> I suggest you take up with a sadist. that would be nice, although I'm making it fairly painful for myself at times. I'm determined to regain as much movement as possible.
I must say, I don't remember noticing any difficult with you walking. Smashing a knee-cap must be a candidate for one of the worst possible injuries - sounds bloody awful. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of mike wilson > Sent: 24 July 2007 08:34 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: FW: OT: Frankenstein, and RFI > > > > > > From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > If anybody else here has had a similar injury I'd be interested to > > learn how much movement you managed to recover, and in what > period of > > time. When I broke the wrist the surgeon told me not to expect to > > recover full movement, and suggested I might not be able to ride a > > bicycle again. That I find hard to believe, even if I do have > > restricted movement, hence my request for information. > > Smashed (literally) my left kneecap in 1980. Other joint > injuries to go with it. It has never fully recovered to the > point where I feel it has equivalence to the other side but > that is mainly a perception thing - I am always aware of it. > I estimate that I have recovered about 90%+ of > function/strength. It took a lot of effort - after a month's > immobility, my left thigh was dramatically smaller than my > right. It took a good couple of years to be comfortable > about putting it to hard use - say a good day's walking. I > find that it aches up to 24hours after something like that, > not during. Aspirin helps. > > Recovery of movement was thanks to an exceedingly violent > physio who would force my knee past where I was willing to > go. Although I made enough noise to wake the dead during the > process, it was only necessary a few times to break adhesion > and restore effectively full movement. I suggest you take up > with a sadist. > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
