THR op/post op since 13 march

[clarabo]

clifford149... I am so pleased you have done so well in such short space of time , its great... that's it now there be no stopping you. You be away climbing a munro in no time.

 

[Liveringer]

Claire, Hahaha ebay it is game used, not sure what is wrong with people but they would probably pay ridiculous price for them. Spend $20 plus $11 shipping to save a $1. I too was sent home with the same pair they put on me after surgery.

 

[clifford149]

Dear Kim22 Liveringer Allycat zauberflöte clarabo Anniepops and hippy friends...my hip is 6 weeks old today report
1. Saw head of pt 2 days ago I can begin to ease the restrictions
2. Today I managed to put on my sock shoe do laces without any contraptions....hurrah
3. I am using one stick outside as I limp a little after around 10 minutes
4..I am going to the gym 3 times and can do most machines with light weights
5. The op leg maybe slightly longer hard to tell until iam walking more normally
6. Stem migration is where the stem moves as a result of various forces of movement its quite common in the first few months we are talking fractional amounts then the stem fully fixates....in rare cases the stem can paid fully loosen which will need attending....I had a hooded stem which is supposed to minimise this issue
7. Red plums in waitrose...thanks will check out
8. I am hoping to extend my sick leave until end of may when most of the students have left
9.there is no pain in the hip although I can sense its there....while the knee is better although everything still stiffens up after resting and usually by 9pm I need to lay down
10. Sleeping has improved but waking up around 5 am but I do then doze off again

Thanks for all your support and to the Mods who keep us going with their advice

 

[Liveringer]

clifford149 That is just a wonderful report for 6 weeks out. I hope I am just as good to go as I have 4 weeks to be at 6. I can't believe tomorrow will be 2 weeks already for me and I have already come so far. Also tomorrow I start outpatient PT I am so ready!

 

[zauberflöte]

clifford149 #'s 1-10 hooooraaayyy!
7. Ok, we will need a photo of whatever you actually do with these alleged tinned plums from Waitrose. I am not taking it on your witness alone that you are doing anything but leading us on
10. So glad this is settling down. You have borne with the sleeplessness for a very long time, and deserve some real rest!

 

[clifford149]

Dear zauberflöte......tins of plums. Tins of plums tins of plums tons of plums..ahaha ahaha ahaha

 

[zauberflöte]

My Dear@clifford149
Regarding yours of the 24th inst.:
You WIN!!!!!

What are we gonna do for laughs now?? this has kept me giggling for days and days!

 

[clifford149]

Dear zauberflöte....surely you must pay a forfeit for being a doubter.....your challenge is to buy a tin of plums in the USA...its OK we won't insist they are red...ahaa. Ahaha....ah ah ah aààaaaaaaaahhhbhbbbb

 

[Teacat]

So clifford149, are red plums in syrup different from stewed prunes? I'm ashamed I don't know this! I mean, I know prunes are dried plums but I'm curious what's on the inside of those cans of yours.

 

[clifford149]

Hi....a prune is a very particular variety of the plum family.. .its therefore too generic to say a prune is a dried plum....my red plums are lovely and juicy and do not result in visits to the small room....

 

[Teacat]

clifford149
And I thought all prunes were dried plums!

my red plums are lovely and juicy and do not result in visits to the small room

I am now more inclined to try some if I can find them. I'm going to be on the lookout.

 

[clifford149]

Hi Teacat.....with vanilla ice cream....yum!......I have two plum trees in my garden.....a classic variety called Victoria plum ....they ripen by august my only problem is getting to them before the squirrels :(

 

[zauberflöte]

@clifford149 my dear man, do i realllllllly have to BUY them??? These are available at Walmart, (google is my friend) which I only go into if there's no other store for 50 miles (say, rural West Virginia, which means, most of that state LOL). And, whine whine, I have just added a funeral, a cardiologist visit, and a 400 mile drive to this week's schedule, so is ti enough that I know where they are??? How about, when I'm at 6 weeks post-op, I will go buy some!!!! K? Fair deal? I will even post longingly about them before I do the deed.....
Teacat I would have said that any plum that dried out was a prune, too! I think clifford149 is having us on. Again. Oh wait. he was right the first time. oops.

 

[clifford149]

Hi...OK at 6 weeks...I presume you have never eaten?

 

[zauberflöte]

clifford149 well, I love plums, which are in season at the end of the summer in this neck of the woods, and I can imagine them cooked in syrup, and I can imagine "why would anyone want to spoil a perfectly good plum by cooking it except if it's in a tart?" LOL I don't eat alot of canned fruit anyway, prefer it fresh. But I will try at 6 weeks! I will lovingly detail my search for about 2 weeks before, "Where in the world is my can of Oregon Plums"? and pounce on it with glee when the time is ripe.

 

[clifford149]

Hi...yes best to eat tinned plums when out of season as an occasional treat
PS...I used to live in a UK city called southampton...

 

[Poppet]

I know Southhampton.... Great city...

 

[ByGosh]

clifford149 Okay, you folks are having way too much fun with your prunes and plums for me not to join in!


I don't want to be an ignoramous, but I've never seen a tin of plums or prunes here in the stores in New England. I haven't really looked, but I can't ever remember seeing them. I didn't know there was even such a thing! I guess because I haven't needed them until now. LOL We have dried out plums in a box - prunes, and I can't say they're all that tasty, so yours sound very appealing, clifford149.
Teacat Have you ever seen them? How about zauberflöte? Liveringer? If they're here someplace, I want to find them and try them! @clifford has whet my appetite.

 

[Firebrand]

I think that for the rest of my life, every time I see a tin of plums, I will think of Clifford.

 

[ByGosh]

Firebrand That's some legacy for clifford149! LOL