Baymule’s Journal

[Bruce]

YES! July 19th! I'm putting that on my calendar!!

So you and the twins can go down to TX and help Bay recuperate?

 

[Cecilia's-herd]

So you and the twins can go down to TX and help Bay recuperate?

Haha I wish! Maybe if the wife wasn't working.

 

[Baymule]

I probably could get some relief from the shots, but why put off the inevitable? I've been putting up with this for years, I've taken all the supplements I could get my grubby hands on and the bottom line is, it still hurts. The left knee has been a problem for a long, long time. In another year or two, I could be in the middle of a project that I'm not stopping for surgery.

The right knee is not that bad yet. I'd consider taking the lubricant shot for it. If I could get more milage out of it, that would be worth it.

 

[Baymule]

@Ridgetop the muscles and ligaments can be put back right with therapy. That’s interesting about the Synovac injections. A 6 month wait wouldn’t make me very happy. I’m glad I refused the “help” and am going straight to surgery.

To keep my knees/legs limber, I sit on the bed, put my legs straight out in front of me and bend forward to stretch the back of my legs. It seems to help.

You really need to get your knee replacement surgery. It’s not getting any better. Too bad we are so far apart or we could go to same hospital, same time and terrorize the hallways!

 

[Ridgetop]

Motorized wheelchair races in the halls! YEEHAW!

I have my ortho surgery appointment for April 5. I will find out scheduling then. Not looking forward to it but need to fix the leg! Mind is made up. DH says that he will drive back with me if our surgeries are at same time and take care of both of us. His cooking sucks though so I declined the offer. Plus he would grab the good recliner! LOL

 

[Baymule]

Yes, he would grab the big recliner, but remember the sofa has recliners on each end plus the smaller burgundy colored one. We got it covered! Don’t know about the cooking though. LOL Frozen dinners?

You’ll have surgery several months before me. Be sure to get your therapy! I’m going to go investigate a place in Lufkin.

I was told not to drive for 3 weeks……..ok, at least 2 weeks.

 

[Ridgetop]

If you do your left knee you can drive in 2 or 3 weeks since the right one is the one you need for braking and gas. You just put some strain on the right one by bracing it on the floor as you drive. In my case it is my right knee so probably longer. DH was told not to drive for 6 weeks BUT he had been 6 months in and out of hospital and rehab with staph infection, removal of infected knee joint, recovery from infection and replacement of the knee joint. He hadn't been able to walk for almost 6 months.

I am not sure when they will schedule me since the first appointment is not for another 2 weeks with the ortho surgeon to discuss the procedure. Several years the head of the department looked at it and said I was a definite candidate, but I declined. I can't get an appointment with that surgeon until July/August so got one with this other surgeon. All UCLA surgeons are good so not worried.

 

[Baymule]

I went to auction yesterday. After the sheep and goats, they brought out a 1 year old KANGAROO! Bidding was hot and fierce. Seems that lots of folks want a pet KANGAROO. Not me! 2 of the guys in the auction box were on their phones, taking bids. It was nuts. It sold for $2750.

 

[farmerjan]

Wonder how much of a "pet" can you make a Kangaroo???? I am sure there are all sorts of regulations to keeping one. No thanks. I hear from some of the members in Australia on the cattle forum what pest animal they are there. How destructive they are in the fields and such.

 

[Baymule]

No way I’d have one.