Re: Fr Dave - I'm home from my hip replacement

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Hi all and thank you Fr. Dave for your surgery prayers. (Sorry our time

zones confused the heck out of you!)

I needed a hip replacement as a 'side effect' of 13 years of ReA damaging my

hip. Happily I had a positive surgery experience! The surgery was Tuesday

morning and I arrived home this morning (Saturday). It's fair to say the

first 24-48 hours were challenging, but not because of pain, mainly because

of your initial inability to move that leg, general recovery from surgery,

having to stay in one position etc. But I was amazed at the speed of

progress from day 3 on: I was on a walking frame on day 3 and on double

crutches, doing a flight of stairs, on day 4. (Remember though, I had

managed to keep good muscle tone, else recovery would be slower.) Today I

walked up the 40 steps from our garage up to our house and have slept or

rested the rest of the day.

My advice to anyone needing joint surgery would be: although you're in pain,

build up your muscles in a pool (even if it hurts a bit). Others in my ward

had lost all muscle tone and of course then recovery will be much harder.

When they opened me up, there was a lot of 'inflammatory' fluid, a large

cyst and cartilage loss. My surgeon specialises in joint replacements for

folk with all kinds of arthritis. So, if it happens to you - go for it!

in NZ

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Glad your experience was positive. Wish you a very speedy recovery.

Regards,

Harnett <wjkh@...> wrote:

Hi all and thank you Fr. Dave for your surgery prayers. (Sorry our

time

zones confused the heck out of you!)

[Guest guest]

This is wonderful news, . I'm amazed at how fast people are recovering

from hip replacement and how soon they are able to come home. Amazing. Take

care.

Best wishes, Connie

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Dear ,

I'm so glad to hear you are home. Many prayers were said for you . I hope

your recovery peroid goes smoothly.

Margie

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wrote:

>> Hi all and thank you Fr. Dave for your surgery prayers. (Sorry our time

>> zones confused the heck out of you!)

Don't worry about the time zones, I get confused here in Canada where we have 5

time zones we are spread accross. I am so happy for the excellent results that

you seem to have. As I have mentioned before, my left hip is giving me grief

now because of my bad left knee and ankle so will probably have to look at that

sooner or later. My mother in law had knee replacement last year and is doing

great and all they have to do now is eyes so she can see more than blurrs. That

is scheduled for January. She is 83 at the moment so I guess I can look very

positively at joint replacement surgery if needed.

The surgery I am not looking forward to is back surgery for my L/S spine to

clear the overgrowth of calcium on the nerve roots.

If geneology runs true to form for me, I should live well into my 90's and quite

possibly into the very early hundreds and do what my father did. He told my

brother not to bother visiting him the next day because he stated " I'm going

home. " He went to bed in his room at the nursing home and by the time the nurse

took to tuck him in and then run and get his bedtime medicine. When she

returned, he had passed away quite peacefully. He was 93.

Sorry for rambling.

Fr. Dave

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Connie

When I was at National Defense Medical Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, they

started getting folks up very quickly after major surgery. It worked. Those

who fell under this radical new treatment healed faster and very much reduced

their stay in hospital. I remember one of the first was a rather large airborne

Seargent who managed to brake both his legs in a training drop. They had full

leg casts on him and up on his legs as soon as the plaster of paris set. He

healed almost 3 times faster than the regular treatment of bed and traction on

the legs. I saw him again when he retired and you would not know the guy had

gone through that.

I know my mother in law came around very quickly after her surgery and they are

talking about doing the other knee now.

Would something like this help me? Well my doctor's words were, " there is

nothing wrong with you, that a full body transplant wouldn't cure. "

Fr. Dave

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wrote " Glad your experience was positive. Wish you a very speedy

recovery. "

Thanks , Connie and everyone for your kind words! Day 7 post-op and I'm

doing well.

[Guest guest]

,

Let me add my belated congratulations on your successful surgery. I am so

glad that everything went well and that you are continuing to improve every day.

Your great attitude is an inspiration!

Pat

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Everyone is raving about the all-new beta.

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Thanks Pat

Not to play down the fact that it's major, major surgery though It's nice

to be on 'the other side', that's for sure.