Re: way OT
gardenchat@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: way OT
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:13:14 -0600
oh dear - good luck!

On 2/1/10, Tricia <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> My electricity just went out.... they say it is a grid.  I am going to a
> friends in town.  If I can get out of my drive way!
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cornergar@aol.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 10:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] way OT
>
>
>
> Tricia, I have not been able to garden on my knees for quite some time. I
>> plant and weed bending from the waist. Not ideal but it works with the
>> right
>> tools. No doubt I will continue in this manner. I do have to be careful of
>> my  back. Isn't it great to get old! Beats the alternative I guess. Kathy
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 2/1/2010 9:32:42 A.M. Central Standard Time,
>> pdickson@sbcglobal.net writes:
>>
>> Does  that help enough that you can kneel down on that knee now?  I  have
>> gotten where I can't kneel at all.  Both knees are  terrible.  One was
>> skiing
>> and the other was torn up kneeling while  digging out monkey grass.  I
>> didn't
>> think I could tear up a knee doing  that.  But I did.
>> I am glad that they have the ability to replace  parts.....
>> Tricia
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "BONNIE_HOLMES"  <
>> bonnie_holmes@comcast.net>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent:  Sunday, January 31, 2010 6:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] I'm  back
>>
>>
>> I agree. Don't wait too long. Find a surgeon that is not  cut happy and
>>> have him/her tell you the options. My surgeon thinks I  can get along for
>>> a few more years (I'm 66) before needing  replacement. He says that parts
>>> and techniques get better every year.  So, right now, I take a shot for
>>> the place on my right knee where bone  hits bone. It's the exact spot
>>> where my knee hits the ground. Just  worn out.
>>>
>>>
>>> ETN Zone 7
>>>
>>> ----- Original  Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
>>>  To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 6:41:28 PM GMT  -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] I'm back
>>>
>>>  FWIW...
>>>
>>> My mom went thru 2 years of trying everything.  Unfortunately, she waited
>>> too
>>> long for any of it to be  effective. Bone on bone just doesn't work when
>>> the
>>> parts are  worn out, irrated, etc.
>>>
>>> She is 78 and just had all 4 joints  replaced (hips and knees) in a 12
>>> month
>>> period. I DON'T  suggest doing that. Start earlier than she did and space
>>> them out  more. Her system took a heck of a tole with all those major
>>> surgeries  so close together.
>>>
>>> But she can walk now, is pain free in those  areas. Unfortunately, the
>>>
>> last
>>
>>> knee has become infected. Currently on  6 wks of shots daily directly in
>>> the
>>> vein...then retest and  praying it is gone.
>>>
>>> Donna
>>>
>>> --- On Sun, 1/31/10,  Catharine Carpenter <cathycrc@comcast.net>  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Catharine Carpenter  <cathycrc@comcast.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] I'm back
>>> To:  gardenchat@hort.net
>>> Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 5:19  PM
>>>
>>>
>>> Got it! Gave DH his first dose yesterday. Hope it  works.
>>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>>
>>> On Jan 31, 2010, at  11:26 AM, Cornergar@aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>> Cathy, I'm 67 so I  guess they figure that's "young enough" ...for some
>>>> things at  least! Kathy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 1/30/2010  5:41:44 P.M. Central Standard Time,
>>>> cathycrc@comcast.net  writes:
>>>>
>>>> Good to hear. If the g-c doesn't work, that  will be next. He is 62, so
>>>> I hope that qualifies as "young  enough"!
>>>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>>>
>>>> On  Jan 30, 2010, at 10:45 AM, Cornergar@aol.com  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Cathy, Have taken glucosamine-chondroiton  for a few years but have
>>>>> recently
>>>>> given it up  'cause of a chance that it was aggravating muscle aches.
>>>>>  Have
>>>>> been very pleased with the result of knee replacement  done at the
>>>>> end of
>>>>> Oct. and would highly  recommend it. My doc encouraged me to go
>>>>> ahead and  do
>>>>> it while I was still " young enough to handle it". I am  planning on
>>>>> having
>>>>> the other one done this  year. Kathy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In a message dated  1/30/2010 8:15:40 A.M. Central Standard Time,
>>>>>  cathycrc@comcast.net writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> Just got back  from almost two weeks in Hawaii (DH had meeting, I had
>>>>>  relaxation). Was so glad that the roads were ok in my neck of  the
>>>>> woods. The doors of the car were iced shut, but once they  were open
>>>>> we
>>>>> drove the two hours home without  incident. Missed my hibiscus bloom,
>>>>> but came home to flowers  on 5 orchids! Has anyone tried that
>>>>> glucosamine-chondroitin  stuff for arthritis? DH's right knee is
>>>>> really
>>>>>  bothering him. It didn't respond to steroid injection, and the
>>>>>  synvisc
>>>>> (?sp) injection isn't providing much relief either. He  would like to
>>>>> postpone the inevitable knee replacement as long  as possible.
>>>>> Cathy, west central IL,  z5b
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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