Stijn!!

[Outback Porsche]

Morning Rick, you going in late again?

[Rick V]

Nope, I am off today.

[Outback Porsche]

Got that call today, The sheet metal workshop can do my bullbar on Friday morning - just in time for my departure.

Had dinner tonight with all the players. One party has had to drop out -maybe, they still may meet us somewhere in the middle of the adventure. They run their own plumbing business and a project they have going just turned to custard. It's gunna tie them down for a couple of weeks. bummer.

[Outback Porsche]

Originally Posted by Rick V

Nope, I am off today.

whoohoo

[Rick V]

Make sure you pack some duct tape.

[GH85Carrera]

The Dr. Just came it. I asked about the old hip. He said all the cartlidge was gone, it was bone rubbing on bone. He said a lot of red fluid came out of the socket. He said that is just the irritation. He said it was obvious I was in a lot of pain. Next up is PT that will not be fun but it is the next step to recovery.

[Rick V]

Do you get to keep the old one?

[Outback Porsche]

check! got a half doz rolls - good stuff that duct tape

It even fixes cb antennas

[Outback Porsche]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

The Dr. Just came it. I asked about the old hip. He said all the cartlidge was gone, it was bone rubbing on bone. He said a lot of red fluid came out of the socket. He said that is just the irritation. He said it was obvious I was in a lot of pain. Next up is PT that will not be fun but it is the next step to recovery.

Push through the PT Glen, it'll be worth it in the long run. 3 weeks after I had my ankle de-spurred, I was playing tennis again - not quite the same as getting a hip replacement but similar in that the PT helped me recover quickly.

I did catch an addiction to the pain meds, so while they help a lot they are a bit spooky. Be wary of 'em.

[Rick V]

Pain killer addiction is a nasty thing

[Outback Porsche]

Yeah, they sent me home with methadone pills - wtf!

[Rick V]

Beth and percocet is all I am going to say

[Outback Porsche]

And when I had my first gall bladder attack, once the pain subsided the idiots in ED said 'oh, you can go home now' - I was maxed dosed with IV morphine.

I had driven there on my own and now they just released me to drive myself home. In the state I was in I had no ability to think rationally. I just got in my car and off I went.

The only saving grace for the rest of the road users was that it was 4 in the morning - although I was almost home and nodding off before it even occurred to me that perhaps I shouldn't be driving.

[Rick V]

I guess they figured as long as you weren't trying to decipher the mating call of a rutabaga you were okay

[Outback Porsche]

hehe. what does that sound like?

I think I've got to go to bed. Gunna go play with my chain saw tomorrow - that'll be fun

Night

[Rick V]

Night Jeff

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Rick V

Pain killer addiction is a nasty thing

I for sure don't need an addiction to pills. I have left over pain meds from dental surgery 10 years ago. I figure they are weak, but not poison. In all those years I still have over half of them.

[Rick V]

When I had those root canals and posts put in a few years ago, I refused the scrip from the dentist for any painkillers. I actually didn't need them but never took them in the first place.

[GH85Carrera]

Yea, my posts for crowns were not bad pain wise. This level of pain is a different animal. On the old 1 to 10 scale it is about 6 or 7 when the meds are working.

[Rick V]

I imagine there is a fair amount of pain. But just think how it will feel when it stops hurting