Mobility

[sailaway78]

Hey Ross

Words of encouragment. My mother had a hip replaced a little over five years ago. Right after Katrina. She was 90 at the time. She came home and began to carry on her life as she wanted to live it. She is pain free now, and says the new hip is better than the origional. On the other hand, she has some friends who have had a replacement, and are still sitting in a damn chair. For some reason, I believe you are gonna be more like my mother, and be up and around and doing things. It is just a matter of following the Dr.s advice, gettting up and moving around, and will power. I think you are gonna be good to go.

 

[Hermit Scott]

My surgeon told me that the current procedure is to cut back the damaged bone until he gets to solid tissue in both the femur and the pelvis .

Sounds like you have some core rot. Tell him not to skimp on the epoxy while he is repairing your hip.

 

[Ross]

Words of encouragment. My mother had a hip replaced a little over five years ago. Right after Katrina. She was 90 at the time. She came home and began to carry on her life as she wanted to live it. She is pain free now, and says the new hip is better than the origional. On the other hand, she has some friends who have had a replacement, and are still sitting in a damn chair. For some reason, I believe you are gonna be more like my mother, and be up and around and doing things. It is just a matter of following the Dr.s advice, gettting up and moving around, and will power. I think you are gonna be good to go.

My mother was in her 80's when her hip broke and had to be replaced in March .My dad died in May that year and she walked across the cemetary without a cane. In august she visited my sister in Germany and went hiking in the mountains.
I am not very good at sitting around and being waited on. I honor the restrictions on lifting and bending but I also push the envelope.

 

[zeehag]

goood attitude ross--will keep ye young and mobile....keep it up..and keep sailing!!!!

 

[Ross]

Good news today! For reasons that I never had made clear to me I was ordered to have a cardiac stress test today. The results were completely normal. My spine surgeon also saw me today and was pleased with his work but told me to hire an 18 year old for my heavy lifting. He sees no reason not to go ahead with the hip replacement. So Zeehag, If you should show up at my door this summer you will just have to take your chances on what manner of welcome you will get. I promice that Nancy and I will make you most welcome. But I have a bad reputation to maintain. lol!

 

[sailingdog]

Good news Ross... good luck with the surgery.

 

[Ross]

Thanks!

 

[zeehag]

ross--i love you !!! i am glad you are goood to go ----is important to have the cardiac part of life working strongly for excellent recovery!!!! we just had a stove blow out--thank goodness no tin use at time lol--so the flamethrower that isnt anymore is being replaced--kinda like a hip replacement but not as strenuous..lol....i will take your words into account lol....i am happy for ye!!! say hay to nancy from me and give her a biiiig hug!!!--one ot you as well!!! yer cute----for a curmudgeon..cant let anyone know ye may have a nice side lol.....is a biiig secret..LOL...

 

[Ross]

No water and no cook stove will drive me ashore faster than anything I can imagine.

 

[zeehag]

we did our total stove replacement and didnt even have to do exercises lol----i hop eyour hip is as easy for you as the stove was for us--lol--just do your exercises and stay strong and you will be fine--follow the rules they give you to the letter ..lol...especially the angles and degrees of bend allowed at which points in your recovery!! will be a breeeze!!!!--oh yes and take your pain meds !!!!! especially the anti inflammatory ones..is inflammation that makes the pain.....so prevention is the way to keep going instead of becoming dependent!!

 

[Ross]

we did our total stove replacement and didnt even have to do exercises lol----i hop eyour hip is as easy for you as the stove was for us--lol--just do your exercises and stay strong and you will be fine--follow the rules they give you to the letter ..lol...especially the angles and degrees of bend allowed at which points in your recovery!! will be a breeeze!!!!--oh yes and take your pain meds !!!!! especially the anti inflammatory ones..is inflammation that makes the pain.....so prevention is the way to keep going instead of becoming dependent!!

Darlin' I am a complete wimp when it comes to pain and I am blessed with a non addictive body. I take what i need when I need it and if I don't need it, I don't bother. Sometimes all it takes to cure a problem is money, as with a new stove. Now you just have to convince Phil to get busy and cook. lol .
The weather today was delightful. Nearly 70 degrees and sunshine and light work that I can do standing flat footed on the ground with a chair handy when i get tired. Snow damage to the shrubs.
Enjoy the flowers year number four on this plant. lol

 

[rpwillia]

Good thinking.

... He said that the service life of the procedure was 25-30 years. I am only 71 so I may have to have it done one more time.

Ross, I like the way you are thinking.

 

[Ross]

Re: Good thinking.

Consider, if I had been afflicted this way 50 years ago I would have simply ended up crippled. We have made wonderful advances in materials and in medicine. We sail in fiber reinforced plastic boats with lines and sails made from plastic fiber. Our anchors are more advanced than the fisherman, our sails don't rot, we have light wieght diesel engines and the doctors can fix a bad heart or a worn out joint. We can buy insurance to cover much of the cost and we can live to see our great grand children. Take good care of yourselves, life is good.

 

[Ron20324]

Now,... about that 18 year-old... male or female? :dance:

 

[zeehag]

you guys are in dire need of a lead removal.....as in--get the lead out of the slip and go sailing....!!!! LOL
puuurrty flowers, ross--awesome work!!!! i manageed to grow lawn grass for bubba--but his catnip is not growing--prolly got tooo cold for it again---yipes--need to replant it i guess..>LOL....

gla dyer bod ia good one--go for the whatever and just remember to do the exercises religiously ...lol...the sails on my ericson rotted ...just the main..LOL....blew out in 25 kts of wind--lol....oh well--was only 30 yrs old or so......lasted longer tho than does natural fiber---so i guess is alll goood----just have to find another one at some point.....
phillip sails more and cooks less--i sail and cook...lol........i would say something about him being a guy..lol..but i would get slammed lol...i feel soo alone here lol..NOT!!!

 

[Ross]

I have a friend who was alive-a-board for years. She collected the big throw-away pots the landscapers use and planted her garden in those and hid them in the low bushes along shore. Once you get cat nip started it is hard to kill in the garden. in pots is different.

 

[zeehag]

i am using a tuna fish can set inside a chicken meat can lol...hope it will grow f or bubby...lol he looooves his catnip....spoiled brat..lol

 

[Ross]

Sometime try a zipper bag full od dirt with some holes punched in for plants and water.

 

[zeehag]

sounds like greenhouse effect lol..thankyou i will after these seeds fail..lol second batch..within the next coupla few daze..lol.......cat is waiting sooo patiently--he can smell the catnip in the dirt..lol..he looooves it.....

 

[Ross]

I finally got back to my boat . First time since she was hauled out last fall. 7 feet of snow and six inches of rain didn't leave many marks Had about a gallon of water in the lazerette and the bilge pump ran for about ten seconds. Beyond that the boat was dry and sweet smelling.