New hip's not too bad

[jr/shotglass]

Had surgery Wednesday morning for a total left hip replacement. I was home by 2 p.m. this afternoon.

I had avascular necrosis, a cutoff of blood to the hip joint. It's what finished Bo Jackson's career.

Upon waking up in the recovery room, I had stinging pain from the incision site (only about 6"). But I also noticed that the knee pain which had floored me for the past six months was absolutely gone. No metal in the joint. It's entirely plastic and ceramic, and there's a good chance it'll last me the rest of my life.

I believe after I get through rehab, I'm going to have a dramatic upswing in my quality of health.`

 

[Oggiedoggie]

I hope that it heals quickly and is better than ever.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Thanks.

 

[Boom_70]

Hip Hip Ho-ray !

Shottie - that sounds like great news. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

 

[Moderator1]

Keep up us posted on your progress please. Hope it goes smoothly.

I fear a knee replacement is in my future.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Best to ya!

 

[Boom_70]

Did you have it done by the Amish? I hear that they are crafting beautiful ceramic hips.

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

Good luck with the new gig at Kansas

 

[jr/shotglass]

Q: What do I do with my offensive genius when I have no offensive talent?

Did you have it done by the Amish? I hear that they are crafting beautiful ceramic hips.

That got a big ol' laugh around here.

 

[Beef03]

So what you're saying is you are just like Bo Jackson?

Congrats man, hope you have a smooth recovery!

 

[imjustagirl]

So you'll be able to kick ass with both legs soon?

Yikes.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Toughest thing, and it's going to be very tough, is that I cannot cross my legs. I cross my legs, I run the risk of dislocating the hip.

Thank god my wife's been around to bark at me when she sees me slipping.

Just had a rough three hours up in bed, but I moved down to the laptop/TV and popped a percocet. I'm quickly seeing that's where I'll be spending most of my time.

 

[imjustagirl]

With the percocet? Understandable.

On the serious, I hope the rehab goes as well as possible. And this just clears the way for you to get your Ed Bundy on.

 

[KJIM]

Honest to God, I thought this was going to be about music.

Congratulations on the bionic hip. Is plastic bionic, or is that what the ceramic is for?

Good luck with rehab.

 

[old_tony]

"Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better...stronger...faster."

Shotty, I hope they threw in those cool sound effects for when you're throwing 8 X 8 beams around.

 

[deskslave]

With the percocet? Understandable.

On the serious, I hope the rehab goes as well as possible. And this just clears the way for you to get your Ed Bundy on.

Ed Bundy?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

My mom's had both hips done in the past year or so and my mother-in-law had both knees done.

For two women in their mid-60s the recovery was slow, but the results were great...

Best of luck man...

 

[imjustagirl]

With the percocet? Understandable.

On the serious, I hope the rehab goes as well as possible. And this just clears the way for you to get your Ed Bundy on.

Ed Bundy?

GODDAMMIT!

This puppy is ruining my logical thinking. Exhausted. Yeah, that's the ticket.

*facepalm*

 

[Evil Bastard (aka Chris_L)]

My mom's had both hips done in the past year or so and my mother-in-law had both knees done.

For two women in their mid-60s the recovery was slow, but the results were great...

Best of luck man...

Ha ha - Mizzou just called you an old woman!

 

[jr/shotglass]

Honest to God, I thought this was going to be about music.

Congratulations on the bionic hip. Is plastic bionic, or is that what the ceramic is for?

Good luck with rehab.

I think the ceramic is actually polyurethane, so that would be the bionic part.

I think I figured some things out yesterday, vis a vis the best way to do things. I'm going to need to station myself in the family room and not think I need to navigate the 15 steps up to the bedroom. I can fall asleep there, or move out to the sun room and sleep on the recliner, which was actually pretty comfortable. Also, I can do my PT exercises on the futon in the sun room.

And I'm not using the walker to make my way around tight quarters in the house. I can definitely handle going with a cane on those short trips.

It's really intriguing to be suddenly thinking about such things that I just took for granted before.

Ha ha - Mizzou just called you an old woman!

A pretty apt comparison right now.