Finally

Well here it is quite some time since I have written on this blog and I know that at least one of my readers has been itching to poke me about it...(DS).....I said that it would be a while and true to  my word it surely has been...I am just now being able to set for very long at the computer or for that matter on any chair or seat....The nerves in my leg have been dealing me a fit when any pressure is put on them by setting down....I knew ii was going to happen as I had the same thing with the other leg from the first surgery....At least this time I haven't had any complications with this leg and knee like I did with the other one....Thank GOD for that ....I have been getting along very well and am walking even without a cane so it's looking up for me...I am just trying to build up my strength and that just takes time....I am still having physical therapy and that isn't the greatest joy of the day.....I lost some of the flexibility in the first knee when I couldn't exercise it for about 2 weeks before the second surgery and about a week after surgery....It's now harder to get the range of motion in it than in the latest surgery....It's doing great, no pain in either knee, but there is a great deal of stiffness to overcome....This cool weather is really getting to me now, but that will pass in time....Well at least I have written and you know that I'm still alive....I look forward to being able to write again ....Until next time........

Some Thoughts

Well here it is a couple of days before I have surgery on my left knee and even though I dread to have it done it will be great latter on when I have healed up....Yesterday the hospital called and reminded me what time to check in and some final instructions....I have sure suffered this week as I have had to stop taking some of the meds that I used to stop the pain in my knee....I couldn't take them before surgery cause they were blood thinners.....Well it won't be long now is all I can say....I won't be able to write on the blog for some time so don't be angry with me....I know that I will be in rehab for a week or so after I get out of the hospital and even then I won't be able to get around too well when I get home for the therapy sessions...Please say a little prayer for me as I am not very pain tolerant....Later....

Update for the Old Fat Boy

Well I bet you thought I wasn't ever going to write on here again, but I am going to fool you.....HA HA  I just got done with the Magnolia Blog and thought I better put something on here also....It's been 6 weeks since I had surgery on my right knee and am doing well....I can't kick too high but then I never could any way....I have been walking without a cane for a couple of weeks now and my therapy is over for the most part, just some exercises that I can do myself for the next several weeks or so....A week from tomorrow or Monday the 26th I am set to go back and have the left knee done..With the first knee I was gone from home for 2 weeks with the hospital and rehab all together...I am hoping that this time it won't be as long as I know a lot of the stuff I already learned in rehab...I just have to be able to do the stuff....I know that in the long run it's all going to be worth it, and this is just  a little bump in the road so to speak.....

Knee update

Well tomorrow is the big day or at least the start of the BIG days....I have to show up at the hospital at 5;30 in the morning (WHAT ?????)....That's too early for the old fat boy but I guess I will have to go along with what ever they say to get the job done....The plan is to stay in the rehab center long enough to gain strength in the leg that they put the new knee in before they send me back to have the other one done....I guess they have a plan for me and I just have to let them guide me in the right direction , their the doctors not me....I don't know just how long I will have to be in the rehab center and no one can tell me for sure either as every case is different they tell me....I know that I am not too crazy about being gone from home too long, but will do what ever is necessary...Well there will be a spell when I won't be able to write on the blog so bear with me as I will update when I can... Life's still good anyway.....

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.....