Re: [MBZ] OT: Shirley had her hip surgery

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

Just as a data point, my buddy in Houston (Dan bought his car) has had 
both hips done, he is 55.  In college he was a nationally-ranked tennis 
player and on a full ride, so all that has beat his hips badly over the 
years.  The last one he had done maybe 5 years ago, I'm not sure it was 
total or just the socket or something, but anyway he had both hips 
upgraded.  He is currently planning to do a Portland OR -Portland ME 
cycling adventure next month, 3600 miles or so in 38? days, something 
like that.  He has had his bike fitted to accommodate one hip range of 
motion.  He has been doing 100 milers frequently these last few months, 
and spent a week at Tahoe riding the mountains. He is an animal, and 
says the hips let him know they are there but so far can handle it.  His 
fear is he will not be able to finish the ride due to the hips, but is 
going to press on.


So, she probably doesn't want to hear that today, but it might be 
somewhat inspirational once she gets going.  He is going to set up some 
sort of blog to track his adventure so I will share that once he gets going.


He has a 79 450SL in showroom condition, and had the S430 he pawned off 
on Dan, so he is in the old Benz fold.


--FT


On 7/16/17 2:52 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

Wish her well, Craig.  I hope she has a speedy recovery.

Went through this with the wife a couple of years ago. Her left hip had 
deteriorated to the point of her being nearly unable to walk it was so painful. 
 Her hip surgery was done robotically which I thought was pretty cool.  They 
had her up and walking the next day, and kept her going at it constantly.  Not 
fun, but I think it did a lot to speed her recovery.

Her Mom just had a hip done last year, and they had her up and walking the day 
of surgery.  She was out of the hospital a day later and walking pretty well on 
her own within a week - she’s in her early 80s and pretty active.

Amazing how quickly they get people back up and walking after such a major 
surgery.

-D



On Jul 16, 2017, at 2:45 PM, Craig via Mercedes  wrote:

Shirley had her right hip totally replaced Friday. Yesterday was a bad day
for her, but today seems to be a little better.

I'm currently sitting in her room keeping her company.


Craig

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“Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or 
petty,
never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the 
enemy.”


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Re: [MBZ] OT: Shirley had her hip surgery

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Our big problem was that they gave the wife the morphine drip with the button.  
She would hit the button, doze off for an hour or two, only to awaken in severe 
pain because she hadn’t been medicated for two hours.  Of course, hitting the 
button again didn’t generate enough happy juice to even take the edge off, so 
that was pretty much worthless.

After a night of lousy sleep and lots of pain, she made them take the 
self-medication thing away and just give her a straight dose.  That made a 
significant difference in her pain management.

I haven't been in the hospital since I was about 10 years old to have my arm 
rebroken/reset by an orthopedist who screwed it up when he set it.  I blew 
chunks all over a nun in the recovery room, for which I am sure I will pay for 
in another life, no doubt.

I can’t imagine going through all this stuff myself.  I would be coming unglued.

-D

> On Jul 16, 2017, at 9:28 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> I think my mother had the same problem when she had her knees done, she was a 
> total space cadet in the hospital. Of course as a nurse she's a terrible 
> patient...
> -Curt
> 
> 


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Re: [MBZ] OT: Shirley had her hip surgery

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

I think my mother had the same problem when she had her knees done, she was a 
total space cadet in the hospital. Of course as a nurse she's a terrible 
patient...
-Curt


  From: Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
 To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' <mercedes@okiebenz.com> 
Cc: Scott Ritchey <ritche...@nc.rr.com>
 Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2017 9:18 PM
 Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Shirley had her hip surgery
   
SHMBO had the right hip done about four years ago.  Her main problem (IMO) was 
she was overmedicated while in the hospital (four days).  Older folks don't 
metabolize stuff like the younger folks used in the studies, I believe.  My 
wife started getting "better" the day she left the hospital for rehab where 
they minimized the drugs.  To this day she has almost no memory of her time in 
that hospital.  
The physical therapy isn't fun but it's important to regain normal function.  
Schedule pain meds to facilitate physical and occupational therapy.  Also don't 
"baby" the operated leg or the excess stress on the "good" leg and foot can 
create other problems.

