Thanks John, thanks encouraging to hear. It's kind of funny now, but the left knee also feels so much better now than it did before the surgery.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT - 600mm FA or Knee - what's a photog to do ? > > My wife had a knee replacement a couple of years ago. > Your timetable sounds slightly more agressive than hers, > but you were probably in better shape to start with. > > In a couple of months you'll be asking yourself "why > didn't I have this done earlier?", as you'll already be > much better than you were before the operation. And it > will only improve. After a year you'll be amazed. > > The one drawback is that you'll begin to realize that > perhaps the other knee isn't as good as it could be ... > (My wife will probably need to get hip replacements, too). > > > On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 10:32:54AM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> Good luck with that, Ken! >> >> Several folks in my circle of friends have been through similar, with >> mostly excellent results. I'll need a new hip someday myself, I know >> that. Take care of it and get well quickly! >> >> Godfrey >> >> On Mar 9, 2007, at 9:37 AM, Kenneth Waller wrote: >> >> > After hobbling around for the last several months on a bum right >> > knee, I >> > finally had a complete new knew installed Monday morning. I figured >> > if I >> > didn't get the knee, I'd probably never use the 600 again. I knew I >> > had to >> > do something when I had to cancel a fall shoot in the Upper >> > Peninsula of >> > Michigan. >> > >> > Everything went well & I was home by Wednesday morning with the >> > makings of a >> > fine 5 inch scar & some more reasons not to sail by airport security. >> > The Dr. I chose does around 800 of these a year (with his two >> > assistants) - >> > he does the actual installation. >> > >> > Should be back to some semblance of normalcy in around 4 to 6 >> > weeks. The Dr. >> > is a sports medicine orthopedic & believes in very aggressive >> > therapy. I had >> > 4 pre operation therapy sessions and will start next week on 3 a week >> > sessions. I was up & walking within 4 hours of the surgery. >> > >> > Kenneth Waller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
