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I'm getting a little on edge, we're loading up. I have surgey in the morning at 9:00am for my left knee. I've been really good until now. Maybe the 3 hour drive to Ft Worth will help me settle down. Never been this bad before surgey. Is this the norm?
 
It's quite normal to be nervous. As I've said to others, I'd look at you askance if you weren't nervous. With that said, just remember that the surgery really is the easiest part of this bionic knee adventure. So, try not to be overly nervous. Now is the time to get excited. When I got to the hospital, I was totally gung ho! "Let's do this!" I knew I was getting a knee that wouldn't make me clench my teeth 24 hours a day because of bone-on-bone pain.

Embrace your bionic future!
 
yeah, of course it's normal. After all the thinking, planning, worrying, finally, you are embarking. Going from the theoretical to the practical.

Don't worry. Surfsister is right. This is the easiest part, it's literally over in the blink of an eye and then you wake up hooked up to some stuff, but it doesn't hurt. It's kinda an adventure. Your new knee will feel really strange for a few days, but they will have you standing on it maybe as early as tomorrow afternoon. And I would be surprised if you don't report that you break out into a smile the first time you stand on it, and it doesn't hurt or wiggle.

Oh, yeah, you got the whole soft tissue/incision thing to get through. Rebuilding flex and letting them sewn together muscles heal back up. But really, that is just a question of putting in the time. Three days from now you'll be out of the hospital choogling around on your walker. A few days after that the walker will be too slow, and you will start thinking about a cane..

But before you can get started on all that healing stuff, this is the first step. Don't worry about it, really. These people do this stuff all day everyday. It's their job. You'll be fine.
 
R.S. Smith,
So now you will start a new adventure. And what an adventure it will be, Which you must share with us here. As Surfsister, Gringo have said the whole thing will be over before you know it. And then as Max has said the recovery starts. And as we all have learnt here, recovery is different for everyone. So now just think of all the thing you have not been able to do. Which now you will be able too! All of us will be waiting to hear from you when you feel up to posting.
 
Sooo Normal. I think everyone gets nervous at one point or another...You will be fine. Look at all the benefits you will have when its done. After the initial surgery , lil recovery, you will be so happy you did it. Really........Please keep us updated when you are feeling up to it...God Bless and we will be waiting for you .....IT WILL BE OK..............
 
Thanks everyone this site is the bomb. We're walking out the door, my wife's telling me I must go now. Thanks for all the infor. the last month, I know it will come in handy in the next few weeks.
 
when do we tell him the truth, that this knee surgery scam is just a ruse by the aliens to get human tissue samples without causing widespread panic and confusion?




actually, I am seeing new stuff every day. Just now, the garbage truck guys drove up. Before the TKR, I let them walk to the house, pick up the rolling trash bin, take it to the truck and bring it back empty. I made sure to give them beer from time to time. They are happy to do it.

Today, I grabbed two full bags of garbage, skipped out the door, and met them in the driveway.

It is FUN to be able to do that again. It is fun to have to slow down and wait for the wife to catch up to me. It is fun to zip up a flight of stairs just to check something out. I really feel twenty years younger.

When I get the other knee done, am I going to lose another twenty years? Heck, I already live in short pants and t-shirts.
 
Gringo, you ARE just a kid at heart. Soon you'll have TWO knees to match! Ain't life fun???
 
rsmith....Good luck and see you on the other side!!!
 
rsmith, Good Luck and remenber that pain is about to leave you!!
 
Hi! By the time you read this it will all be over, and you'll be on the road to getting your life back. It is a bit hard for the first couple of weeks, then everything gets so much better. Gringo is the perfect example of how much better!!! And I'm not far behind - I'm delighted with my two new knees, and thrilled to find I can do things now that I haven't been able to do for years. Do post as soon as you can. We'll all be waiting to hear how you are getting on.
 
Gringo, you ARE just a kid at heart. Soon you'll have TWO knees to match! Ain't life fun???


