News

Well today I finally went to the knee Dr. and did all the preregistering and signing lots of papers....Then took a packet of papers over to the hospital and did all the registering over there....I also was poked and prodded, x-rayed, and the vampire took several samples of blood for testing and also to be able to give me blood transfusions if needed during surgery (which I hope doesn't happen), but I guess they need to be prepared for everything possible that might happen.....Next Thursday morning all I have to do is just show up and sign in that I am there and wait for them to start....You might say that I am on the way now..HA HA

I did get an e-mail today from a  good friend kind of poking me about the blog and any news, so I knew I better put something down for those that might want to know....I was asked if I would keep up the blog from rehab, but I haven't even thought of that, but one of my friends that just had the same surgery from the same Dr. and rehab center said I wouldn't have too much time as they would keep me pretty busy...Also I don't know if they would have Internet available or not anyway....So when I do go I won't blog any thing until I get home....I know that by that time I will have computer withdrawal for sure...HA HA.....Well will write more before I go to hospital and try to give the latest update....I could use a prayer once in a while if you think of me...I would sure appreciate it...

At least I have some idea

Well I went to see the knee Dr. and they gave me a date to have my first knee done ....August 4 on a Thursday....It would have been sooner but he is going on vacation for a couple of weeks....I didn't want him to do the surgery and then be gone out of town in case something went wrong..I don't think that will happen but with me any thing is possible...Oh well at least I have something to look for....He said that after a few days in the hospital I would be sent to rehab for a few days and if things were going well , then back to the hospital for the second knee...A few more days in the hospital and back to rehab for several days to heal up....It was all up to just how well and how fast I am able to bounce back to some what normal getting around.....well at least Marilyn won't have to put up with me doing the exercises and listening to me complain about the hurting.....I just as well admit that I don't like pain very will, but I just keep thinking of how much it hurts now and I realize that it probably won't be too much worse, especially when I can have pain meds to help me stand it....Oh well as long as I recover before the pool season starts and I can get some practice in , I will be happy....I may miss some of the dove season but I guess a person can't have all he wants all the time....Life's still good.....

Finally some news

Well I finally got some good news from the sleep Dr.....After two weeks of using the cpap machine with successful results his nurse called me on Wednesday and said that he had cleared me for surgery...She was going to fax all the results to my other Dr.s so everyone would be on board....I can't believe all the test that I went through to get to this point, but maybe we can get on with the show....I just have to wait for the knee Dr. to set the time....I am going to call him tomorrow to prod him just a little for info.....

In the mean time we are in a little mess here at the house as we are having the ceiling redone in the living room....We had a couple of bad places and you can't just get new panels for mobiles any more , so we're just tearing out the old and replacing with new dry wall....It's kind of slow going  for the guys I hired as we have beamed ceiling and they have to work around them....All the furniture is kind of stacked up in the Texas room at this point...We still have room for the computer and able to watch TV so it's not too bad....I know that the Texas room sure saved us....I am sure glad we had it....Well they will be done in a couple of days....The final mudding and the next day the paint and move stuff back in...Hopefully then back to normal.....Life's still good.....