> -Original Message-
> From:  Craig 
> 
> Shirley had her right hip totally replaced Friday. Yesterday was a bad day for
> her, but today seems to be a little better.
> 
> I'm currently sitting in her room keeping her company.
> 
> 
> Craig
> 


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Re: [MBZ] OT: Shirley had her hip surgery

[Scott Ritchey via Mercedes]

SHMBO had the right hip done about four years ago.  Her main problem (IMO) was 
she was overmedicated while in the hospital (four days).  Older folks don't 
metabolize stuff like the younger folks used in the studies, I believe.  My 
wife started getting "better" the day she left the hospital for rehab where 
they minimized the drugs.  To this day she has almost no memory of her time in 
that hospital.  
The physical therapy isn't fun but it's important to regain normal function.  
Schedule pain meds to facilitate physical and occupational therapy.  Also don't 
"baby" the operated leg or the excess stress on the "good" leg and foot can 
create other problems.

> -Original Message-
> From:  Craig 
> 
> Shirley had her right hip totally replaced Friday. Yesterday was a bad day for
> her, but today seems to be a little better.
> 
> I'm currently sitting in her room keeping her company.
> 
> 
> Craig
> 


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Re: [MBZ] OT: Shirley had her hip surgery

[Craig via Mercedes]

On Sun, 16 Jul 2017 14:52:11 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes
 wrote:

> Wish her well, Craig.  I hope she has a speedy recovery.

Thank you Dan and everyone else.


> They had her up and walking the next day, and kept her going at it
> constantly.  Not fun, but I think it did a lot to speed her recovery.

Shirley's surgery was in the afternoon, so they planned to have her up
and moving yesterday. Unfortunately, she was very nauseous, was quite
dehydrated, and had low blood pressure, so they kept her in bed (better
to have her in bed than fall because she was dizzy). The physical
therapist did stop by and carefully manipulated her leg while she was
lying in the bed, so her joint was not entirely immobile yesterday.

She's still in bed today, a little better, but she's having troubles
knowing where she is. Hopefully the physical therapist will make a visit
this afternoon so she can get some more activity in.


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Re: [MBZ] OT: Shirley had her hip surgery

[Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes]

I have had total replacement of both knees. I have heard that the recovery from 
a hip replacement is much easier, which to me seems counterintuitive. Best 
wishes!

Greg

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Subject: [MBZ] OT: Shirley had her hip surgery

Shirley had her right hip totally replaced Friday. Yesterday was a bad day for 
her, but today seems to be a little better.

I'm currently sitting in her room keeping her company.


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Shirley had her hip surgery

[Russ Williams via Mercedes]

Wishing her a Speedy recovery

Russ

On Sun,7/16/17 13:45, Craig via Mercedes wrote:

Shirley had her right hip totally replaced Friday. Yesterday was a bad day
for her, but today seems to be a little better.

I'm currently sitting in her room keeping her company.


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Shirley had her hip surgery

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Tell her we say hello from Okieville. 

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> On Jul 16, 2017, at 1:45 PM, Craig via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> Shirley had her right hip totally replaced Friday. Yesterday was a bad day
> for her, but today seems to be a little better.
> 
> I'm currently sitting in her room keeping her company.
> 
> 
> Craig
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Shirley had her hip surgery

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Wish her well, Craig.  I hope she has a speedy recovery.

Went through this with the wife a couple of years ago. Her left hip had 
deteriorated to the point of her being nearly unable to walk it was so painful. 
 Her hip surgery was done robotically which I thought was pretty cool.  They 
had her up and walking the next day, and kept her going at it constantly.  Not 
fun, but I think it did a lot to speed her recovery.

Her Mom just had a hip done last year, and they had her up and walking the day 
of surgery.  She was out of the hospital a day later and walking pretty well on 
her own within a week - she’s in her early 80s and pretty active.

Amazing how quickly they get people back up and walking after such a major 
surgery.

-D


> On Jul 16, 2017, at 2:45 PM, Craig via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> Shirley had her right hip totally replaced Friday. Yesterday was a bad day
> for her, but today seems to be a little better.
> 
> I'm currently sitting in her room keeping her company.
> 
> 
> Craig
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[MBZ] OT: Shirley had her hip surgery

[Craig via Mercedes]

Shirley had her right hip totally replaced Friday. Yesterday was a bad day
for her, but today seems to be a little better.

I'm currently sitting in her room keeping her company.


Craig

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