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[Booney]

Hey! It's his truth.

[dedja]

^Most of the factual assertions above are either plain wrong or highly contestable.

Catherine Andrews was driving. Neither of them avoided the breath test (Police stuffed up by forgetting to do one), and I've no idea why Dan would take one anyway when he wasn't the driver. He called an ambulance, and did not leave the scene until the cyclist had been taken off to hospital and the police had attended. I'm not sure what further help the Andrews family should provide, in the absence of any evidence of their being at fault.

Claiming the cyclist should be charged is a bit weird. (Again Catherine, not Dan.)

It's important to scrutinize the cooker conspiracy theories pretty heavily, regarding this accident.

Has all that been proven in Court?
If not, then they are alternative facts only

You OK Jimmy? We’re discussing Dan Andrews here.

[dedja]

Cheers all, appreciate all the love.

[Jimmy_041]

^Most of the factual assertions above are either plain wrong or highly contestable.

Catherine Andrews was driving. Neither of them avoided the breath test (Police stuffed up by forgetting to do one), and I've no idea why Dan would take one anyway when he wasn't the driver. He called an ambulance, and did not leave the scene until the cyclist had been taken off to hospital and the police had attended. I'm not sure what further help the Andrews family should provide, in the absence of any evidence of their being at fault.

Claiming the cyclist should be charged is a bit weird. (Again Catherine, not Dan.)

It's important to scrutinize the cooker conspiracy theories pretty heavily, regarding this accident.

Has all that been proven in Court?
If not, then they are alternative facts only

You OK Jimmy? We’re discussing Dan Andrews here.

I'm surprised Andrews can even remember the accident

[Brodlach]

Why is that Jimmy?

[dedja]

My missus going out to breakfast with friends this morning less than 3 weeks after a hip replacement.

That's brilliant Dedja. Hip replacements are a walk in the park (intentional pun!)

Yep, seems so. Walking stick is long gone, nearly walking normally now, back to driving, and back to work soon.

[gadj1976]

My missus going out to breakfast with friends this morning less than 3 weeks after a hip replacement.

That's brilliant Dedja. Hip replacements are a walk in the park (intentional pun!)

Yep, seems so. Walking stick is long gone, nearly walking normally now, back to driving, and back to work soon.

That's awesome! I think hearing stories like that reinforce why people take the brave step to get replacements like this, done. It's a tough decision to make but definitely worth it in your wife's case.

[RB]

Australia winning a gold medal at the Olympics

[Jim05]

Australia winning a gold medal at the Olympics

Amazing effort
The Australian moguls team is something else. To have 3 men make the 8 man final is just absolutely staggering.

[Dutchy]

Knee replacement locked in 10th April, gives me a touch over 3 months to get ready for Europe and allows me to still do a trip to Melb for the footy and Easter at Clare beforehand. Will be in hospital for Gather Round and US Masters, will at least have something to watch on TV.

Doc says my knee is a mess, xrays weren't pretty, bone on bone and riddled with arthritis/fragments. Should be able to remove some screws that were put there from my reco in 1990. Glad I now have a date and a way forward.

[dedja]

Knee replacement locked in 10th April, gives me a touch over 3 months to get ready for Europe and allows me to still do a trip to Melb for the footy and Easter at Clare beforehand. Will be in hospital for Gather Round and US Masters, will at least have something to watch on TV.

Doc says my knee is a mess, xrays weren't pretty, bone on bone and riddled with arthritis/fragments. Should be able to remove some screws that were put there from my reco in 1990. Glad I now have a date and a way forward.

All the best mate, keep us up to date on how it goes.

[wenchbarwer]

Knee replacement locked in 10th April, gives me a touch over 3 months to get ready for Europe and allows me to still do a trip to Melb for the footy and Easter at Clare beforehand. Will be in hospital for Gather Round and US Masters, will at least have something to watch on TV.

Doc says my knee is a mess, xrays weren't pretty, bone on bone and riddled with arthritis/fragments. Should be able to remove some screws that were put there from my reco in 1990. Glad I now have a date and a way forward.

Did that come on quick?

All the best for it, I'm keen to compare your notes with Gadj's

[Brodlach]

Best of luck Dutchy

[gadj1976]

Knee replacement locked in 10th April, gives me a touch over 3 months to get ready for Europe and allows me to still do a trip to Melb for the footy and Easter at Clare beforehand. Will be in hospital for Gather Round and US Masters, will at least have something to watch on TV.

Doc says my knee is a mess, xrays weren't pretty, bone on bone and riddled with arthritis/fragments. Should be able to remove some screws that were put there from my reco in 1990. Glad I now have a date and a way forward.

Best of luck Dutchy. Just out of interest, I was told not to fly anywhere for three months for fear of Deep Vein Thrombosis. Has your doc spoken to you about your trip and any potential issues?

I'm 12 weeks Monday. I didn't go to LIV today because I couldn't stand up for enough length of time. Whilst my knee is good, and much better than what it was before the op, I don't think I could stand all day on it. I think I could walk around for long-er periods of time than before, but I know either that night or the next day I'd be sore.

In saying that, I know many people who were a million times better than I was at 12 weeks and a few that said they were still in real trouble.

