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?").
I love Modern Family! I wish they were mine.
I learned TCB from Elvis.
I need to be tracking my medical expenses in more detail. What's a good app? Quicken? Mint.com? MS Money?
Sadly, Mint.com does not let you set up any non-institutional account. And it is really hard to split charges. Basically, if you only need your exact account info and not manipulate it anyway, they are fine. But I can't use them because I can't track my cash spending with them.
ETA: I preferred Quicken, but switched to MS Money because I could get buy it from the MS employee store.
