hon30critter I got some great news from my doctor on Tuesday! (he says with tongue planted firmly in cheek!). About six weeks ago my hips started to give me a hard time at night. I had x-rays taken this week. Bottom line is that both my hips have "moderately severe" arthritic damage. That's level 4 out of 5 in terms of the degree of severity. Oh joy!!! Now, in addition to potential surgery to relieve a pinched nerve in my back, I am in line to get both hips replaced. All I could do was chuckle! Seriously, I refuse to mope around or feel sorry for myself. What has to happen has to happen. I'm not going to cry in my soup (besides, I hate watery soup!). The person who I feel sorry for is my wife Dianne. Once again she will be faced with the burden of having to look after me while I recover from yet more surgery(s). We discussed having both hips done at once so I can go into assisted recovery at a care facility for a month or so. In addition to having all the proper equipment and staff to look after me, they would also provide far better physiotherapy than I would get at home. I am really glad that I live in Canada. All of this will only cost me the price of parking. Dave
I got some great news from my doctor on Tuesday! (he says with tongue planted firmly in cheek!).
About six weeks ago my hips started to give me a hard time at night. I had x-rays taken this week. Bottom line is that both my hips have "moderately severe" arthritic damage. That's level 4 out of 5 in terms of the degree of severity. Oh joy!!! Now, in addition to potential surgery to relieve a pinched nerve in my back, I am in line to get both hips replaced.
All I could do was chuckle! Seriously, I refuse to mope around or feel sorry for myself. What has to happen has to happen. I'm not going to cry in my soup (besides, I hate watery soup!).
The person who I feel sorry for is my wife Dianne. Once again she will be faced with the burden of having to look after me while I recover from yet more surgery(s). We discussed having both hips done at once so I can go into assisted recovery at a care facility for a month or so. In addition to having all the proper equipment and staff to look after me, they would also provide far better physiotherapy than I would get at home.
I am really glad that I live in Canada. All of this will only cost me the price of parking.
Dave
Dave, I wish you well on your hip surgery. The orthopedic guys may want to do one side, let you recover from that surgery, and then do the other. My right hip is scheduled to be replaced in January, but I'm going to see about having it done sooner. You're right...no whining or complaining, just get 'er done!
Russ
Modeling the early '50s Erie in Paterson, NJ. Here's the link to my railroad postcard collection: https://railroadpostcards.blogspot.com/
good morning.
We did ride the Cog Railway in NH yesterday . Remarkable trip.
Family made plans for the rest of the trip. Nothing to do with trains unfortunately .
Have a nice day .
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good morning, everyone. The bacon and eggs tasted great. Just about to brew another pot of coffee.
It's actually cool this morning. Beautiful morning for a walk. Lots of birds out this morning.
Got the grass cut yesterday. Nothing to do today but work on the layout. Oh, well.
York1 John
Good morning from the West Coast where it is a pleasent day as most of them are.
Took the kids to see Once Upon A Time In Hollywood yesterday. The kid still can't eat solid food and he still feels a little rough but he really wanted to get out of the house. The killer was his sister and I were on each side of him enjoying our large popcorns.
He has a work related thing going on today and I will drive him as he is still on some heavy duty pain killers.
Dave, good luck with the hip replacments, My Aunt chose the rehab facility route when she had hers done. They really crack the whip and make you work hard but she was right back enjoying life to the fullest in short order. She had two sets of hips done as the early ones weren't design to last a lifetime as they are now. Yesterday my sister told me her knees need to be replaced as she had just seen the Ortho. She is booked in 1st week of Sept after she gets back from a trip. She is the least athletic person in the whole extended family but I know she will still give rehab its due and not sit around whining like so many seem to do.
I have made a point of going in the trainroom everyday and at least doing something and it is amazing the progress that can be made. The layout would often get abandon over the Summer as I always was doing so many other things. Not going away this year on vacation has screwed up my internal schedule.
The kids will both be gone come September and so I have started looking for something to do with my time along the lines of volunteering. The food bank needs a truck drivers with an "air" endorsement so I may do that for a bit, even if it is just one day a week. The disabled sports thing would be good, however, it is all the way into Vancouver for the things I would be helping with and that is just too far away. There is a group that does minor repairs for seniors still living in their homes. Things like changing light bulbs or fixing a small appliance or things along that line. My wifes cousin is a paramedic for the Provincial ambulance service and does that in his spare time. My inlaws just sit around the house all day with the news channel on repeating the same doom and gloom over and over again, that's not for me thank you very much. I don't need to work so why not help out a bit.
Well no workout today as my body says I need to rest. That large popcorn, big bag of M&Ms and Coke will be taken care of another day. I am down 5lbs anyway so it doesn't matter.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Extra strong coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please and thank you.
Ed: Nice dock work there. Definitely built to last. Beautiful cats!
Dave & Russ: Good luck with your respective hip replacements. I've known a number of folks who have had them with outstanding results.
Ulrich: Congrats to you both. Hope your move goes smoothly.
herrinchoker: Sorry for the loss of your wife's companion dog.
Healing thoughts for those in need.
Cheers!
Richard
Had my right hip replaced last November. THE BEST decision I have made. Mine was shot from years of playing goalie( hat tip to Mr. Beasley) and being a knuckle draggin' hammer swinger. And just a bit of Arthur.
Recovery is different for everybody. Mine took a bit longer than everyone else in the entire world, if you listen to all the people that had one. LOL!
Mine's titanium too.
Don't push it and you'll be fine.
Hiya, Rob!!!!
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Thanks for all the well wishes on the hip surgery. I'm guessing that is will be quite some time before it actually happens because all that has happened so far is that my family doctor has made a referral to the specialist. I don't have an appointment yet.
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Rob what ever he wants! Dang Rob 3 times in 7 days?
In a very foul mood tonight. Last customer's really Peed me off. They were not there to buy a darn thing, just to waste my time. Right now as a whole I hate mankind! Man and Kind should not be a word.
Well the trains are ruuning well. So there are a few good things going on.
Later, none smoking Ken
I hate Rust
Napoleon, my daughter's dog, took the final trip to the vet today.