Temporary closure. !!!!UPDATE!!!! 04/04/17

[weatherby]

Wishing you the best Paul.
Not sure what the future will hold with a happy Yankee running up and down those stairs.
Mollases in the summer maybe.

 

[bamabiker]

Not knowing you but by reading your post and hearing a little about you gives me the impression that you are a tough old bird. I get the feeling it won't be long and you will be back performing your honey-do list.
Good luck.

 

[glowe]

Wishing you a fast recovery . . . since I never know when the next purchase will arrive needing some stock work!!

 

[H Richard]

My shooting buddy tells me the hip replacement surgery he had was the easiest recovery. But, do the therapy, it helps. Best wishes and speedy return to "normal".

 

[Bob L]

Paul, Best wishes for a complete and speedy recovery and Thank You for your Service!

 

[Wiregrassguy]

I'm glad for you, Paul, and will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. I'm fortunate not to need this procedure ATM, but everyone who I know had it done think it is the greatest thing since sliced bread. They are so good at doing it, it is almost outpatient surgery. You should be up and running pretty quickly.

 

[BillyMagg]

Seeing as almost 99% of the work I get is from this section I'll post this here and the mods can move it if they deem necessary.
I will be going in the hospital for a hip replacement the 8th of March. I've been hobbling around for two years and fighting with the VA to get this done.
You guys who deal with the VA know what I'm talking about.
Anyway, as of now I will be taking on nothing till the middle of March. My workshop is in my basement so no stairs for me for a couple of weeks. Anything I am presently working on or have coming in will be finished before I go in for surgery.
I am so looking forward to be able to walk like a human being again without being in constant pain.
Thanks to everyone for their patience at this time.

Best regards to all, DW

thanks for the head up DW, love the grips you repaired, I pray the Doc's do the kind of work you do for us Bub. Praying that you will have a very outstanding surgical team and that God will restore your health!

 

[hardcase60]

One more for best wishes on a successful surgery and a speedy recovery. It's hard to believe but the masochists who administer what they laughingly refer to physical therapy are doing so in your best interest. You survived basic training plus no telling what else, this is a piece of cake and you will be back to making sawdust in no time. Thank you for your service. sincerest regards, hardcase60

 

[bgrafsr]

Good luck to you DWFAN.

 

[Cyrano]

My wife had the surgery done almost exactly 20 years ago. She was in her mid '70s at the time. Procedures must have improved somewhat over the years but she was walking well without pain after about 8-9 months, and after one year she'd forgotten she'd had it done.

You have to be careful of dislocations for several months; the muscles holding the joint in place have been weakened and have to have time to grow back. She dislocated it twice; the first time she missed a chair she was sitting down in and only half of her rump hit the chair. Of course, the other half held the artificial joint and it popped out. We had quite a 'one armed paperhanger drill'; she was standing on one foot and couldn't keep her balance, and I had to hold her while I tried to get to a phone to call 911. The next time she bent over a little too far and it popped out. She almost did it again: I was putting on her stockings for her, but once, I walked into the room and she had the ankle of her bad leg on the knee of the other while she put on a stocking. She'd forgotten about it. I told her what was going on and she turned a little pale. I carefully lifted the foot off the knee and gently lowered it; she was OK but it scared us both.

 

[A10]

Best of luck with the surgery DW. The Docs can do amazing stuff these days!

 

[rbrbrb6]

DWFAN, I am excited for you to get the hip replaced. I am 59 years old and had my left hip replaced on December 12th of last year, or just over 6 weeks ago. Surgery one day, home the next, ditched the walker on day three and the trekking poles on day 5. A week and half later I was done with physical therapy and off the pain pills. I had to walk up stairs before they would release me from the hospital and was able to climb the stairs at home at the end of the first week. My hip feels so much better and I can walk like a man again instead of a simian! Work that therapy and stay in front of the initial pain for the first week and you should do as great as those cokes you did for me look! Make sure you have the hip kit ordered and the thunder mug booster seat. They make all the difference in the world in your self reliance and ability to take care of yourself. The sock "installer tool" is worth the cost of the hip kit al by itself!

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Prayers sent your way tonight. Speedy recovery also.

 

[kthom]

Had no idea, Paul! Understand where you are with this situation, and I wish you the very best both with the V.A. as well as the surgery and recovery from it. You didn't ask for it but I'll keep you in my prayers for a successful outcome. Keep in touch with updates, please?

 

[jframejoey]

Good luck!!!!!

 

[DWFAN]

Best of wishes... If the surgeon is half as good as you are you'll be up and at it in no time.

As luck has it not a VA Doctor. Got the top guy at Yale New Haven Hospital that does the arterial approach from the front which means less cutting of muscle tissue and faster rehab. This guy does about three or four a week and has been at it for years. I checked him out and he's top notch. I'm in good hands.

DW

 

[JSR III]

The sock "installer tool" is worth the cost of the hip kit al by itself!

What the heck is a sock installer tool? As I have grown from my 30" jeans to my 38" jeans I have found this task to get harder and harder. Sitting down on the bed to install socks I sometimes realize how jabba the hutt felt. I sometimes feel like I am carrying a 30 pound hula hoop around my waist.

 

[federali]

Good luck and best wishes. Hip replacements are generally considered to have an easier recovery than knee replacements, of which I've had several including a re-do. Embrace the therapy and know that the initial discomfort will eventually pass.

You then join an elite group of joint replacement veterans who enjoy having scrap value!

 

[vanman1]

You've known worse pain so enjoy the pt. It's amazing what can structurally be accomplished with our bodies. Had both done in same week ten years ago. Actually rediscovered a golf swing since. Good luck with the process.

 

[rbrbrb6]

The sock tool is a simple piece of plastic that looks like someone took a 1' long piece of thin wall 3" pvc and split it lengthwise then stuck two short pieces of rope on each side on one end. there is a piece of friction material on the bottom of the opposite end that holds the sock in place. You feed the sock over the half tube then hang on to the handles and drop it to the floor and stick your foot into the tube and wiggle your toes to the end the sock then slowly pull the two rope handles up which slides the sock up over your foot without bending down. Go a google search for hip kit and it will show you a picture of one. It is a very simple and ingenious little tool.