[Magdalen] Fall Down Go Boom.

[Jon Egger]

I presently take 30mg slow release morphine and hydrcodine q4h as needed.
I was on vicodin (oxycodone), but asked for a different med.  I *hate* how
vicodin makes me feel: I still hurt, but I don't care about it.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 5:48 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> One of S/O's co-workers had a hip replacement a couple of months ago, new
> procedure where they go in from the front, and was back at work the next
> week, driving and everything (!!). However, a friend who lives in western
> Mass. had one a couple of weeks ago and was almost 2 weeks in rehab before
> she was allowed to go home and still using a walker. I don't get the
> difference at all.
>
> My grandmother fell and broke her hip back in 1953 and I can sure second
> what David says. She was never quite right again and died in 1958. I don't
> remember that she ever walked much if at all after that.
>
> One of my fellow artists at the gallery, a wood turner in her 60s, had a
> hip replacement 2 years ago. She does yoga 5 days a week.
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 7/8/2015 5:16:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com writes:
> >
> >
> > I  know somebody (mid 50's) who had her hip replaced five weeks ago. I
> > saw  her on Sunday and she said she is improving literally day by day and
> > is  able to get around quite easily now.  She can't stand or sit too ling
> > at one go but life is a whole lot better for her, and the op has also
> > dealt with the strain on her spine from one leg being shorter than the
> > other.>>>>>>>
> >
> > One can literally get up off the operating table and walk away from
> > these modern hip replacements.  I was supposed to use a walker  for
> > two weeks, but I found myself walking normally without even thinking
> > about it.  They took out all the bat stuff that hurt, and replaced it
> with
> > the titanium.  Both procedures (six months apart) were more  than
> > 20 years ago.  I was back at work in a week both times.
> >
> >
> >
> > David Strang.
> >
> >
> >
>