Every other month now, huh?...Originally Posted by UTAH
...Ben
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Every other month now, huh?...
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Yeah, cept for Summer. Obviously, sweating is nature's shower.
Hunter
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All I remember about the showering thing is wrapping the leg to keep water off the bandage. Put leg in a garbage bag and duct tape the top and get in. Only place that is 30x30 so no grab bars. Just strange slowly turning around in the thing.
Ben if you do get the surgery might want to think about grab bars. I got some by the toilet and any future home will have them for sure.
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“Main” shower is 36x36 .. added grab bars during remodel.. vanity bolted to wall.. so lots to hold onto..
Basement shower is 30x30.. what a difference.. a lot of elbow banging..
Next.. cardboard.. since squatting is not doable for awhile.. need a big niece of cardboard to lay on when putting with anything lower than 30 inches.. cardboard is used less and less over time..
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I had a new type of bandage which is waterproof---and it worked. I could shower the next day and that dressing came off after 10 days and I was good to go after that. I get a shower on Tuesday and Friday----dems my favorite days now
Things are progressing well with increased activity and lowering pain. The post PT swelling remains and I use lots of ice to stem that with limited success.
I can't wait until they take these staples out
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Not too shabby, Dave. I've had some staples before but yours are Titanic staples. Mine were the Andrea Doria.
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The guy who developed the staples and stapler graduated a few years ahead of me in electrical engineering. The original use was to close up the chest after open heart surgery.
Last edited by Dave Grubb; 11-02-2024 at 06:32 PM.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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The wounds/surgical cuts I've had stapled have that unique staple scar one gets. It's not good or bad, but one can tell if you were sutured or stapled.
Hunter
I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead
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Didn't have the staples. Super glue and stiches.
Looked at bothe knees after they were done and one looked like a giant one while the other was smaller, so I asked the nurse and she said I didn't do the first one but the second is mine. Don't even pay attention to them any more.
Fred
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stayed alive."
'Take care of yourself, and each other.'
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My wife had glue and sutures on her second one.
Did you have both at the same time Fred?
I have heard that some doctors are no longer offering that option.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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No to both at the same time. Not sure how someone handles that, though I heard of people doing it.
Dr recommend the right leg first, but explained that didn't hurt as much as the left. Did the left one on Feb 14th and during rehab the right was now the weaker leg so, made an appointment in end of April-May and got scheduled for the July 2nd. So I would sneak in when your at the Dr's and get that scheduled. It may be 2-3 months out for him to get you in.
Glad you're doing things. If you are the passenger there's a hook that you can use to get in the vehicle easier. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=car+door+..._ts-doa-p_3_13
May help you out. For me I was having the wife drive to rehab and using the truck, should have gotten one of those.
You'll have some fun with the walker and then crutches and finally a cane until you feel you are ok with out those items. I still use a walking stick for longer walks, more for balance then anything.
Fred
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stayed alive."
'Take care of yourself, and each other.'
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i will need both knees sone in the next few years, i was planning on doing both at the same time. mt reasoning is that i have less down time with pt. still thinking about it but i am beginning to think one at a time would be better.
it's time to change the air in my head
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If you need both and that's a discussion with your DR, schedule the first and the next one about 6 weeks later. You'll be, depending on which one, somewhat able to drive and hoble around by then. See what your dr thinks first. I took about 3 months after the last replacement to go back to work limited in our store. You recovery may vary.i will need both knees sone in the next few years, i was planning on doing both at the same time. mt reasoning is that i have less down time with pt. still thinking about it but i am beginning to think one at a time would be better.
Fred
"Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've
stayed alive."
'Take care of yourself, and each other.'
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Had the right knee done in 2018.. still “recovering “.
The left knee will be held together with duct tape and pvc pipe before I even consider a second..
my leg joints are fine, my shoulders are a whole nother thing. Snapping the biceps tendon on my right arm was freaking painful as was the 6 months of intensive rehab. so far I can deal with the left shoulder clicking and discomfort. Ruth has a replaced right knee and has been doing well on it for 12 years
glad you are progressing Dave
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