My guy lengthened my right leg and straightened it out some. The loss of cartilage caused both conditions.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 9:06 PM Subject: Re: OT - 600mm FA or Knee - what's a photog to do ? > > That's not surprising. You were almost certainly putting > extra stress on it to avoid using the bad knee; when you > stop doing that it feels much better. > > My wife has a scar closer to 12" than your 5" one, but > her doctor took the opportunity to straighten up the > angle of the joint as well. He's also a specialist in > this kind of operation - he learned his trade at Walter > Reed, where they do quite a lot of reconstructive surgery. > > On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 11:50:02AM -0500, Kenneth Waller wrote: >> Thanks John, thanks encouraging to hear. >> It's kind of funny now, but the left knee also feels so much better now >> than >> it did before the surgery. >> >> Kenneth Waller >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: OT - 600mm FA or Knee - what's a photog to do ? >> >> >> > >> > My wife had a knee replacement a couple of years ago. >> > Your timetable sounds slightly more agressive than hers, >> > but you were probably in better shape to start with. >> > >> > In a couple of months you'll be asking yourself "why >> > didn't I have this done earlier?", as you'll already be >> > much better than you were before the operation. And it >> > will only improve. After a year you'll be amazed. >> > >> > The one drawback is that you'll begin to realize that >> > perhaps the other knee isn't as good as it could be ... >> > (My wife will probably need to get hip replacements, too). >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 10:32:54AM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> Good luck with that, Ken! >> >> >> >> Several folks in my circle of friends have been through similar, with >> >> mostly excellent results. I'll need a new hip someday myself, I know >> >> that. Take care of it and get well quickly! >> >> >> >> Godfrey >> >> >> >> On Mar 9, 2007, at 9:37 AM, Kenneth Waller wrote: >> >> >> >> > After hobbling around for the last several months on a bum right >> >> > knee, I >> >> > finally had a complete new knew installed Monday morning. I figured >> >> > if I >> >> > didn't get the knee, I'd probably never use the 600 again. I knew I >> >> > had to >> >> > do something when I had to cancel a fall shoot in the Upper >> >> > Peninsula of >> >> > Michigan. >> >> > >> >> > Everything went well & I was home by Wednesday morning with the >> >> > makings of a >> >> > fine 5 inch scar & some more reasons not to sail by airport >> >> > security. >> >> > The Dr. I chose does around 800 of these a year (with his two >> >> > assistants) - >> >> > he does the actual installation. >> >> > >> >> > Should be back to some semblance of normalcy in around 4 to 6 >> >> > weeks. The Dr. >> >> > is a sports medicine orthopedic & believes in very aggressive >> >> > therapy. I had >> >> > 4 pre operation therapy sessions and will start next week on 3 a >> >> > week >> >> > sessions. I was up & walking within 4 hours of the surgery. >> >> > >> >> > Kenneth Waller >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
