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.....

Getting a little rain at last

Well we are getting a little rain at last in the area....It has rained hard several times in the  last few days so we are finally starting to have the grass green up some.....The trouble is when it has rained it has pored and a lot of it has run off and not soaked in...Oh well at least we are getting some...

I have been getting along very well with the cpap machine at night....I can't be any more surprised at just how well I have been able to get use to it....Marilyn says now I don't snore when I sleep now....That's something that I have done for years( or so they tell me)...I still haven't heard any thing from the Dr.s about my surgery on my knees but I don't expect to until I check in again with the sleep Dr. and he makes his report....I know that my knees aren't getting any better and are getting worse each day....Oh well we just have to do what we can and do out best no matter what....Life is still good and most people don't realize just how blessed we are....Later.....

Update

Well I have been kind of busy for the last week or so since I wrote with Dr.s and such....Kind of frustrated with every thing to do with them....As I said last time the next appointment was with a sleep Dr.....They wanted to run some breathing test and sleep test to see if I have sleep apnea.....So last week was spent running back and forth taking test an such....I had to spend two nights at the sleep center with a couple of dozen wires and a breathing mask on....Try sleeping in a strange bed and all that junk on you...Not too good of a deal I must say.....Well it turns out that they say I do have sleep apnea and today they brought out the machine for me to see how I do at home....Now I have to try it and my next appointment with  Dr. is in two weeks....So no surgery at least for two or three weeks at a minimum..I guess all things have a reason so will just have to bare with the program.....

Well at least I can say that we had rain today and it was sure welcomed...We have been so dry the mosquitoes even left the country...I  suppose they will come back now looking to make up for lost time...Till next time....

Kind of Upset

Well I haven't written any thing on the blog for a few days cause I am kind of upset with Dr.s in general....After all the tests that they have given me and I passed OK, they want a couple more before they  will give me the go ahead on the surgery for my knees....Some times I think that they must have a car payment to make and I am handy for the charge...I guess I just have to laugh about it and go along.....It's just that my knees are telling me to get this done NOW....I don't want to have it last all summer and healing into the fall before I am 100 percent.....Come to think of it at my age I will never be at 100 percent again....Oh well...I just don't want it to drag out....The next appointment is next Monday afternoon so we'll see what happens then.....

The Dr. told me that he wants to do one knee at a time....He will do the second one a couple of weeks after the first if every thing goes well with the first....I know that I am looking forward to it but am dreading it also....I know that every thing will be better after the healing has been done....I am still able to play a little pool a couple of times a week but it's getting harder to be on my feet for any length of time so have to watch it...The knees tell me just how long, what a bummer....I am kind of enjoying riding the carts around in Wal-mart thou cause my knees aren't hurting and I can go see any thing I want to like I use too...Life is still good if we just don't give up....Later....

Quite a week

This has been quite a week for the old fat boy as I have had Dr.s appointments almost every day running all kinds of test trying to find something wrong with me...Well today when I had the last test and saw the Dr. for the results of all the test he told me that every thing was normal....The heart was strong and no blockages in the veins that they could find....He then told me that he would OK any surgery to my familly Dr. and also to the Dr. that is going to do my knees....I was sure releived to hear the good news...I didn't think anything was wrong but you always are wondering as we get older....Now I am going to see my family Dr. and see what else he has to say and go from there....So far so good.....I am kind of upset as on Tuesday I had to give up pool for the day as the time warner cable guy came and tuned up the signal for our High Definition cables.....Now it comes in great again so the world is still going around....Now you can see it doesn't take much to keep the old fat boy happy....Later....