Can I test drive the knee?it's time to sell used body parts..................what we have here is a 1994 Intermedics right knee. Size 3. top and bottom are in very good condition, meniscus needs replacing. Any offers?
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"Retread" services aren't available in all locations?
I can laugh.....mainly because I'm at physical therapy sitting on ice at the moment.Sorry, looking for a left, in a 4
F that! I'd find another place!
My second neck surgery turned into 4 or 5. Something called "MRSI", some sort of evil staff infection. Two IV bags a day for a month, and a port in my arm.
Quit bullshitting, you're not that bigSorry, looking for a left, in a 4
Some girls pad their bra, I wear size 12 steel toes...Quit bullshitting, you're not that big
Sounds like something I’d do.
Sounds like my neighbor. I think he is on #8 now after that many screw ups.
Yore using the wrong lubricant for the meniscus.it's time to sell used body parts..................what we have here is a 1994 Intermedics right knee. Size 3. top and bottom are in very good condition, meniscus needs replacing. Any offers?
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MRSA. Its bad news and once you have it you basically own it.My second neck surgery turned into 4 or 5. Something called "MRSI", some sort of evil staff infection. Two IV bags a day for a month, and a port in my arm.
That surgery was at a super-duper, high-end, world renowned hospital. Not pleasant, but still alive to talk about it. Heck, maybe I even became a subject of their safety meetings? Full hazmat suits, like ET or something
C2-C5 were all fuckered up from my accident. The dura didn't heal, and ended up looking like a Sleestack from Land of the Lost. They lanced and drained it...and the neurosurgeon looked worse than me...nothing instills confidence like your doctor saying "oh shit". The scar on my back goes from Atlas, to mid-shoulder blade. They had to cut out damaged tissue, and lace my back up like a boot. Made for a pretty messed up looking scar, but I can't see it.
I bet he used blinker fluid.
Damn, that seems like a bit more than a bad experience. Sounds like a sloppy mistake and then a cover-up.
Agree.Damn, that seems like a bit more than a bad experience. Sounds like a sloppy mistake and then a cover-up.
That's some vile crap there! I think I'd be okay with it, if it were from an accident or something of my own doing. To have someone screw up, leave town and try to cover their mistake? I'd be shoving my new prosthetic up someone's ass.
He is a such a nice guy and a great electrician. Really fucked up. When you think you got the best of the best surgeon and it all goes sideways. Unbelievable really. Very sad deal
Particularly F'd up when it's someone who makes their living on their feet and with their hands.
I did the infected no knee deal for a few months. They removed the prosthesis and installed a "block" spacer, and I had the same deal as you, the PICC line and $2,200 bags of antibiotics.My second neck surgery turned into 4 or 5. Something called "MRSI", some sort of evil staff infection. Two IV bags a day for a month, and a port in my arm.
That surgery was at a super-duper, high-end, world renowned hospital. Not pleasant, but still alive to talk about it. Heck, maybe I even became a subject of their safety meetings? Full hazmat suits, like ET or something
Christ. That sounds terrible.
Reading "mallets and chisels" I'm reminded how incredible modern medicine can be, both in advanced as well barbaric means. When I was sitting in what's best described as a dentist's chair, looking at my knuckle protruding from what looked like a torn sausage, I saw the tools layed out across a stainless tray. Suture kit peeled open, tweezers, scalpel, scissors and small clamps...normal stuff. Hell, stuff I have. Sitting kind of by themselves, some really nice, stainless, pruning shears. He did not answer, when I asked what those were for. In my mind, the memory is that of the room being dark, except for the light flooding the "work". He held my hand at the wrist, and used the pruning shears with his left. He may have scored it, like you would with a thick branch. The first "bite" my mind went "WTF!?" The second, that room started to move a bit...and it went dark.
I've had some bad times in the crash house, but that one was the worst. I thought I had explored the upper end of the 1-10 pain scale during previous injuries and surgeries, but those months introduced me to the real thing.
Sometimes you have to look on the bright side, the lighter shade of grey maybe? It recalibrates the scale, and helps manage other things you thought were bad.
Thanks for that…..I have meniscus surgery coming up
Probably nothing to worry about, I had a knee replacement in Havasu and I’m still alive and kicking.
I tell everyone that's contemplating TKR surgery it's the best thing they can do for their health. It'll put more than 99.5% of recipients back in the game. The ability to perform physical activities will return, while sports and exercise will become enjoyable again.
It was the best decision of my life. It changed my life for the better 100%. I was nervous about going under, not the surgery or recovery. I was fortunate and both knees turned out fine. Recovery wasn't that bad either.
Great to near success stories like yours. Good to see someone be able to improve their quality of life.
