[Chrysler300] Where's Joe Been? (Off-topic for Chrysler lists.)

[jlsavard@xxxxxxx]

Hello to all....
 
I ws sitting last night, watching TV, when the phone rang.  It was a  friend 
wondering if I was OK, since they'd not seen me "On-line" recently.   It 
occurred to me that I might send out just this one note, rather than many, to  let 
you all know where I've been.  (Assuming that anyone cares!)
 
January 14th, I went into the hospital for a total knee replacement  (TKN).  
It was one of the new "Minimally invasive" replacements, done in  the joint 
replacement wing of a local hospital, and performed by one of the  better-known 
surgeons in the field.  He does about 900 of these a year, and  has an 
excellent reputation.  The hospital stay was to be 3 days, with me  leaving in a 
walker, able to return home for recuperation.
 
Unfortunately, the three days became 8 days because I developed pneumonia  
and I had a bad reaction to the pain medication Oxycontin that left me  less 
than rational!  I've spent most of the last two weeks in  my  recliner, and most 
of my exercise has been walking back and forth to the  restroom and going to 
therapy three days a week.  Last night was the first  time I've been able to 
sleep in my own bed, and it was wonderful!  I feel  as though I've been eating 
Vicodin like peanuts, but all the medical  professionals, including my physical 
therapist, tell me it is OK, and to "Keep  ahead of the pain" because playing 
"catch-up" isn't fun!  From my  experience, I agree with them.  Another 
lesson I learned is that the  therapists use a type of ice pack that is far 
superior to anything you can buy  in a store and they can sell them to you for a very 
reasonable price.  The  knee doesn't feel too bad but all those muscles up 
and down the leg ache like a  toothache.  It's taken me three sessions to sit at 
the keyboard and  write this.
 
I can now walk steadily but with pain and know  how to go up and down  
stairs.  The therapist has me doing the stepmaster machine and parallel bar  
exercises in addition to his manipulations, and I guess that I feel as though  I'm 
making progress but not nearly as fast as I though it'd be.
 
Anyhow, enough of this for now!
 
Thanks for listening,
 
Joe



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