Hi Tony; Knee cap held on for quite some time! I keep hearing about people getting knee and hip replacements, I'm hoping for either replacement part cloning or bionics by the time I reach that point LOL! Wayne
--- On Wed, 4/6/11, Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [VFB] Update To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 10:41 AM Wayne, The knee cap was damaged in the 50's while jumping up on a DC3 wing to check fuel. The left knee is worn out from age. Tony --- On Wed, 4/6/11, Wayne Blake-Hedges <wayneb22...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Wayne Blake-Hedges <wayneb22...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [VFB] Update To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 9:30 AM Hi Guys; Sorry to hear about the knee issues, hope things work out. Tom: How did your knee get that way? Injury or just worn out? Tony: How do you destroy a knee cap??? Professional wrestler? Wayneb --- On Wed, 4/6/11, Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [VFB] Update To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 9:35 AM Tom, I am in about the same boat. I went to Little Rock to see about my knees last Wednesday. My left knee is "bone to bone" the right that was replaced twice has a damaged knee cap that will have to be reconstructed. Will be three months recuperating on that. He will not do both at one time because of my age. I plan to hold off till winter if I can. Tony --- On Tue, 4/5/11, Tom Davenport <t...@comcast.net> wrote: From: Tom Davenport <t...@comcast.net> Subject: [VFB] Update To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 8:47 PM Glad to hear you all had a good time at Sowbug. For my part, I'm glad I didn't go, because me knee continues to grow worse. I'm not good for more than 50 yards, and river fishing is out of the question. The knee replacement surgery is scheduled for April 25th, and that will be, I hope, the beginning of a new era. I haven't had a good knee for 15 years, which has limited hiking or any distant walking, but the Doc says I should be good to go for any kind of walking once every thing has healed up. There is a bright side, though. It turns out that fishing from a kick boat is perfect exercise for my bad knee! I have been out about four times on a little community fishery (Kaysville Ponds, for those who live in Utah), having a ball catching trout on pheasant tail nymphs. It is kind of sight fishing, the fish rise, and I cast the nymphs to them and strip slowly. Dry flies don't get much action, but I usually catch the fish with the PT The pond is just a hundred feet or so from the parking lot, so getting my kick boat there and back isn't bad. I would have been out fishing more, but Utah is having crappy fishing weather this spring. Because of El Nino the usual high pressure that keeps us relatively dry and mild has never set up, and the storms keep rolling in. The rivers are all ready blasted out as the reservoirs are being emptied to make room for the snow pact, which is between 150% to over 200% of normal. Still, when you live in a dessert, you can't complain about water no matter how it comes. The week before my surgery I will be fishing with my brother and a couple of nephews in the Bend, Oregon area. We will begin by fishing a "Pay to Play" area called "Lake of the Dunes" where my nephew caught some enormous "hogs" last year. After that we will fish some other reservoirs in the area from either a boat or kick boat. Not a bad way to usher in my surgery! The doctor was all for it, he says the more I use my bad leg now, the better, since keeping muscle mass is a key part of recovery. Tom Davenport -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. 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