hysterical.......glad that didn't happen to me during my colonoscopy!:laughing:

 

[QRTRHRS]

I remember my first colonoscopy. About the same time I went out I heard a knock on the door. I guess it was a bunch of interns. I heard, "mind if we observe?". I thought to myself, sure, send in everyone, what do I care? That and all of a sudden it was 1967 again, lol!

 

[jerrybob]

I remember my first colonoscopy. About the same time I went out I heard a knock on the door. I guess it was a bunch of interns. I heard, "mind if we observe?". I thought to myself, sure, send in everyone, what do I care? That and all of a sudden it was 1967 again, lol!

My first time....a guy in a white coat came in....asked me to drop my pants and started probing around.....then he left. A few minute later the doctor walked in and asked...."What did the janitor want?":laughing:

 

[k0ua]

So with that!.... RSKY, how is that knee doing this evening?

 

[RSKY]

I have discovered what the nurse meant by "take your medication and stay ahead of the pain". Yep, I have become a wuss. No more laying in the bed writhing in pain trying to man it out. Nope. Learned my lesson.

I am walking without my crutches. Pain is less. It will take six months before we know the final results.

I have a long list of people interested in my results. A lot of people are looking at knee replacements. Anything that will push that event into the future is of interest to a lot of people.

I will keep you informed.

RSKY

 

[k0ua]

I have discovered what the nurse meant by "take your medication and stay ahead of the pain". Yep, I have become a wuss. No more laying in the bed writhing in pain trying to man it out. Nope. Learned my lesson.

I am walking without my crutches. Pain is less. It will take six months before we know the final results.

I have a long list of people interested in my results. A lot of people are looking at knee replacements. Anything that will push that event into the future is of interest to a lot of people.

I will keep you informed.

RSKY

Thanks for the update..

 

[milkman]

I have discovered what the nurse meant by "take your medication and stay ahead of the pain". Yep, I have become a wuss. No more laying in the bed writhing in pain trying to man it out. Nope. Learned my lesson.

I am walking without my crutches. Pain is less. It will take six months before we know the final results.

I have a long list of people interested in my results. A lot of people are looking at knee replacements. Anything that will push that event into the future is of interest to a lot of people.

I will keep you informed.

RSKY

Definitely stay on top of the pain and just as important, TAKE LOTS OF STOOL SOFTENERS.

 

[QRTRHRS]

I have a long list of people interested in my results. A lot of people are looking at knee replacements. Anything that will push that event into the future is of interest to a lot of people.

RSKY

Sounds like the clinic we are using for the rooster comb shots. Lots of people do not want to have replacement surgury. I had someone ask me the other day about my knee. I told her it was worn out but the shots are helping. She wondered why not get replacements?

I cannot take on the downtime right now being in the middle of downsizing. That and the complications that I had when I had my rotator surgury. I would much rather prolong it as long as I can.

I do know only one person that had complications after knee replacement. He had scar tissue issues limiting his range of motion.

I plan on asking the doctor at my clinic about this new procedure to get his thoughts.

 

[QRTRHRS]

One other thought I want to add for those members following this thread that may be using a knee brace to help their daily activities. The clinic provided me with a brace with four straps. Two above the knee, two below. The intention is to seperate the joint and take the pressure off the knee. I had been wearing braces reinforced with metal on both sides. No way those types can relieve like the one I described.

 

[Looking4new]

I have discovered what the nurse meant by "take your medication and stay ahead of the pain". Yep, I have become a wuss. No more laying in the bed writhing in pain trying to man it out. Nope. Learned my lesson.
I am walking without my crutches. Pain is less. It will take six months before we know the final results.
I have a long list of people interested in my results. A lot of people are looking at knee replacements. Anything that will push that event into the future is of interest to a lot of people.
I will keep you informed.
RSKY

You had better add me to that long list.

There is no way anybody is going to stick a needle into my knee while I am awake. Knock me out and they can have their way with my body.
I was out cold the first time my knee was rebuilt in 1958 and as far as I am concerned I will be out cold when it gets done again.

 

[QRTRHRS]

You had better add me to that long list.

There is no way anybody is going to stick a needle into my knee while I am awake. Knock me out and they can have their way with my body.
I was out cold the first time my knee was rebuilt in 1958 and as far as I am concerned I will be out cold when it gets done again.

LOL! The stuff that they spray on my knee when I get my rooster comb shots makes the needle going in not so bad. I even watch the screen to see what the doctor sees. What is kinda of painful is when they change the vial twice and fill er' up.

 

[dmccarty]

LOL! The stuff that they spray on my knee when I get my rooster comb shots makes the needle going in not so bad. I even watch the screen to see what the doctor sees. What is kinda of painful is when they change the vial twice and fill er' up.

:laughing::laughing::laughing: Showing my age here... The visual in my head when you said, "when they change the vial twice and fill er' up." was of the old time oil cans where you had to stick in the spout to pour the oil....



Later,
Dan

 

[HEC]

Bigtller isn't that the truth, I had had a knee replaced 6 months ago and they told me I would be able to do the things I normally do in 8 weeks . I would go back for check ups and then they said," up to a year" big difference from 8 weeks . I had to sleep in a recliner for 3 months , was on oxycodone for 6 weeks and did have some withdrawals but not to bad when I just decided enough is enough . The 2 months of P. T. did help a great deal . I know some people who had no problems at all , I wasn't one of them . Would I do it again , you bet , as I can now walk as much as I want , can't kneel down very good but that will come with time . I'm sure glad I was retired as there would have been no way I could have worked standing on my feet for any length of time during the first 4 months or so .