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Wish you full and speedy recovery.

On another note, science is so fucking cool! 40-50 years ago you would have became a total cripple and could barely ever have walk again.
Thanks science! I can't believe some people still support creationism over evolution when seeing medical/science (man made) miracle like that.

Xphazer wrote:Wish you full and speedy recovery.

On another note, science is so fucking cool! 40-50 years ago you would have became a total cripple and could barely ever have walk again.
Thanks science! I can't believe some people still support creationism over evolution when seeing medical/science (man made) miracle like that.

And 100 years ago my leg would have been amputated and i would have likely died from either the shock or blood loss .

And a bottle of whiskey for anaesthetic if you were lucky
Glad to see you are on the mend ..

Oh wow!!! That's some serious hardware in your leg bro. Thanks for the pics and I hope you keep mending at a good pace. WOW

Nextelhalo wrote:Oh wow!!! That's some serious hardware in your leg bro. Thanks for the pics and I hope you keep mending at a good pace. WOW

Its healing well but still another 4 weeks before i can put any weight on it.

Major update . Its been just over 3 months since having surgery and on Thursdays physio appointment i got the ok to drive and ditch the boot.
Still have months of physio but movement has improved since starting physio , it was so good to get behind the wheel again.

working that accelerator will be like physio good excuse for a road trip or a good drive in the country?

professor_jonny wrote:working that accelerator will be like physio good excuse for a road trip or a good drive in the country?

Already planned a boys night out in the bush ,a big fire some booze and a few friends - and maybe some weed

bigkidoz wrote: Already planned a boys night out in the bush ,a big fire some booze and a few friends

That's for therapy.

bigkidoz wrote: - and maybe some weed

And that is for pain relief.

Dr. Me agrees with your two pronged approach.

Not to be outdone the missus decided that appendicitis was a good one to get so yesterday arvo she went into hospital for tests, this morning they confirmed that her appendix was coming out which was done about 2hrs ago.
Resting and should be home tomorrow.

Dang man, stop falling apart over there!!! J/K, glad to hear surgery went well, speedy recovery.

Yeah this year has been pretty f'd up, hopefully smooth sailing from here on in.

Sounds like you could use some rest and relaxation on the farm.

xman wrote:Sounds like you could use some rest and relaxation on the farm.

As long as its not the funny farm

Four weeks ago I was down the farm for a seven day period with big expectations of completing the false ceiling so it was ready for painting. After 4 days of heavy ladder work, going up and down about 4 steps over the 4 days, I noticed my right knee was starting to ache. Not letting this "minor irritation" stop what I had planned, I continued to work for the further 3 days. On the last day I could hardly walk on the right leg. I drove home, using the cruise control were I could and thought that was the end of it after a couple of days rest at home. Wrong, after two days of not being able to use the leg, I went to the doctor. He prescribed "Gout". WTF, OK. Off to the chemist and got his script that consisted of 100 gout tablets. I'm no doctor but after two days nothing was getting better so I went back to the doctor and told him it isn't gout. He then sent me off for an XRay. OK, I'm play your silly game I thought. Needless to say, other than the expected wear of cartilage due to age and motorbike riding, nothing showed up. Finally he sent me off for an MRI scan. Not so much a waste of time this time. The scan showed old tearing on the outer side of the right knee but new tearing on the inner side. It was mainly the inner side that was causing the most amount of pain. Expecting the worst, an immediate operation, I was relieved to hear him say, " Stay off your legs and rest for 3 weeks". Not an easy task but better than an operation I thought. Anyway, after 3 weeks I am now just starting to walk trying not to limp. It still gives grief if I walk for long periods but it is healing. It now appears to get better by the day and hopefully after another week it will be normal. I think next farm visit I'll have my boys doing the majority of the ladder work and painting. I really don't want to live through this again.

Its not easy being off your feet when you get to our age.