Re: I'm back
gardenchat@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: I'm back
  • From: B* <b*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:29:12 +0000 (UTC)
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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