Many blessings to old man Nick Wells

I hope he's on prophylactic antibiotics, and taking aspirin is the usual anti clotting preventative.

There's no such thing as minor surgery. My father had to have both arthritic knees (and later hips) replaced after an arthroscopic procedure on one injured knee resulted in a serious infection (which could only have been caused by pure filth). Fortunately, he found a brilliant surgeon to replace his joints, and has been on preventative antibiotics for all invasive procedures since his botched arthroscopy.

Assuming all goes well, it's definitely a new lease on life, and the chronic pain certainly won't be missed.

Best of luck!

 

Good to know. Last spring, I fractured my ankle in two places. I've been taking 81 mg of enteric safety coated timed release aspirin in the morning for years. The PA who attended to my treatment advised me to double the dose during my recovery as a safeguard against clotting, so I began taking a dose at bedtime as well as upon awakening.

Because of my father's bad experience with arthroscopic surgery, I'm always much more concerned about the risk of infection. Hence, my expression of caution with respect to the hazard of infection with any invasive procedure. Undue swelling is something to be on the lookout for, and hallucinations are a red flag.

Constipation is a lousy side effect, whether due to pain killers or infection. My father now drinks an occasional shot glass of olive oil as an intestinal lubricant, and a mild laxative to counteract the constipation induced by powerful prescription pain medications like Percocet when he has to use them after surgery.

As you said, he should be able to get up and walk about pretty quickly if all goes according to plan. Any complications though, and he should be attended to promptly. Incompetent and lazy nurses kept blowing off my mother's repeated calls of concern on the phone when my father was not improving, continually explaining away his problems to the use of pain medication, and his infection needlessly festered and intensified over the course of a few days until the date of his next originally scheduled follow-up appointment, by which time an ambulance was needed to transport him to the hospital. He should have sued the hell out of them, but didn't because, "It's not my style." (He hates lawyers, especially ambulance chasers, but as a result, wound up paying the hospital for nearly killing him.)

 

D,I'm glad your dad';s surgery was successful.A couple of years ago I was told by my Doctor,I would need a knee replacement for an
arthritic right knee.I opted out and started to take a series of Hyalga nic injections every 6 months,and so far my knee is so much better than before..

 

Your experience with Hyalgan is very interesting Burt. As it turned out, a clinical study published a few years after my father's infection concluded that arthroscopic surgery was of no benefit in treating arthritic knees, so the operation which infected my father was essentially for nothing, even if no complications had occurred.

Of course doctors will push for the lucrative option, profitable surgery, but the longer we can hold onto our "factory originals," the better off we are. I have a younger brother with rather severe arthritis, and I will make him aware of your experience with Hyalgan injections the next time I communicate with him. (For now, his main issues are with his very prematurely gnarled hands and wrists, but you know how systemic arthritis can be. Sooner or later his knees will likely have to be addressed.)

 

Nick Wells,,,,,,,,,,,,,,'Southpaws Do It Right'

 

Hey,

Did your pop ever spar with Jeff Shelburg,,?

 

Yeah, this is where a really hot and compassionately attentive "angel of mercy" stereotype home care nurse can come in handy, somebody who a patient will eagerly vie for the attention of. A battleaxe nurse Mildred Rached type will never do in this situation. Fortunately, my father had my mother attending to him, and she does have many qualities of a first rate nurse.

Having been an athlete, and a top rate amateur boxer at that, I can imagine the extent to which he might attempt to tough it out. And of course 59 isn't all that old.

 

Not to make light of medical problems,but i took my neighbor to an orthopedic man.The doc asked my neighbor,"what's the problem "?
"Doc, I broke my leg in three places " ! The caring doctor replied,"well stay out of those places " !:hi: