Anyway, it's a good thing to do but hard a lot of times.

ION, I am beyond tired right now. Maybe getting a cold? Just bleh. And made the mistake of going with co-workers to chain restaurant and having (tasty but) heavy food. I am wondering how long it would take anyone to notice that I've crawled under my desk and gone to sleep?

Antarctica.

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javachick, my husband had this surgery about 5 years ago. It wasn't awful at all. He was up on crutches the day after the surgery, and only missed one day of work. He was on crutches for a week or less I think. The PT wasn't bad, but it was difficult to work into his schedule and I'm pretty sure he didn't go to all of his appts. He is very happy that he had it done, his knee did this freaky snapping thing and it was pretty painful. He needs to schedule the other knee soon but his current PCP wants to do some other things first before they opt for surgery.

ETA: The worst part was that the surgeon came out afterward and showed me pictures of the insides of Mike's knee...they were sorta gross looking and I just wanted to know if he was OK, not look at pictures!

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I went into healthcare in general because of a bunch of shitty gynecologists growing up who told me, for instance, that “when you” (me) “have sex with so many people” (I, like, halved the real number) “so young” (18) that “none of them care about you” (me). I figured the most direct way to ensure that there wasn’t a total asshole at the bottom of the table was to do it myself.

javachick, my husband had this surgery about 5 years ago. It wasn't awful at all. He was up on crutches the day after the surgery, and only missed one day of work. He was on crutches for a week or less I think. The PT wasn't bad, but it was difficult to work into his schedule and I'm pretty sure he didn't go to all of his appts. He is very happy that he had it done, his knee did this freaky snapping thing and it was pretty painful. He needs to schedule the other knee soon but his current PCP wants to do some other things first before they opt for surgery.

Thanks for this, Dawn. Yeah, I think the knee will be the easier one by far. I've heard anywhere from 2-3 days of severe pain, followed by pretty quick rehab. This doesn't concern me nearly as much as the shoulder. And it will be so nice to be able to walk again without pain. And, to work out again.

Those pictures are amazing.

And, to work out again.

This was his main motivation for having the surgery. He's a runner and couldn't run. Of course, now we're back to not running because of the other knee.

I know it will be hard to stop worrying about that but remember that your friends love you and will want to do anything they can to help you out. Try to let them!

I will echo what lisah said.

When I was so sick in September, on of my friends said to me what I bet some of yours would say to you. "Why would you deny me the opportunity to be generous? And, what makes you think you haven't done enough for me already?"

People really do want to help. It is as good for their souls as it is for your body!

Java - I adore you and your difficulty with abbreviations/capitalized names. You know, TBA, TCB, INXS...

I learned TCB from Aretha Franklin's Respect.

Suzi, I am most definitely challenged in that area. Which is why I adored so much the scene in "Modern Family" wherein the dad thinks he's so hip (and he thinks "WTF" is "Why the face?").