Damn knee

Vince · Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: Damn knee

slimjim wrote:

Elvis wrote:

re the wedding tackle...does that mean you actually are a "numb nuts"????

Well that spilled my morning cup of joe, LOL!

well I suppose that is one way of putting it mate, but yep...it was all 100% numb...a really weird feeling, especially when it was time to go to the bathroom.

Elvis · Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:55 pm Post subject: Re: Damn knee

LOL its all good mate...you will be back up and chasing that good woman of yours around in no time.

Vince · Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 3:30 pm Post subject: Re: Damn knee

Elvis wrote:

LOL its all good mate...you will be back up and chasing that good woman of yours around in no time.

I hope so mate, but at the moment it seems to be taking its time to settle down. The aim is to have me bend my leg through 90 degrees before I can leave, but at the moment it has stalled on about 30 degrees and it’s too tight and painful to push it beyond that.

PaulS · Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:27 pm Post subject: Re: Damn knee

Just shoot some moly grease into that joint Vince. That'll make it nice and free.

Vince · Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:21 pm Post subject: Re: Damn knee

PaulS wrote:

Just shoot some moly grease into that joint Vince. That'll make it nice and free.

I don’t think Molybdenum Disulphide would be much use mate. I have already had an injection of an artificial lubricant called Synvisc 1 and that is no longer working.

PaulS · Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:21 pm Post subject: Re: Damn knee

Have you tried bending it the other way?
Maybe they put it in backwards... Wink

Vince · Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:15 pm Post subject: Re: Damn knee

PaulS wrote:

Have you tried bending it the other way?
Maybe they put it in backwards... Wink

damn, I never thought of that mate. Best I check the x-rays.

Vince · Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:21 pm Post subject: Re: Damn knee

tikkat3 wrote:

Vince wrote:

the wedding tackle it 110%. numb. I know it’s all there because I can touch them...but absolutely no feeling.

Hope you kept touching them until the feeling came back
What operation did you have?
As long as you are not coming out as "other" Very Happy

Gidday Pete...I missed your post mate...probably off me face on drugs. I was tempted to hold them and keep them nice and warm mate, but I kept nodding off to sleep. Operation I had (which you have no doubt worked out by now) was a full knee replacement. And, no, I won’t be “batting for the other team mate”...no way in hell of that happening.

tikkat3 · Super Member Joined: Jul 30, 2006 Posts: 800

Hello Vince, the reference to operation was in regards to checking the jewels.
Keep working the new joints Vince, its the only way they come good for you

Vince · Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 3:41 pm Post subject: Re: Damn knee

tikkat3 wrote:

Hello Vince, the reference to operation was in regards to checking the jewels.
Keep working the new joints Vince, its the only way they come good for you

The jewels are still in place mate. I have to keep working the joint to make it viable, but in all honesty I’ve had enough of the pain. I’ve always been able to handle pain, but this time it’s absolutely gutted me...I’ve had enough of it, but I know there is plenty more to come.

Talking to one of the nurses here this morning, I said I am so miserable now that I’m wishing I’d never got it done, and I go down to rehab today...more pain. I’m turning into a whinging sook which is not me at all.

dhc4ever · Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: Damn knee

Well,
One cup of cement in the mail comming up.
That's a bit harsh.
Vince, stay positive, its painful, its wearing its debilitating its extended.
Keep your eyes on the prize, that being a pain free knee, you really don't have a choice what is done is done you can't go back, but it will god willing get better.
So that is your job now, get better.
The above is what I told myself when I was going through chemo and radiation treatment and it helped a lot especially when you are at your lowest and quite frankly totally pissed off with it all.
Barring total rejection or massive infection it will start improving, you put up with the army for over 20 years this should be easy

PaulS · Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: Damn knee

Vince, the pain is temporary. It may seem like forever now but in a short time you will forget the pain and able to enjoy your new knee.
Good thoughts and prayers for your quick recovery.

Vince · Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 6:05 pm Post subject: Re: Damn knee

Oh I hope so Paul. Yesterday was one of the worse days I have been through so far...not so much pain as depression. Talking to the Dr this morning he told me that anaesthetics muck up the seratonin levels in your brain which can bring on depression without warning...even a week after the op. It hit hard, real hard yesterday. Luckily I was able to fight through it, but it wasn’t pleasant.

They changed the dressing on my leg today so I grabbed a quick pic of the wound. No wonder I’m so bloody sore.

English Mike · Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 6:19 pm Post subject: Re: Damn knee

Vince wrote:

Oh I hope so Paul. Yesterday was one of the worse days I have been through so far...not so much pain as depression. Talking to the Dr this morning he told me that anaesthetics muck up the seratonin levels in your brain which can bring on depression without warning...even a week after the op. It hit hard, real hard yesterday. Luckily I was able to fight through it, but it wasn’t pleasant.

They changed the dressing on my leg today so I grabbed a quick pic of the wound. No wonder I’m so bloody sore.

I've had a couple of fairly major ops in my life (major jaw reconstruction after a motorcycle accident being one) & the Doc is right.
Both times I was hit with nigh on suicidal lows for a few days but they did indeed wear off.
TBH the sheer boredom of being stuck in a hospital bed with sod all to do doesn't help - too much time available for brooding.

Anyhow; get well soon or I'll come down there & kick your arse - secure in the knowledge you can't kick back. Very Happy

Vince · Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 6:26 pm Post subject: Re: Damn knee

English Mike wrote:

Vince wrote:

Oh I hope so Paul. Yesterday was one of the worse days I have been through so far...not so much pain as depression. Talking to the Dr this morning he told me that anaesthetics muck up the seratonin levels in your brain which can bring on depression without warning...even a week after the op. It hit hard, real hard yesterday. Luckily I was able to fight through it, but it wasn’t pleasant.

They changed the dressing on my leg today so I grabbed a quick pic of the wound. No wonder I’m so bloody sore.

I've had a couple of fairly major ops in my life (major jaw reconstruction after a motorcycle accident being one) & the Doc is right.
Both times I was hit with nigh on suicidal lows for a few days but they did indeed wear off.
TBH the sheer boredom of being stuck in a hospital bed with sod all to do doesn't help - too much time available for brooding.

Anyhow; get well soon or I'll come down there & kick your arse - secure in the knowledge you can't kick back. Very Happy

Funny you should say that mate, because I was exactly that way yesterday. The Dr said to me this morning that a knee replacement is the most painful op they can do...and they give you plenty of anaesthetic so the residual effect lasts for a few days after the op. Of course this also means the residual seratonin muck up lasts even longer as well.

You’re welcome to kick my arse anytime mate...I probably deserve the odd one now and again just to keep me in line.