Do the rehab!!!!! Focus on getting yourself ready for the trip and you should be fine.

@Kahuna to thread!

[Jim05]

Another GOLD
Baff was amazing

[Brodlach]

Really incredible that the sunburnt country can produce winter Olympic gold medalists

[Dutchy]

Knee replacement locked in 10th April, gives me a touch over 3 months to get ready for Europe and allows me to still do a trip to Melb for the footy and Easter at Clare beforehand. Will be in hospital for Gather Round and US Masters, will at least have something to watch on TV.

Doc says my knee is a mess, xrays weren't pretty, bone on bone and riddled with arthritis/fragments. Should be able to remove some screws that were put there from my reco in 1990. Glad I now have a date and a way forward.

Best of luck Dutchy. Just out of interest, I was told not to fly anywhere for three months for fear of Deep Vein Thrombosis. Has your doc spoken to you about your trip and any potential issues?

I'm 12 weeks Monday. I didn't go to LIV today because I couldn't stand up for enough length of time. Whilst my knee is good, and much better than what it was before the op, I don't think I could stand all day on it. I think I could walk around for long-er periods of time than before, but I know either that night or the next day I'd be sore.

In saying that, I know many people who were a million times better than I was at 12 weeks and a few that said they were still in real trouble.

Do the rehab!!!!! Focus on getting yourself ready for the trip and you should be fine.

@Kahuna to thread!

We were quite clear with the Doc (who just did my mates hip) that we had the trip coming up in July and I was semi prepared that I might have to wait until after the trip to get this done but he was very confident that I would be fine by July. The main issue he said I will have is because my knee only bends 85 degrees currently my muscles will need to be re-stretched and tuned back into have more extension. First 2 weeks will be hell but after that I should see improvement. He thinks I might only need 3 weeks off work.

Thanks for the DVT tip, I will ask this, it will be a touch over 3 months when we leave.

[Kahuna]

In saying that, I know many people who were a million times better than I was at 12 weeks and a few that said they were still in real trouble.

Do the rehab!!!!! Focus on getting yourself ready for the trip and you should be fine.

@Kahuna to thread!

Not sure I have much to add except to endorse your comment about doing the rehab but I will clarify by adding "without overdoing it".

Having said that I will expand on my experiences which are considerably different to gadj's.
I have had both of my knees replaced, the left in 2021, the right in March 25. Both done by the same surgeon at Memorial hospital. First one I went in resigned to enduring a great deal of pain and a testing rehab. Had my mind right on what was to come so I can't say I was all that apprehensive. Get it done and then get on with recovery.

Had the op on Tuesday morning, got to my room with no pain, actually feeling very good with none of my usual aches and pains just an uncomfortable large dead weight that was my leg. Pumped full of pain killers and no doubt still affected by the anaesthetic I had no difficulty in going to sleep especially once I realised I could roll over without pain. Nurses kept telling me the pain was coming and the drugs were to get a head start on it. I believed them so took them without question. Through the night, I was woken every hour for them to do their obs, a nuisance but still no pain next morning.

Got out of bed and walked about 3 steps with the aid of a walker and a nurse to sit in a chair. By the end of the day I was able to shower, in a chair,and make my way around the room with the aid of the walker. Second night was by far the worst, not due to pain but the drugs. Dog tired from broken sleep and light headed and confused by the painkillers. Nurses were adamant the pain would likely rear it's head by morning. Slept better despite the continuing monitoring and again woke up pain free.

Physio came in and we went for a walk around the corridors with a walking frame and then a stick. Showed me a few exercises and encouraged me to sit in the chair and stretch/bend and straighten my knee rather than lying on the bed. Not painful as such, just uncomfortable because of the swelling. I was astounded how quickly they got me up and about. Went to bed that night and refused the painkillers. Nurses cut me a bit of slack with the obs and let me sleep 3 or 4 hours at a time. Woke up without pain, saw the physio again and she was very happy with my progress, could have been discharged but the surgeon was late doing his rounds so stayed in another night. Discharged Saturday morning.

At the physio's recommendation I went home with a walker, a walking stick and an elevated toilet chair thing that lifted you up over the bowl , it being difficult to get up without help from both knees. I used the walker around the house on the Saturday to humour my missus, the stick up until Sunday night and nothing after that. The toilet chair I didn't use, worked out I could haul myself up by grabbing the door frame. I was also supposed to use a chair in the shower but hadn't done so in the hospital and found it to be more of a trip hazard in our small shower cubicle. I know these things were supposed to be for my safety and I was probably a bit blase in my dismissal of them. Careful how you go, a slip or a fall could be catastrophic.

Over the coming weeks I saw a physio twice a week, he gave me a number of exercises which I did without fail. I bought a cheap set of pedals which I found most helpful with increasing mobility of the knee. Highly recommend finding some, low impact but very effective.

Sorry about the long rambling post, I won't bore you with a blow by blow account of my second op except to say I was much more apprehensive thinking it unlikely that I would have another pain free experience. I did.

Not meaning to sound like a hero, cognisant that everyone has a different experience, sorry for those that suffer through their recovery, it will be worth it in the end.
Good luck.