Yeah, I am . And I work at it.

I tried growing up. Tried it for a long time. Then I realized I didn't like it, and that this was the only life I have. this is not a dress rehearsal.

So now I have decided to be the kid that I am. And it seems to work just fine. I have found that the world is populated with other people who are kids, too.

It's a secret tribe.
 
Brilliant, Gringo!

See, Mr Smith? You too will be doing this eventually!
 
Gringo, is our tribe a secret? I'm the grown up version of the little girl who only liked playing with the boys, hated wearing a dress and was always being told how unladylike being an athlete was. Decades later, people compliment me for being fit, maintaining my "figure" and being unafraid to be myself. Life is much easier when, as you say, you recognize it's not a dress rehearsal.

rsmith, you're done with your surgery. We're all here waiting for you to limp over into the bionic fold. You did it! Congratulations!
 
yep, rsmith should just about be figuring out ways to get out of the hospital by now. Most of the tubes should be pulled. PT person will be by with a cheery smile...

Really important now is to get into the habit of taking the pain meds every three to four hours whether you think you need them yet or not. If you miss a dose, your stab wound will remind you, and it will take you 45 minutes to get back to not hurting. That's a miserable 45 minutes.

Oh, and the sleep thing...don't sweat it. You are not going to sleep the whole night through for about a month. Work with it. When you wake up at 03:00, take your meds, grab your favorite book, and read for about half an hour until the words start blurring.

Voila, as them Franchmans say, you are good for another three hours.

Napping in the afternoon, helps too. You can still get your 8 hours or whatever sleep you need, just accept the fact that you won't get it all in one lump sum. If you fret about it, you just cause yourself anxiety. No need.
 
Smith,
should be ready to make a break Gringo that is for sure!!
Hopefully we will be hearing from him soon!!



And Gringo this is for you!!

Gringo:
Are you ready for today's lesson?

ALL:
Yes, Gringo!

Gringo:
Listen to your teacher. Repeat after me:
I won't grow up,
(I won't grow up)
I don't want to go to school.
(I don't want to go to school)
Just to learn to be a parrot,
(Just to learn to be a parrot)
And recite a silly rule.
(And recite a silly rule)
If growing up means
It would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree,
I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up
Not me!
Not I,
Not me!
Not me!
I won't grow up,
(I won't grow up)
I don't want to wear a tie.
(I don't want to wear a tie)
And a serious expression
(And a serious expression)
In the middle of July.
(In the middle of July)
And if it means I must prepare
To shoulder burdens with a worried air,

I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up
Not me,
Not I,
Not me!
So there!
Never gonna be a man,
I won't!
Like to see somebody try
And make me.
Anyone who wants to try
And make me turn into a man,
Catch me if you can.
I won't grow up.
Not a penny will I pinch.
I will never grow a mustache,
Or a fraction of an inch.
'Cause growing up is awfuller
Than all the awful things that ever were.
I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up,
No sir,
Not I,
Not me,
So there!

I won't grow up!
(I won't grow up)
I will never even try
(I will never even try)
I will do what Gringo tells me
(I will do what Gringo tells me)
And I'll never ask him why
(And I'll never ask him why)

We won't grow up!
(We won't grow up)
We will never grow a day
(We will never grow a day)
And if someone tries to make it
(And if someone tries to make it)
We will simply run away
(We will simply run away)

I won't grow up!
(I won't grow up)
No, I promise that I won't
(No, I promise that I won't)
I will stay a boy forever
(I will stay a boy forever)
And be banished if I don't!
(And be banished if I don't)

And Never Land will always be
The home of youth and joy and liberty
I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up
Not me!
Not me!
Not me!
Not me!
No sir!
Not me!
Can I join the Tribe now???
 
I wanna turn the clock back! I think we have the perfect name for Gringo's knees....this one is Peter.....the other one should be PAN!!! :)
 
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